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Maureen Marchetti, and her husband Jim, on Jan. 25 with her UConn Health Vascular Surgeon Dr. Justin D’Addario celebrating her big day of being the first in New England to undergo the DETOUR procedure for severe PAD (UConn Health Photo/Carolyn Pennington).

UConn’s Vascular Surgeons Take DETOUR to Save Woman’s Toes, Foot, and Leg from Peripheral Arterial Disease

Maureen Marchetti was the first patient in New England to be offered an alternative to major open leg artery bypass surgery with a new technology called DETOUR

Display of infographic on food access challenges in North Hartford

‘Community-Informed Learning’ Experience for UConn Med Students

Neighborhood activists in Hartford’s North End offer perspective on health equity

Dr. Laurencin speaking at an award ceremony, standing at a podium

The Plastics Hall of Fame to Induct UConn Professor Cato T. Laurencin

Dr. Laurencin is being recognized for his groundbreaking discoveries in plastics, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, and surgery.

This little Husky is enjoying sleeping on his back in his new UConn Health gifted sleep sack. Francis Scott Moriarty was born at UConn John Dempsey Hospital on January 3, 2024. He was 6 lbs., 12 oz., and 19.5 inches long. (Photo by Mom).

UConn Health Gifting Safe Sleep to its Newborns

Each baby born at UConn John Dempsey Hospital is being gifted safe sleep with a UConn Health embroidered sleep sack.

Calhoun Cardiology Center Goes Red

UConn Health Goes Red

National Wear Red Day was marked on February 2, 2024, during American Heart Month.

A colorful and healthy assortment of fruits and vegetables arranged in the shape of a heart

Keep Your Daily Diet and Kitchen Heart Healthy!

February is American Heart Month. The experts at UConn Health want to help you learn how to eat and cook heart healthy all year round.

UConn Health Minute: Delaying Dementia

It’s estimated one in 10 older Americans suffers from dementia but there are lifestyle changes you can make to help delay the onset of dementia.

Anne Horbatuck, RN (UConn Health Photo/Tina Encarnacion).

Leadership: We Are All Leaders at UConn Health

Anne Horbatuck, RN, Chief Operating Officer for the UConn Medical Group at UConn Health, is highlighted as an exemplar leader. We’ve asked her to share her insight and experiences gathered from the last four decades with us here at UConn Health, the state’s only public academic health system.

Dustin Walters, MD, Section Chief for Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Surgery at UConn Health (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo).

UConn Health Recruits Leader of Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Dustin Walters has been recruited to the Department of Surgery at UConn Health to launch a new program for thoracic surgical care and to grow it to world-class program heights.

A college student and teacher stand at the front of a classroom, facing a group of elementary students sitting on the floor and raising their hands.

Twenty Years of Nutrition and Physical Education in Connecticut’s Communities

UConn Husky Nutrition & Sport, a merger of two SNAP-Ed programs, launches new website and sets high goals for its next phase of community and campus engagement