{"id":22986,"date":"2021-04-26T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=22986"},"modified":"2026-04-09T07:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:58:43","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/pediatric-surgery-fellowship\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-22986\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-22986-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-22986-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Christine Finck, M.D.\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/04\/Finck-Christine.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/04\/Finck-Christine-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/04\/Finck-Christine.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-22986-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Christine Finck, M.D., FACS<\/strong><br \/>\nProgram Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Connecticut Children's<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical School:<\/strong>\u00a0M.D., SUNY HSC, Syracuse, NY<br \/>\n<strong>Residency:<\/strong>\u00a0SUNY HSC, Syracuse, NY<br \/>\n<strong>Fellowship:<\/strong>\u00a0Pediatric Surgery at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences<br \/>\n<strong>Current Appointments:<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Surgery and Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn School of Medicine<br \/>\nExecutive Vice President, Surgeon in Chief, Connecticut Children's<br \/>\nSurgeon in Chief, Connecticut\u00a0 Children's<br \/>\nVice Chairman, Department of Surgery, UConn School of Medicine<br \/>\nPeter Decker's Endowed Chair of Surgery, Connecticut Children's<br \/>\nChief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Connecticut Children's<br \/>\n<strong>Fun Facts:<\/strong>\u00a0I have 3 children, 4 dogs, 1 cat, 1 rabbit and a horse<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-22986-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-22986-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"RICHARD WEISS, M.D., FACS\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/04\/weiss_richard.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/04\/weiss_richard-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/04\/weiss_richard.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-22986-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Richard Weiss, M.D., FACS, FAAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Trauma and Emergency Medicine, UConn School of Medicine<br \/>\nAssociate Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program<br \/>\nCo-Director Maternal Fetal Medicine Prenatal Clinic<br \/>\nResidency: NYU, New York, NY<br \/>\nFellowship: Cincinnati Children\u2019s, Cincinnati, OH<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-22986-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-22986-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"James Healy, M.D., MHS, FACS\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/03\/Healy_james.jpg 160w, 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panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Allison Williams, B.A.\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/Allison-Williams-2026.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/Allison-Williams-2026-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/Allison-Williams-2026.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-22986-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Allison Williams, B.A., C-TAGME<br \/>\n<\/strong>Fellowship Program Coordinator II<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 860-837-6262<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:awilliams05@connecticutchildrens.org\" rel=\"\">awilliams05@connecticutchildrens.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-22986-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-22986-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Marianne Custer, B.S., C-TAGME\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/Custer_Marianne.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/Custer_Marianne-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/Custer_Marianne.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-22986-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-22986-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Marianne Custer, B.S., C-TAGME<br \/>\n<\/strong>Administrative Director, Medical Education<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 860-837-6260<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:mcuster@connecticutchildrens.org\">mcuster@connecticutchildrens.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christine Finck, M.D., FACS Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Connecticut Children&#8217;s Medical School:\u00a0M.D., SUNY HSC, Syracuse, NY Residency:\u00a0SUNY HSC, Syracuse, NY Fellowship:\u00a0Pediatric Surgery at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Current Appointments: Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine Associate Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn School of Medicine Executive Vice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":22983,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 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