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UConn Health Takes Center Stage at Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Conference

Experts from the Department of Public Health Sciences at UConn School of Medicine showcase the importance of community-based research.

Dr. Ketan Bulsara lecturing in academic rotunda

UConn Health’s Dr. Ketan Bulsara Elected to the American Academy of Neurological Surgery

Considered among the most prestigious neurosurgery organizations in US

Kathleen Depaolis, RN, explaining the use of the esketamine nasal spray. Patients are monitored for two hours after receiving the psychoactive medication in an outpatient clinic at UConn Health.

UConn Health Minute: Treating Severe Depression

It’s estimated that 30% of people with severe depression and suicidal thoughts are diagnosed with treatment-resistant depression. As Dr. Caleb Battersby, director of Interventional Psychiatry at UConn Health explains, esketamine nasal spray works differently than oral antidepressants and typically brings relief within hours or days of receiving the medication.

Portrait of Dr. Casey Godshall and Meiling Ortiz in the Outpatient Pavilion

Emphasizing HIV Prevention

UConn Health’s PrEP navigator helps empower vulnerable populations

patient and physician speaking in exam room

Patient Returns to Active Lifestyle: ‘I Would Always Go to UConn’

Emergency colonoscopy revealed need for a resection; ‘I’m very, very blessed’

image of a zephyr valve being placed in lung

Patient Grateful to Breathe Again: The Life-Changing Power of Endobronchial Valves

November is COPD Awareness Month, endobronchial valves, a revolutionary minimally invasive treatment, are giving patients a chance to breathe easier and reclaim their quality of life. This groundbreaking procedure was first performed in Connecticut by Dr. Omar Ibrahim, marking a significant milestone in the treatment of COPD.

Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Kwame Amankwah teaching Covenant Prep middle-schoolers in VAL.

Giving Back with Gratitude

Chief of Vascular Surgery at UConn Health giving back to Hartford middle school students with fun, educational hands-on teachings about health and medicine.

Ernie Quinn works with therapist Rhonda Hickey during occupational therapy.

Grateful Stroke Survivor Shares How New Technology is Transforming His Recovery

Ernie Quinn, a stroke survivor, is experiencing remarkable progress in his recovery, thanks to the innovative Vivistem Paired VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) System, currently only offered in Connecticut at UConn Health.

Happy patient Alicia hugging her surgeon.

ICU Nurse Still Beating Multiple Myeloma 16 years Later, and a Burst Aneurysm Too

This Thanksgiving season a grateful UConn Health patient shares how Vascular Surgeon Dr. Tina Kariya saved her life

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Podcast: Retraining the Brain With Neurosurgical Breakthrough

Dr. Christopher Conner from UConn Health’s Brain and Spine Institute explains vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for stroke survivors