School of Medicine

Statewide Symposium Showcases High School Science Standouts

This month, UConn Health hosted more than 150 high school science standouts from 35 schools across the state for the 56th annual Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS). The symposium was organized by the Connecticut Area Health Education Center.

Cindy Molin, VP of Patient Experience

Ensuring the Patient Comes First

UConn Health now has an Office of Patient Experience, charged with listening to patients and identifying ways to improve their encounters, from scheduling through billing, ensuring a meaningful, seamless, patient-centered experience every time.

Sydney Wimberley

Laurencin Travel Fellowships Awarded

UConn’s Sydney Wimberley is one of two students awarded a 2019 Cato T. Laurencin Travel Fellowship, enabling membership to the Society For Biomaterials and attendance at its annual meeting.

Dr. Kwame Amankwah, UConn Health chief of vascular and endovascular surgery. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

New Vascular Surgery Chief Arrives

Dr. Kwame Amankwah seeks to make UConn Health ‘the primary choice for vascular care.’

The Academic Building at UConn Health. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health File Photo)

School of Medicine Achieves Competitive Ranking in U.S. News & World Report

In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of 185 U.S. medical schools, the UConn School of Medicine has made notable strides in Primary Care and Research, the two main categories. In the primary care category, the school is ranked at No. 31, up 15 spots from last year; and in research, it ranks […]

Ketan Bulsara, M.D., M.B.A, and Daniel Roberts M.D., Ph.D., with the new Augmented Reality Microscope in the Hybrid OR at UConn John Dempsey Hospital. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

UConn’s Cranial Nerve and Brainstem Disorder Program a Regional 1st

UConn Health is home New England’s first Cranial Nerve and Brainstem Disorder Program, bringing together a multidisciplinary team of experts to streamline care and offer virtual consultations.

David Croke, UConn Health AVP for Revenue Integrity

New AVP Arrives to Oversee Revenue Cycle

David Croke joins UConn Health as associate vice president for revenue integrity.

ulmonologist Omar Ibrahim, MD, uses the Monarch platform at UConn Health

UConn Health Unveils Advanced Lung Cancer Diagnostic Tool

First hospital in New England to offer robotic bronchoscopy on the Monarch platform

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The Connecticut Poison Control Center, located at UConn Health, is promoting an awareness campaign as part of National Poison Prevention Week, March 17-23.

Yu Lei, Centennial Professor of chemical & biomolecular engineering, left, and graduate students in the lab. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

OVPR Announces Inaugural Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers (CARIC) Recipients

The Office of the Vice President for Research recently announced recipients of funding in the inaugural cycle of CARIC (Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers).