University of Connecticut Health Center
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| Location | 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT, Connecticut, United States |
| Organization | |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | UConn School of Medicine |
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| Emergency department | Level III trauma center |
| Beds | 224 |
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| Founded | 1961 |
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| Website | home page |
| Lists | Hospitals in Connecticut |
The University of Connecticut Health Center is a major teaching hospital and academic medical center located in the Farmington Heights section of Farmington, Connecticut. The Health Center, as it is commonly known, houses the John Dempsey hospital as well as UConn's dental and medical schools and a graduate school for biomedical science. The hospital offers the only ER in the Farmington Valley as well as a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU is designated as a regional referral center for all high risk obstetrics and critically ill newborns. The Health Center has over 5,000 employees, making it Connecticut's 16th largest employer[1]. It is currently ranked one of the nation's top 100 hospitals, and is one of only 15 hospitals nationwide recognized in the major teaching hospital category. The Health Center has a fast-growing cancer program, which is headed by the President of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Caroline Runowicz.
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[edit] Education
The UConn Health Center is home to the University of Connecticut's schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and the graduate school of biomedical science. The school of medicine is currently ranked second among New England public medical schools in research and third among them in primary care by U.S. News and World Report[2]. The average medical school class size is approximately 80 students, the majority Connecticut residents. Medical students spend their clinical years rotating through John Dempsey Hospital, as well as Hartford Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, and starting from the first year spend one half-day a week learning clinical skills at a community practice in Connecticut through the school's Student Continuity Practice[3]. Since August 2009 the dean of the school of medicine has been renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. Cato Laurencin.
The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, located in the academic wing of the health center, was one of eight federally-funded National Network of Libraries of Medicine libraries from 1991-2001. The library now maintains EFTS, an electronic funds transfer system which supports payments between medical libraries all over the world. The library provides electronic access to thousands of journals and hundreds of books for medical and dental students and staff. The UConn Health Center now also houses the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library. This history of medicine collection is rich in 19th century American monographs, serials, pamphlets, manuscripts and artifacts.
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In 2007 University trustees approved plans to replace the existing hospital structure in Farmington with a new $500 million hospital at the same location. The new facility would house almost all hospital services, allowing the current facility to devoted more fully to academics and research. The new hospital would add 128 beds, for a total of 352.
Fierce opposition to the proposal for a new hospital is expected from other Connecticut hospitals, especially Hartford Hospital and Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center, fearing a glut of facilities in the region.[4]
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