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August 26, 2026

Graduate Medical Education

Elite Neurosurgery Residency Thriving at UConn

Meet one of the future neurosurgeons training at UConn, Dr. Taylor Burch. As a Black woman, she’s a rarity in the neurosurgery field

August 21, 2025 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

UConn Health UConn Voices

group portrait of four women, two men, indoors

UConn Health Resident Honored for Local, Global Service

Dr. Priscilla Mapelli earns community service award from residency program consortium

July 7, 2025 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health

Community Impact UConn Health

First annual New England Regional PoCUS Symposium hosted by UConn School of Medicine experts.

UConn Leading New England’s Point of Care Ultrasound Training

Successful Two-Day, Hands-On PoCUS Symposium Hosted in Connecticut for New England Providers

April 28, 2025 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

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UConn Championing More Women Surgeons

Record Number of Female Medical Students Match into Future Careers in Surgery

April 15, 2025 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

UConn Health University News

Graduating UConn medical student and future primary care doctor Lily Zhong celebrating Match Day 2025 with her parents.

111 UConn Medical Students Meet Their Residency Match

Largest Match Day ever for Connecticut’s No. 1 producer of new doctors, UConn School of Medicine

March 24, 2025 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

UConn Health University News

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UConn’s Visiting Externships for Students Underrepresented in Medicine (VESUM) and its Students are Thriving

Meet UConn School of Medicine Surgical Resident Dr. Edison Martinez Monegro

February 27, 2025 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

Community Impact UConn Health University News

Fourth-year medical students Christopher Edwards, Sarishka Desai, Michael Li, and Margaret Boudreau, successfully early matched to their residency programs in ophthalmology. (February 10 2025/Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo).

Four Future Eye Doctors Meet Their Match

Early Match Results for Ophthalmology Residencies are in for 4 UConn School of Medicine Soon-to-Be Grads

February 11, 2025 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine

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