Maria de Gracia Padin, MD is Chief Medical officer, Community Group Practices, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Dr. Padin earned her medical degree at Dartmouth Medical School and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Maine Medical Center. She served as medical director for the Concord Dartmouth Hitchcock Community Group practice for the past seven years. Additionally, Dr. Padin recently served as vice president of the New Hampshire section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She also served as chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Concord Hospital and was a member of the Medical Executive Committee.

Dr. Padin is a graduate of the Carol Emmott Fellowship, a member of the American Hospital Association, and recently concluded her term on the National Maternal Child Health Advisory Council Board.