{"id":548,"date":"2016-11-29T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T16:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medicine\/?page_id=548"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:14:28","slug":"program-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/anesthesiology-residency-program\/program-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. J. Aaron Scott<\/h3>\n

Vice Chair of Education
\nProgram Director, Anesthesiology Residency
\nDirector of Medical Student Education
\nAssociate Professor of Anesthesiology
\nAnesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Columbia University\/New York Presbyterian Hospital
\nAnesthesiology Residency: University of Massachusetts, Chief Resident
\nMedical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
\nUndergraduate: University of Connecticut<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Sivasenthil Arumugam<\/h3>\n

Immediate Past President of the Connecticut Society of Anesthesiologists
\nClinical Professor in Anesthesiology
\nClinical Competency Committee Chair
\nActive ABA Oral Board Examiner
\nEditor for ABA Basic Exam
\nSaint Francis Hospital Site Director
\nAnesthesia Residency: University of Massachusetts
\nMedical School: Madras Medical College<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Howard B. Gutstein<\/a><\/h3>\n

Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesia
\nAnesthesia Residency: The University of California, San Francisco
\nFellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia: The University of California, San Francisco
\nPostdoctoral Neuroscience: The Mental Health Research Institute, The University of Michigan
\nGraduate Certificate in Healthcare Management: Jones School of Business, Rice University
\nMedical School: Johns Hopkins University
\nUndergraduate: Washington University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Clinical Site Directors<\/h3>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Michael Archambault<\/h3>\n

Connecticut Children\u2019s Site Director
\nClinical Competency Committee
\nPediatric Anesthesia Fellowship: Yale University
\nAnesthesiology Residency: University of Connecticut, Chief Resident
\nMedical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
\nUndergraduate: Georgetown University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Vasilije Mijovic<\/h3>\n

Hartford Hospital Site Director
\nClinical Competency Committee
\nAssistant Professor of Anesthesiology
\nFellowship: Obstetric Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai Hospital
\nResidency: New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital \/ Weill Cornell Medicine
\nMedical School: University of Belgrade School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Kasmir Ramo<\/h3>\n

UConn Health Site Director
\nClinical Competency Committee
\nAssistant Professor of Anesthesiology
\nFellowship: Fellow in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Columbia University
\nResidency: Columbia University
\nMedical School: University of Massachusetts<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Jamie Zorn<\/h3>\n

St. Francis Hospital\/Trinity Health Site Director
\nClinical Competency Committee
\nAssistant Professor of Anesthesiology
\nFellowship: Obstetric Anesthesiology, Magee Women\u2019s Hospital, UPMC
\nResidency: The University of Connecticut
\nMedical School: Wayne State University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Fellowship Directors<\/h3>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Kevin Finkel<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
\nIAA Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director
\nMedical Director of Research for the HH Dept of Anesthesia
\nActive ABA Oral Board Examiner
\nRegional Anesthesia Fellowship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
\nAnesthesia Residency: Washington University\/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
\nMedical School: University of Connecticut
\nUndergraduate: University of Connecticut<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. F. Luke Aldo<\/h3>\n

Program Director - Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship
\nAssistant Clinical Professor, UConn School of Medicine
\nHartford Hospital\/UConn Health
\nFellowship: Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
\nResidency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Dr.<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Dhamodaran Palaniappan<\/h3>\n

Program Director, Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
\nMember, Clinical Competence Committee
\nClinical Professor in Anesthesiology, UConn School of Medicine
\nCritical Care Medicine Fellowship: Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
\nAnesthesiology Residency: Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami
\nMedical School: Madras Medical College<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"No<\/div><\/div>

Dr. Sanjay Sinha<\/h3>\n

Saint Francis Hospital Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director
\nPioneer of IPACK Regional Block
\nAnesthesia Residency: UConn John Dempsey Hospital, UConn School of Medicine
\nMedical School: Government Medical School<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. J. Aaron Scott Vice Chair of Education Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency Director of Medical Student Education Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Columbia University\/New York Presbyterian Hospital Anesthesiology Residency: University of Massachusetts, Chief Resident Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Undergraduate: University of Connecticut Dr. Sivasenthil Arumugam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":507,"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 19:14:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":140,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38198,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/548\/revisions\/38198"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}