Surgery
Podcast: Listen to Your Limbs
UConn Health’s Dr. Justin D’Addario discusses measures that can be taken to improve poor circulation and ultimately avoid the need for amputation
June 27, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
American Urology Association Honors Dr. Peter Albertsen
UConn Health’s Urology Division chief accepts Distinguished Contribution Award
May 23, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health Minute: Colon Cancer
Colon cancer is a major cancer killer but as UConn Health colorectal surgeon Dr. Alyson Cunningham explains, it is preventable with regular screenings and lifestyle changes.
March 27, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health Marks Rare Disease Day
Doctors at UConn Health Celebrate the Successful Journey of Rare Disease Patient Traveling from Brazil to Connecticut for Innovative Surgery.
February 29, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
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
February 7, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
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.
January 30, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Long COVID Story: Now, Back in the Race
Patient says her care at UConn Health helped her overcome a series of problems that followed a COVID-19 diagnosis and kept her sidelined for 2 ½ years
December 21, 2023 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Receives the 2024 Women’s Choice Awards as one of America’s Best Hospitals in Eight Areas
The Women’s Choice Awards has named UConn John Dempsey Hospital as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety, Cancer Care, Stroke Care, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Breast Cancer, Mammogram Images, Women’s Services and Obstetrics
December 15, 2023 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health Minute: Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid cancer is hard to detect because it generally doesn’t cause any symptoms. As UConn Health endocrine surgeon Giao Phan explains, it’s important to pay attention to changes in your neck or throat because if found early, most thyroid cancers are highly curable.
December 7, 2023 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Dr. Kevin Staveley-O’Carroll Named Next UConn Health Chair of Surgery
Dr. Staveley-O’Carroll, an NIH-funded oncology surgeon-scientist, joins UConn this December.
September 21, 2023 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)