School of Medicine
Leading the Way in POCUS Instruction
In critical care medicine, time is everything – time is heart, time is brain, time is life. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an emerging tool utilized extensively in the Emergency Department at UConn Health to expedite triage, diagnosis, and treatment in critically ill patients. UConn Health also is leading the charge in POCUS education, with many […]
September 3, 2020 | Jennifer Walker
UConn Health Helps Paramedic Trainees Get Back on Track
True to its educational mission, UConn Health opened the John Dempsey Hospital ED to a class of paramedics in training who found themselves without a place for their clinical rotations when the pandemic struck.
September 3, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Protecting Yourself from the Flu during the Coronavirus Pandemic
While every flu season is unpredictable, the 2020-2021 season will certainly be unique as the COVID-19 pandemic still looms. The prospect of the flu season during the coronavirus pandemic leaves health experts looking for answers. COVID-19 has already claimed the lives of over 170,000 Americans and the flu usually accounts for tens of thousands of […]
September 2, 2020 | Jennifer Walker
Chief Nursing Officer Named at UConn Health
Caryl Ryan, after serving for the last 9 months as UConn Health’s Interim Vice President, Quality and Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, has been officially appointed to the permanent role.
August 31, 2020 | Lauren Woods
Interventional Cardiologist Curbing Chronic Leg Swelling
September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month. Thanks to an interventional cardiologist at UConn Health Doreen Smith, 83, of Glastonbury is now walking comfortably again and looking forward to her 84th birthday.
August 31, 2020 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health, CaroGen Collaborate on Promising Technology for Colorectal Cancer Treatment
UConn Health researchers, along with industry partners, have developed a promising potential candidate for treating colorectal cancer.
August 31, 2020 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Health Minute: OB/GYN Minimally Invasive Surgery
Find out how a preschool teacher suffering from endometriosis was able to return to her students faster and with less pain after she had surgery performed by UConn Health’s Dr. Danielle Luciano using minimally invasive techniques.
August 27, 2020 | Ethan Giorgetti, UConn Health
Better Sleep, Best Self
“More people think that they need less sleep than they actually do.” Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, sleep medicine expert, tells the UConn Health Pulse podcast, making sleep a priority is a key to optimal performance, especially for adolescents.
August 26, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Back-to-School: A Family Medicine Perspective
In this year of uncertainty, what will the new school year bring? A UConn Health family medicine physician shares some thoughts on how to prepare.
August 26, 2020 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Researchers Call for International Collaboration on Parathyroid Cancer
UConn Health researchers are calling for a global effort to study parathyroid tumors in a bid to find treatments for a rare but serious type of cancer.
August 26, 2020 | Kim Krieger