Sue Gebo, M.P.H., R.D., CD-N*
Nutrition Instructor
Ms. 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 Instructor
A 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 Instructor
Born 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 Instructor
A 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 Instructor
Dr. 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.
