Rebuilding a spine is more than surgery, it’s restoring a life. At the Comprehensive Spine Center at UConn Health’s Brain and Spine Institute, Dr. Hardeep Singh specializes in complex spinal reconstructions that give patients like Tina and Julie the chance to stand tall again, walk without pain, and return to the lives they thought they had lost.

Connecticut’s only Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence is at UConn Health. The program provides multidisciplinary care, education, and research for individuals and families affected by Huntington's disease.

Thanks to a groundbreaking collaboration between Connecticut Children’s and UConn Health, Drs. Christopher Conner and David Hersh became the first in Connecticut to perform deep brain stimulation on a child with drug-resistant epilepsy—paving the way for others like Bella to benefit.

UConn Health and Connecticut Children’s have made history by dosing the first patient in a clinical trial using gene editing to treat glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD1a)

During National Cancer Survivor Month, we celebrate the extraordinary strength and resilience of those who have faced cancer head-on and won. For Deborah, what began as a nagging pain in her mouth became a life-altering journey marked by faith, determination, and the unwavering support of her care team at UConn Health.