{"id":226910,"date":"2025-03-13T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=226910"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:48:47","slug":"uconn-health-2025-exceptional-women-in-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/03\/uconn-health-2025-exceptional-women-in-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.castleconnolly.com\/exceptional-women-in-medicine\">Exceptional Women in Medicine<\/a> distinction honors female physicians who have made significant contributions to healthcare through clinical excellence, research, education, leadership, and community service. Selected through peer nominations and rigorous evaluation, these women are not only Castle Connolly Top Doctors but also distinguished for their academic achievements, volunteer work, and commitment to advancing medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the ten UConn Health female doctors on the 2025 list that celebrates the remarkable doctors whose dedication and expertise continue to shape the future of healthcare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Andemariam-Biree\">Dr. Biree Andemariam <\/a>\u00a0<strong>Hematologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Chirch-Lisa\">Dr. Lisa Chirch\u00a0<\/a> <strong>Infectious Disease <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Grant-kels-Jane\">Dr. Jane M. Grant-Kels\u00a0<\/a><strong>Dermatologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Rothe-Marti\">Dr. Marti Jill Rothe\u00a0<\/a> <strong>Dermatologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Meng-Joyce\">Dr. Joyce Meng\u00a0<\/a><strong>Cardiologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Berg-Karina\">Dr. Karina M. Berg\u00a0<\/a><strong>Geriatric Medicine Doctor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Tannenbaum-Susan\">Dr. Susan H. Tannenbaum\u00a0<\/a><strong>Medical Oncologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Coyner-Katherine\">Dr. Katherine J. Coyner\u00a0<\/a><strong>Orthopaedic Surgeon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Geaney-Lauren\">Dr. Lauren E. Geaney\u00a0<\/a><strong>Orthopaedic Surgeon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Held-Tobin-Melissa\">Dr. Melissa Held\u00a0<\/a><strong>Pediatric Infectious Diseases Doctor<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten of UConn Health&#8217;s female doctors named to Castle Connolly 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine distinction <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":226912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2283,2230,2287,1868,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2209],"class_list":["post-226910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aging","category-cancer","category-orthopedics","category-meds","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 20:40:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226910"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226915,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226910\/revisions\/226915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/226912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226910"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=226910"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=226910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}