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Dr. Robert Trestman

Trestman Wins the 2016 Manfred S. Guttmacher Award

Dr. Robert L. Trestman of UConn Health will be honored for his outstanding contributions to the literature of forensic psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association, its Council on Psychiatry and Law, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL).

UConn Health Goes Red

UConn Health Goes Red

On National Go Red Day, Feb. 5, faculty and staff across UConn Health donned red clothing to raise awareness of cardiovascular diseases, the number one killer of men and women around the globe.

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10 Ways Women Can Prevent Heart Disease

Three UConn Health cardiologists share top tips for women's heart health, including cutting salt, adhering to medication, and laughing.

Frank Ditaranto of Terryville, Conn. was the first patient in New England to receive robotic-guided spine surgery at UConn Health with Dr. Isaac Moss.

New England’s First Patient Receives Robotic Spine Surgery at UConn Health

On Jan. 7 Frank Ditaranto, 50, of Terryville, Connecticut was the first patient in New England to receive pioneering, robotic-guided spine surgery at UConn Health. Using the new, state-of-the-art Mazor Robotics Renaissance Guidance System, UConn John Dempsey Hospital’s Dr. Isaac Moss performed the first minimally invasive, robotic-guided spinal procedure. To relieve Frank’s severe lower-back and […]

Dr. Avinash Bidra

UConn Dentist Leads First Guidelines Calling for Lifelong Maintenance of Restored Teeth

Dr. Avinash Bidra of UConn School of Dental Medicine is the lead author of the first national clinical practice guidelines for maintaining crowns, bridges, veneers and implants. Learn more about the best ways to maintain your teeth restorations or implants.

Dr. Reza Kazemi (seated in foreground), associate professor of operative dentistry and reconstructive sciences, demonstrates a dental technique to second-year dental student Jenna Marcinczyk (standing) in the Joseph E. Grasso Dental Simulation Lab. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo)

UConn School of Dental Medicine Wins Prestigious Gies Award

The Gies Awards are among the preeminent national awards in the field of dental education.

Surgery at UConn Health

Dr. Jeffrey Indes Appointed Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UConn Health

Dr. Jeffrey Indes has joined UConn Health as chief of vascular and endovascular surgery. He joins from Yale School of Medicine.

New Year Baby

UConn Health Welcomes Connecticut’s First Baby of 2016

UConn Health welcomed the first baby of the New Year in Connecticut. Nimson Carr was born on Jan. 1 at 12:02 a.m. at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

Dr. Isaac Moss of the UConn Musculoskeletal Institute will be New England’s and Connecticut’s first surgeon to use pioneering robotic guidance technology to assist him during spine surgery at UConn John Dempsey Hospital. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

UConn Health First in New England to Offer Robot-Guided Spine Surgery

Spine surgery patients at UConn Health can look forward to improved outcomes with new high-precision robotic technology.

Sign at the entrance to the Carole and Ray Neag Cancer Center in the Outpatient Pavilion at UConn Health. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

UConn Health Melanoma Patients Benefit from New Immunotherapy Drug

Patients young and old share their stories of successful treatment with a new drug that boosts their own immune system.