Sue Gebo, M.P.H., R.D., CD-N*
Nutrition InstructorMs. Gebo earned a B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University and a master's in Public Health Nutrition from the University of Michigan. She is a registered dietitian and has worked extensively in public health and clinical nutrition in Arizona, Mississippi and Connecticut. Ms. Gebo serves as consulting nutritionist for family medicine where she directs nutrition training for residents, participates in medical student training, and provides nutrition counseling for individual patients. In addition to her work with UConn, Ms. Gebo currently presents corporate and community seminars, serves as faculty at Saint Joseph College, provides consulting services to Wesleyan University, and offers individual consultation through her private practice in West Hartford. Her book, What's Left to Eat?, was published in 1992. Several PBS specials have featured Sue for her nutrition expertise.
*CD-N is a certified dietitian-nutritionist, a State of Connecticut certification.
Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, M.D.
Clinical InstructorA family physician and activist, Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven became the Henry R. Luce Professor of Health and Human Rights at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut in 2001. She teaches a range of undergraduate courses integrating human rights approaches with health, focusing on gender, race, illness patterns and the environment from domestic and international perspectives. Prior to joining Trinity, she lived and worked in South Africa and Canada. From 1997-1999, she was a research fellow with the Health and Human Rights Project at the Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture in Cape Town, which provided consultation and support for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Special Hearings on the Health Sector. Returning to South Africa every summer, she continues to collaborate with colleagues at the University of Cape Town School of Public Health. She received her AB in American Studies with a concentration in Sociology from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and her MDCM from McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She completed Residency Training in Family Medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal. Laurel taught in the predoctoral program at McGill University and was an FTE at the CLSC Cote des Neiges/Jewish General Hospital Residency Training Program in Montreal from 1988-1996. A fellow of the Canadian College of Family Physicians, Laurel is a member of the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) International Advisory Board and the Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Network. She is a former chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility and subcommittee on Science and Human Rights. She has written extensively on complicity of the South African health sector under apartheid, dual loyalty of health care workers, violence against women, and training and education in human rights for health professionals. Believing that this work is grounded in local realities, she sees patients at Asylum Hill and precepts residents. Laurel and her husband Chengiah have a son and daughter, and will be empty nesters in the coming year.
Peter Brown, M.D.
Clinical InstructorBorn in Paris, France, however Dr. Brown grew up in Greenwich, CT. He received a BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina and a MS in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut. After finishing his medical degree at the University of Connecticut, he completed residency residency at the University of Connecticut/St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. He worked in private family practice from 1990 to 2004 in Tolland, CT and now enjoys teaching residents and medical students at Asylum Hill Family Practice Center. He also works part-time at the Hartford Dispensary and devotes his free time to antique restoration, hiking, travel, and his love of American History.
Neil Moynihan, M.D.
Clinical InstructorA 1992 graduate of our program, Dr. Moynihan precepts at the Practice Center, and enjoys his role as a teacher of our residents. He also works in the emergency room at Johnson Memorial Hospital, and lives in Storrs with his wife and four children.
Thomas J. McLarney, M.D.
Clinical InstructorDr. McLarney is the Medical Director at the East Hartford Community Health Care. He attended Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT receiving a bachelor's degree in biology. He then completed his medical training at Georgetown University. Dr. McLarney completed his residency training at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.
Dr. McLarney has 10 years teaching experience at the Middlesex Hospital Family Practice Residency Program where he was Clinical Director. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and an attending physician at St. Francis Hospital. He has also been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and is a member of both the Connecticut and American Academies of Family Physicians.
He was the 1999 recipient of the Kathleen McShane outstanding Physician Award given by the CAFP and the 2003 recipient of the David Schmidt award given by the University of Connecticut/St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Family Practice Residents. Dr. McLarney has a CAQ in Geriatrics, and is a certified instructor for ATLS.
