Putnam Hospital Center Names New Chaplain

Jan Fritzinger is the new chaplain at Putnam Hospital Center.

Fritzinger recently joined the hospital’s palliative care team providing spiritual care to patients. She works at Putnam Hospital Center on Mondays and Thursdays and also serves as chaplain at the Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

“I’m hoping to work on the spiritual piece of mind, body and spirit to those who desire it,” Fritzinger said.

Fritzinger, a retired IBM financial planner, received her master’s of divinity from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. The Poughkeepsie resident is also a pastor at Shokan Reformed Church in Shokan. She is working toward completing her board certification in pastoral care.

Fritzinger said she plans to grow the pastoral program at Putnam Hospital Center, offering ecumenical services in the hospital’s chapel and working with the community clergy.

She can be reached at 845-279-5711 ext. 2102 or jfritzin@health-quest.org