Highly Experienced Sports Medicine Physician Joins Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

BENNINGTON, VT—January 22, 2019—Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC)—a part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC)—has announced the appointment of Ivette Guttmann, MD, a highly experienced Sports Medicine specialist, to SVMC Orthopedics and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians.

“Dr. Guttmann is both an exceptional sports medicine physician and a record-setting athlete,” said Trey Dobson, chief medical officer for SVMC and medical director for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians. “Her clinical and athletic experience make her an excellent fit for treating athletes at all levels.”

Dr. Guttmann earned her medical degree at Universidad Autonoma de Centro America in Costa Rica and completed the pediatrics residency training program at San Juan City Hospital in Puerto Rico in 2012. In addition, she completed fellowship training in Primary Care Sports Medicine at Albany Medical Center in New York in 2013. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Florida State University and an associate’s degree from Miami-Dade Community College in 1994. She is board certified by the American Board for both Pediatrics and Primary Care Sports Medicine.

In addition, Dr. Guttmann played professionally as a record-breaking quarterback for the Independent Women’s Football League Orlando Starz and was captain of the Orlando Mayhem, 2001 - 2004. At the amateur level, she has participated in adventure races, basketball, mountain and road cycling, snowboarding, tennis, and volleyball. She was the team physician at the University of Miami Athletic Department and has provided medical coverage for the New York Giants training camp in Albany, NY.  She has also provided medical coverage for Siena College, Lake Placid Ironman, Florida Ironman, and a multitude of other Triathlons.

“I am very happy to join this accomplished team in beautiful Vermont,” said Dr. Guttmann. “I look forward to meeting patients who can benefit from my combination of medical knowledge and athletic experience.” 

Dr. Guttmann will be practicing in Bennington, at SVMC Northshire Campus in Manchester Center, and Twin Rivers Medical in Hoosick Falls, NY, and is accepting new patients. She joins board-certified and fellowship-trained surgeons Suk Namkoong, MD; Matthew Nofziger, MD; Michaela Schneiderbauer, MD, MBA; and James Whittum, MD; and sports medicine physician Paul Donovan, DO, along with several associate providers.

SVMC Orthopedics offers preventive and non-surgical treatments, minimally invasive surgery, and surgery for sports injuries, painful joints, and complicated fractures. They execute complete joint replacements, rotator cuff repair, and surgeries on hands, knees, wrists, feet, elbows and ankles.  The main office is located at 332 Dewey Street in Bennington, and additionally, appointments are available to patients in Manchester, VT; Hoosick Falls, NY; and Williamstown, MA.  For more information and to schedule an appointment call 802-442-6314 or visit svhealthcare.org/ortho.

About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent, health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, and the SVHC Foundation. SVMC includes 25 primary and specialty care practices. For more information, visit svhealthcare.org.

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