UConn Health Clinical Faculty Continues to Expand

Meet six more clinical providers who joined UConn Health in the last several months.

Meet six more clinical providers who joined UConn Health in the last several months.

Dr. Eliane Dutra, orthodontist (Photo by Janine Gelineau)
Dr. Eliane Dutra is a UConn-trained orthodontist who sees patients in the Center for Orthodontic Care in the Outpatient Pavilion. She earned both a certificate in orthodontics and a biomedical science doctorate in skeletal, craniofacial and oral biology from UConn Health, plus a master of science degree in dentistry-orthodontics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil, and a doctor of dental surgery degree from Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil.

Dr. Michael Baldwin, radiologist (Photo by Janine Gelineau)
Dr. Michael Baldwin is a radiologist with both a bachelor’s degree and medical doctorate from UConn. He is board certified in both diagnostic and pediatric radiology, and sees patients in the main building in Farmington. Baldwin joins UConn Health from private practice in East Hartford. He fellowship trained in musculoskeletal radiology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and in pediatric diagnostic radiology at Children’s Hospital Boston. After his graduation from the UConn School of Medicine, Baldwin completed a diagnostic radiology residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Clinical neuropsychologist Beth Springate (Photo by Janine Gelineau)
Beth Springate is a UConn-trained, board-certified clinical neuropsychologist with expertise in dementia, stroke, acquired brain injury, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. She graduated from UConn with a doctorate in clinical psychology and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical neuropsychology at Brown University Medical School. She sees patients on the main campus in Farmington.

Dr. Katherine Coyner, orthopedic surgeon (Photo by Janine Gelineau)
Dr. Katherine Coyner is an orthopedic surgeon who sees patients at the UConn Musculoskeletal Institute in Farmington and at UConn Health’s Avon office, 2 Simsbury Road. She treats a full range of sports injuries as well as other conditions of the shoulder, hip, and knee. Coyner joins UConn Health from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She fellowship trained in sports medicine at Duke University, residency trained in orthopedic surgery at the William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, and earned her medical doctorate at the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. She is board certified in orthopedic surgery, serves as a UConn team physician, and was a Division I collegiate athlete at UMass.

Dr. Narinder Maheshwari, primary care physician (Photo by Janine Gelineau)
Dr. Narinder Maheshwari, is a primary care physician seeing patients at UConn Health’s West Harford Office, 65 Kane St. His practice focuses on preventive care, with a particular interest in blood pressure, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Maheshwari joins UConn Health from private practice in East Hartford. He residency trained in internal medicine at the New York Medical College, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the Liaquat University Hospital in Pakistan. He graduated from the Liaquat Medical College/University of Medical and Health Sciences in Pakistan. Maheshwari is board certified in internal medicine and speaks English, Gujrati, Hindi and Urdu.

Clinical psychologist Monnica Williams (Photo by Janine Gelineau)
Monnica Williams, clinical psychologist with expertise in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as health anxiety, phobias, trauma, and body dysmorphic disorder. She sees patients on the main campus in Farmington. Williams joins UConn from private practice in Kentucky. She holds both a Ph.D. and master’s degree in clinical psychology from the University of Virginia, and completed a psychology internship at McGill University in Montreal. She is board certified as a specialist in behavioral and cognitive psychology.