The UConn Health Center has recruited nearly 40 physicians since the start of fiscal 2011, including two to key chairmanships.
From July 2010 through June 2011, 19 physicians and a nurse practitioner joined the Health Center. So far this fiscal year, 22 more physicians have been recruited.
“We’re building a deep bench as we look toward the future,” says Dr. Denis Lafreniere, interim director of UConn Medical Group. “And the promise of Bioscience Connecticut and our transition to a national leader in academic medicine only makes coming here more attractive.”
Among the new additions are Dr. Paul Skolnik as the chair of the Department of Medicine and Dr. David McFadden as chair of the Department of Surgery.
Skolnik, an internationally prominent infectious disease specialist and academician, joined the Health Center this spring.
McFadden, a nationally recognized surgeon, educator and researcher, is professor of surgery and associate dean for regional academic affairs at the University of Vermont School of Medicine. He will join UConn in December.
Lafreniere held the surgery chair on an interim basis for the last two years.
Following is a list of faculty recruits from the current and previous fiscal year:
| FY11 | FY12 | ||
| Dr. Anas Atrash | Hospitalist | Dr. Tessa Balach | Orthopaedics |
| Dr. Linda Barry | General surgery | Dr. Alok Banga | Psychiatry |
| Dr. Jessica Clement | Hematology/oncology | Dr. Lisa Chirch | Infectious disease |
| Dr. Thomas Devers | Gastroenterology | Dr. Marla Eugene | Neurology |
| Dr. Debra Forrest | Psychiatry | Dr. Karen Hook | Hematology/oncology |
| Dr. Douglas Gibson | Radiology | Dr. Omar Ibrahimi | Dermatology |
| Dr. Lalarukh Haider | Nephrology | Dr. Angela Kueck | Gynecologic oncology |
| Dr. Agnes Jani-Ascadia | Neurology | Dr. Stephen Lahey | Cardiothoracic surgery |
| Dr. Jatupol Kositsawat | Geriatrics | Dr. Erica Lambert | Urology |
| Dr. Electra Kaloudis | Radiology | Dr. Meegan McCusker | Dermatology |
| Dr. Paul Lao | Hospitalist | Dr. David McFadden | Surgery chair |
| April McConner, APRN | Osteoporosis | Dr. Alex Merkulov | Radiology |
| Dr. Greg Polkowski | Orthopaedics | Dr. Isaac Moss | Orthopaedics |
| Dr. Vinayak Sathe | Orthopaedics | Dr. Ataul Qureshis | Hospitalist |
| Dr. Paul Skolnik | Medicine chair | Dr. Janelle Ricketts | Dermatology |
| Dr. Harlan Stock | Radiology | Dr. Milton Sands | Cardiology |
| Dr. William Thramann | Primary care | Dr. Sandra Scippa | Primary care |
| Dr. Joseph Tucker | Human genetics | Dr. Charan Singh | Radiology |
| Dr. Jeffrey Wasser | Hematology/oncology | Dr. Emily Stanford | Hospitalist |
| Dr. Jennifer Moriatis Wolf | Orthopaedics | Dr. Christina Stevenson | Surgical oncology |
| Dr. Bruce Strober | Dermatology | ||
| Dr. Suchitra Varma | Primary care |
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