Elizabeth A. Moriarty, nurse practitioner, and Dr. Richard F. Sullivan have joined the Island Health Care rural health clinic in Edgartown.

Ms. Moriarty started in May, coming from Hampden County Physician Associates in western Massachusetts. Dr. Sullivan takes over as Medical Director for Dr. John Lamb, who served in that capacity for over five years and will now be operating solely out of his practice at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Dr. Sullivan is a long-time seasonal resident of Martha’s Vineyard and also works part-time as an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Winchester Hospital in Winchester, as well as the Winchester Hospital Family Medical Center in Wilmington. He began in his role as IHC’s Medical Director in mid-June.