UConn Health

UConn Health
Geography
Location	263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Organization
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Connecticut
Services
Emergency department	Level III trauma center
Beds	224
Helipads
Helipad	FAA LID: CT75
Number Length Surface ft m H1 55 17 Concrete
History
Former name(s)	University of Connecticut Health Center
Opened	1961
Links
Website	health.uconn.edu
Lists	Hospitals in Connecticut

UConn Health is a healthcare system and hospital, and branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical care, advanced biomedical research, and academic education in medicine. The system is funded directly by the State of Connecticut and the University’s financial endowment. Its primary location, UConn John Dempsey Hospital, is a teaching hospital located in Farmington, Connecticut, in the US. In total, UConn Health comprises the hospital, the UConn School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, and Graduate School. Additional community satellite locations are located in Avon, Canton, East Hartford, Putnam, Simsbury, Southington, Storrs-Mansfield, Torrington, West Hartford, and Willimantic, including two urgent cares in both Storrs-Mansfield and Canton. ^[1] UConn Health also owns and operates many smaller clinics around the state that contain UConn Medical Group, UConn Health Partners, University Dentists and research facilities. Andrew Agwunobi stepped down as the CEO of UConn Health in February 2022 after serving since 2014 for a private-sector job. Bruce Liang was UConn Heath's interim CEO for 2022-2024 and remains dean of the UConn School of Medicine.^[2] Andrew Agwunobi returned to UConn Health as Executive Vice President of Health Affairs and CEO beginning May 31, 2024.^[3]

UConn Health has about 5,000 employees,^[4] and is closely linked with the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs-Mansfield through several cross-campus academic projects. Personnel are at the same time both University and Connecticut state employees. UConn Health is part of a plan introduced by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy, called "Bioscience Connecticut," and approved by the Connecticut General Assembly in 2011, to stimulate the economy in the state of Connecticut.