Affiliated Hospitals

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UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

Connecticut Children's

Connecticut Children’s is the only hospital in Connecticut dedicated exclusively to the care of children and ranked one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and a Magnet® designated hospital. Connecticut Children’s provides more than 30 pediatric specialties along with community-based programs to uniquely care for the physical, social, and emotional needs of children. Our team of pediatric experts and care coordinators bring access to breakthrough research, advanced treatments for both rare and common diseases, and innovative health and safety programs to every child. Connecticut Children’s is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to improve access to healthcare for all children through convenient locations, care alliances and partnerships.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is a member of Trinity Health Of New England. Saint Francis is committed to exceeding the expectations of their patients and families by providing world-class service in a progressive, people-centered, compassionate health care environment.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center remains committed to the mission that has been virtually unchanged during our 120-year history – to improve and enrich the lives of individuals and families in our region. Compassionate care, superior technology and prevention-oriented education will combine in centers of clinical excellence. Dedication to their founding core values will create a spiritual and healing environment.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center has been an anchor institution in north central Connecticut since 1897. In 2015, Saint Francis became part of Trinity Health Of New England, an integrated health care delivery system that is a member of Trinity Health, Livonia, MI, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is licensed for 617 beds and 65 bassinets, is a major teaching hospital and the largest Catholic hospital in New England.

Hartford Healthcare

Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854, is one of the largest teaching hospitals and tertiary care centers in New England. The hospital boasts 867 licensed beds, including its 114-bed mental health facility, the Institute of Living, which maintains an international reputation of excellence, a 59-bed, free-standing orthopedic hospital; and Jefferson House, a 104-bed long-term care facility. The hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) ranks among the 40 busiest EDs in the country. It has a nearly 200-year history of training physicians on the latest techniques and technology.

Hartford Hospital is the flagship member of Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. A system-wide institute model offers a unified high standard of care in crucial specialties at hospital and ambulatory sites across the state, offering unparalleled expertise at the most affordable cost. The institutes include Ayer NeuroscienceBehavioral HealthCancerDigestive HealthHeart & VascularOrthopedics, and Tallwood Urology & Kidney.

The hospital’s active medical staff includes more than 2,000 physicians and dentists. In 2023, the hospital had over 46,000 discharges and more than 100,000 Emergency Department visits. Hartford Hospital physicians performed over 38,000 surgeries in 48 operating rooms and delivered 3,964 babies that year.

When hospitals can’t provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to Hartford Hospital. In 2023, more than 9,000 patients were transferred here, from over 50 different facilities in the Northeast.

Hartford Hospital was ranked best in the nation in 2023 for cardiac surgery by the Society for Thoracic Surgeons; achieved the highest kidney graft survival rates in the nation; and received an “A” grade, as well as Top Teaching Hospital recognition, from The Leapfrog Group, the nation’s leading independent watchdog for healthcare safety – all in addition to accolades from U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades, CMS, The Joint Commission, Newsweek, and many more.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut

The Hospital of Central Connecticut (THOCC) is a 414-bed, 32-bassinet, acute-care community teaching hospital with campuses in New Britain and Southington. The hospital was created with the 2006 merger of the former New Britain General and Bradley Memorial hospitals.

Affiliated with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, The Hospital of Central Connecticut provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in general medicine and surgery and a wide variety of specialties. Specialty centers include the Endocrine and Bone Health Center, Cancer Services, Cardiology, Clinical Research, Family BirthPlace, Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate, Joint and Spine Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Sleep Disorders Center, Vascular Center, Center for Bariatric Surgery, Weigh Your Options Weight Loss Center, Wolfson Palliative Care Consult Services, and Wound Care Center.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut has a medical staff of more than 400 physicians. Through the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, the hospital participates in residency programs for primary care internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, and general surgery.

The Hospital of Central Connecticut is a member of the Central Connecticut Health Alliance, a system of healthcare affiliates that provides a wide array of services throughout the region, caring for patients from birth through the end of life.