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Dr. Laurencin wins Gold Key award

UConn Professor Cato T. Laurencin to Receive Sigma Xi Gold Key Award

On November 16 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, will receive the Gold Key Award from the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society.

Dr. Ketan Bulsara Elected to Prominent Role for American Association Neurological Surgeons/Congress Neurological Surgeons Joint Section

Through a nationwide election, Dr. Ketan Bulsara, chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at UConn Health has been elected the 43rd chair of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Joint Section of Cerebrovascular Surgery. 

The Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. Travel Fellowship Award at the World Biomaterials Congress in South Korea

Named in honor of a distinguished member of the Society for Biomaterials, the Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. Travel Fellowship supports underrepresented undergraduate students studying the field of biomaterials. 

New York Institute of Technology Grants Professor Cato T. Laurencin Honorary Degree

As an honored guest of the 63rd commencement ceremony, Laurencin was also a guest speaker at the College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Patient Eric Jackson during a telehealth appointment with his doctor Dr. Kristina Zdanys.

Alzheimer’s Drug Offers Hope for Early-Stage Patients

'This is the most promising medication we've had so far in terms of slowing rate of decline.'

Dr. Gian Grant in UConn Health courtyard.

Doctor is ‘UConn Through and Through’ and Taking Care of Connecticut Families

For Dr. Gian Grant-McGarvey, a new UConn-trained Family Medicine expert, community is crucial

UConn John Dempsey Hospital is Nationally Recognized Once Again for its High-Quality Stroke and Heart Attack Care

UConn John Dempsey Hospital earns Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke Gold Plus” designation and Mission: Lifeline®-STEMI Receiving Center – Gold award from the American Heart Association for the eighth and tenth consecutive years.

Dr. Amanda Ulrich, OB/GYN, Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery (MIGS), Dr. Jessie Jones, MIGS Fellow, Dr. Danielle Luciano, Director MIGS, Dr. Wesley Nilsson, recently graduated MIGS fellow, after first Sonata treatment.

UConn Health Is the First and Only in Connecticut to Offer Innovative New Procedure to Treat Uterine Fibroids

Since being the first patient in the state to undergo the Sonata® treatment, Jamie Sanchez marks her first Fibroid Awareness Month with no suffering from symptoms of uterine fibroids

Dr. Thomas Taylor, Dr. Karolina Migus, Dr. Carl Driscoll (University of Maryland), Dr. Thomas Jordan (SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium), Dr. John Agar, Dr. Shivani Survana, Dr. Paul Sim, and Dr. Greg Tao in front of the clinic in Sitka, Alaska June 2023

A Service Trip of a Lifetime

UConn dental faculty, residents have delivered over 800 dentures to native Americans in Alaska since 1997

Patient All Smiles with New Dentures

Sarah Ibbitson has had bad teeth since she was a kid. After years of struggling with painful, ill-fitting dentures, Sarah came to the UConn School of Dental Medicine where new digitally-produced and reasonably-priced dentures have given her the smile she always hoped for.