March 2, 2016 | Lauren Woods - Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine

Dr. Montgomery Douglas Appointed Chair of Family Medicine at UConn Health

UConn Health has recruited leading expert, Dr. Montgomery Douglas, to serve as chair of the Department of Family Medicine and professor at UConn School of Medicine.

Dr. Douglas

UConn Health's new chair of its Department of Family Medicine is Dr. Montgomery Douglas (Photo: Janine Gelineau/UConn Health)..

Dr. Montgomery Douglas is the new chair of the Department of Family Medicine at UConn Health. He will also serve as professor of family medicine at UConn School of Medicine.

“We are so pleased to have an esteemed leader in the field of family medicine such as Dr. Douglas join our UConn Health family and share his specialized expertise with our patients and communities of Connecticut,” said Dr. Bruce T. Liang, dean of UConn School of Medicine.

In addition, Douglas will chair the family medicine service at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, and the Family Medicine Center at Asylum Hill, Inc. in Hartford.

Dr. Montgomery Douglas
Dr. Montgomery Douglas, chair of family medicine, UConn Health (Photo: Janine Gelineau/UConn Health).

“I am excited to be joining UConn Health and Saint Francis to grow the clinical services of the important, growing field of family medicine,” said Douglas. “I look forward to offering our patients and community members comprehensive and personalized, patient-centered care to prevent disease, and improve their overall health and outcomes.”

Douglas joins UConn Health from New York Medical College, where he has been chair of family and community medicine for the last nine years. At NYMC he is credited with more than doubling the family medicine faculty and significantly expanding the number of family medicine residents. Also, as associate dean for diversity and inclusion at NYMC, the percentage of underrepresented minority students in the first year class increased from 10 percent to 27 percent, the highest in the nation among majority-Caucasian medical schools.

Douglas has been recognized with more than a dozen awards in his field of family medicine over the years, including the New York State Academy of Family Physicians Family Practice Educator of the Year Award in 1997. In addition, he has been active in his specialty’s societies, including as past chairman of the Board of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Medicine, where he chairs the Maintenance of Certification Committee.

After studying just three years at the University of Hartford, Douglas enrolled into Cornell University Medical College in 1982. While at Cornell, he returned a year later to graduate from the University of Hartford, summa cum laude. After receiving his medical degree, he completed his family medicine residency at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Highland Hospital in upstate New York.