Emergency Services

Emergency Services

Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, located in the heart of Nashua, has been a State-designated Level III Trauma Center for more than 20 years.

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Emergency Care Close to Home

When you need emergency care in Nashua, you can find peace of mind knowing Southern New Hampshire Medical Center is here for you. With more than 36,000 emergency care visits each year, our dedicated Trauma and Emergency professionals are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Because the Emergency Department at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center is connected to a full-service hospital, patients have immediate access to advanced care when they need it. If your condition requires surgery, MRI, a hospital stay, or care from a specialist, there is no lost time transferring to another facility and no gap in care.

Our emergency care team in Nashua works closely with in-house radiologists, hospitalists, critical care physicians, and a multidisciplinary team of medical and surgical specialists to provide a high level of care. The Emergency Department at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center is proud to serve our community and ensure patients receive the right care when they need it most.

Need Care Now? Know Where to Go

Southern New Hampshire Health offers several care options, including primary care, five Immediate Urgent Care locations, and our Emergency Room in Nashua at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center.

Southern NH Health Immediate Care offers virtual care as well as walk-in urgent care 7 days a week, treating a variety of non-life-threatening conditions with on-site services such as diagnostic testing and X-rays.

Use our Know Where to Go guide to choose the best option based on your symptoms. Choosing the right care can help you get support faster, avoid extra stress, and may lower your out-of-pocket costs. If you are not sure where to go, call your primary care provider for advice or go to the emergency room.

If you are having a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Patients with life-threatening conditions are given top priority. For this reason, you may have to wait while we take care of someone who arrived after you did. The order in which patients will be seen is constantly changing as new patients arrive. 

If your provider decides to admit you, we will arrange to get a bed for you on one of our nursing units. 

Your provider or nurse gives you written discharge instructions and reviews them with you. If you have any questions or concerns, be sure to discuss them with your health care provider.

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Immediate Care

Immediate Care provides walk-in services for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries, offering a convenient, safe option for patients of all ages without needing an appointment.

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Meet Our Providers

Joseph W. Cardeiro, MD
John A. Chretien, MD
Colin J. Devlin, MD
Linda H. Hatch, MD
Christina H. Hernon, MD
Elizabeth A. Karagosian, MD
Erica R. Lavoie, MD
Patrick W. Lee, MD
Colin H. O'Brien, MD
William A. Plerhoples, MD
Steven D. Salhanick, MD
Brett P. Simpson, MD
Brett J. Sweeney, MD
Andrew H. Watt, MD
Daniel F. Weidner, MD
Melissa M. Wu, MD
Hannah M. Bernard, DO
Bernard M. Bettencourt, DO
Daniel W. Brodmerkel, DO
Nicola M. DiRito-Herbert, DO
Erik W. Doty, DO
Kathryn L. Kelly, DO
Joseph M. Leahy, DO
Amy J. Margolis, DO
Dilip Yarabothu, DO
Philip A. Clater, PA
Allison D. Ellia, PA-C
Mailaja Mohammed, APRN-FNP
Deborah A. Smith, PA-C

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Meet Our Providers

Joseph W. Cardeiro, MD
John A. Chretien, MD
Colin J. Devlin, MD
Linda H. Hatch, MD
Christina H. Hernon, MD
Elizabeth A. Karagosian, MD
Erica R. Lavoie, MD
Patrick W. Lee, MD
Colin H. O'Brien, MD
William A. Plerhoples, MD
Steven D. Salhanick, MD
Brett P. Simpson, MD
Brett J. Sweeney, MD
Andrew H. Watt, MD
Daniel F. Weidner, MD
Melissa M. Wu, MD
Hannah M. Bernard, DO
Bernard M. Bettencourt, DO
Daniel W. Brodmerkel, DO
Nicola M. DiRito-Herbert, DO
Erik W. Doty, DO
Kathryn L. Kelly, DO
Joseph M. Leahy, DO
Amy J. Margolis, DO
Dilip Yarabothu, DO
Philip A. Clater, PA
Allison D. Ellia, PA-C
Mailaja Mohammed, APRN-FNP
Deborah A. Smith, PA-C

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