Elizabethtown, NY – The University of Vermont Health Network -Elizabethtown Community Hospital today announced the appointment of Jun Chon, M.D., as chief medical officer.

In his new role, Dr. Chon will lead clinical operations and support medical staff across the organization’s two hospital campuses and six community-based health centers. In addition to his administrative role, Dr. Chon will see patients at the Crown Point Health Center.

“Dr. Chon is a skilled internal medicine physician with years of experience working in the hospital and in primary care centers,” said Bob Ortmyer, president of Elizabethtown Community Hospital. “He will be a wonderful resource for both his patients and medical professionals at ECH. Dr. Chon will focus on strengthening our connection to all the UVM Health Network has to offer while continuing to provide outstanding, patient-centered care close to home.”

“I’m excited to be part of the talented and passionate Elizabethtown Community Hospital team, and to get to know the communities we serve” said Dr. Chon. “I truly enjoy practicing medicine in the health center setting, and look forward to helping my patients stay healthy.”

Dr. Chon joins Elizabethtown Community Hospital after more than 20 years with WellSpan Heath caring for patients in hospital and primary care settings. Most recently, Dr. Chon served as vice president of medical affairs at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Since 2010, Dr. Chon has also provided leadership to health services teams at long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Chon attended Tulane University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a bachelor of science in chemical engineering. He earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is board certified in internal medicine.

Elizabethtown Community Hospital offers inpatient and emergency room care, along with outpatient services such as laboratory, radiology, imaging, and physical therapy at its hospital campuses in Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga. Preventive primary care services are available across the region at six community-based health centers.

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About Elizabethtown Community Hospital

The University of Vermont Health Network - Elizabethtown Community Hospital is a designated critical access hospital and the primary health care provider serving residents in Essex County and northern Warren and Washington Counties in New York.

Elizabethtown Community Hospital is transforming rural health care at its main campus in Elizabethtown, NY, at a new emergency department and outpatient center in Ticonderoga, NY, and at six community-based primary health care centers located throughout the region. The hospital is one of the community’s largest employers with 350 employees.

Across the Elizabethtown and Ticonderoga campuses, the hospital maintains two 24-hour emergency rooms, a 25-bed inpatient unit, physical therapy, laboratory, and digital radiology departments; and a variety of specialty physician clinics on a weekly and monthly basis.  

Elizabethtown Community Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and is licensed and certified by the New York State Department of Health and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

About The University of Vermont Health Network
The University of Vermont Health Network is an academic health system that is comprised of six affiliate hospitals, a multi-specialty medical group, and a home health agency. We serve the residents of Vermont and northern New York with a shared mission: working together, we improve people’s lives.  Our partners include:

▪        The University of Vermont Medical Center  

▪        The University of Vermont Health Network Medical Group

▪        The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center

▪        The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center

▪        The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital

▪       The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital

▪        The University of Vermont Health Network – Porter Medical Center

▪       The University of Vermont Health Network – Home Health and Hospice

Our 4,000 health care professionals are driven to provide high quality, cost-efficient care as close to home as possible. Strengthened by our academic connection to the University of Vermont, each of our hospitals remains committed to its local community by providing compassionate, personal care shaped by the latest medical advances and delivered by highly skilled experts.