MEDICAL DIRECTOR - MOLLY ROSSIGNOL, DO FAAFP FASAM
Dr. Molly Rossignol is a graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a family medicine residency at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in 1999 and practiced family medicine in New Hampshire for 15 years before completing a fellowship at the University of Wisconsin- Madison in Addiction Medicine in 2015. Dr. Rossignol helped to start inpatient and outpatient addiction-focused programs in primary care in two community hospitals prior to accepting the position of NHPHP Medical Director in 2021.
Dr. Rossignol served been on the Governor’s Healthcare Task Force for Substance Use Prevention, Treatment and Recovery for 13 years. She is a contributing author to the New Hampshire Practice Guidance Document on Best Practices: Key Components for Delivering Community Best Practices: Medication Assisted Treatment Services for Opioid Use Disorders in New Hampshire. She was involved in training over 300 prescribers in medication for opioid use disorder between 2017 and 2020.
Dr. Rossignol trains, supports, and mentors healthcare professionals as they learn more about substance use disorders and care for those with addiction. She served on the New Hampshire Medical Society Council, is the immediate past President of the Northern New England Society of Addiction Medicine chapter of ASAM and is the past president of the NH Academy of Family Physicians.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR -AUDREY KERN, M.D.
Dr. Kern is a physician with extensive experience in Addiction Medicine including clinical practice, academic research, and therapeutic product development. She has had the great fortune of pioneering innovative ways of providing addiction care and developing novel treatments, including launching digital therapeutics.
Dr. Kern is currently the Region III Director of the (American Society of Addiction Medicine) ASAM. Her responsibilities include National Board leadership development activities, providing representation to the National organization, fostering the development of regional chapters, and working with Chapter Presidents to promote membership recruitment, engagement, and policy and advocacy activities in New England chapters.
CLINICAL ADVOCATE - MARY BEHNKE, BSN RN CHTP RxYT
Mary Behnke, BSN, RN, RxYT, HTP/A, received her ADN from the College of Lake County in Grayslake, IL and her BSN at Alverno College in Milwaukee, WI with support from the VA Health Professional Scholarship. She began her nursing career as a pediatric RN in a private practice in Highland Park, IL and later became a public health RN for the Lake County Health Department in Waukegan, IL. To fulfill her obligation with the VA, she traveled to Memphis, TN and was a staff nurse for the cardiac care unit then moved to NH and worked in numerous departments throughout the Manchester VA health system. She retired from the VA in 2017 after having worked as the Women Veterans Program Manager for several years.
Since retirement, she has been a volunteer Yogacaps teacher at the Manchester VA, Elliot Cancer Center, and Catholic Medical Center. For many years, she has led the volunteer team that provides massage, Reiki, craniosacral, acupressure and Healing Touch at the VA’s monthly First Saturday clinic, serving Veterans, caregivers, staff, and the community with free alternative support for chronic pain, PTSD, addiction, and optimum wellness.
Mary is privileged to join NHPHP as a part-time Clinical Advocate. She brings to this position her experience as a nurse, Rx Yoga teacher, Healing Touch provider, and as a woman in long-term recovery. Her personal and professional journey since receiving the gift of sobriety prepared her for this work and she enjoys bringing her holistic perspective to NHPHP participants. Mary’s efforts focus on the mission of NHPHP through outreach and education so that the message of hope, healing and recovery is heard throughout the medical communities including the licensing boards, NH hospitals, professional associations and most especially, the licensed professionals throughout the state.