News Release

February 9, 2006

Contact: Jane Shaskan, 860-679-4777
e-mail: shaskan@nso.uchc.edu

UConn Health Center Board of Directors

New Members Announced

FARMINGTON, CONN. – The University of Connecticut Health Center recently announced the following appointments to its Board of Directors:

• John Bigos, M.D., of Niantic, is a pulmonologist and active member of the Connecticut State Medical Society.
• Sanford Cloud Jr., of Farmington, is chairman and chief executive officer of the Cloud Company, LLC.
• Anne Gnazzo, of West Hartford, is the deputy secretary of the State Office of Policy Management.
• Brian Hehir, of Port Washington, New York, is a vice chairman of investment banking at Merrill Lynch.
• Ann Slaughter, D.D.S., is an assistant professor and course director for geriatric dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, where she resides.

The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of medicine and dental medicine, John Dempsey Hospital, the UConn Medical Group and University Dentists. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of providing outstanding health care education in an environment of exemplary patient care, research and public service. To learn more about the UConn Health Center, visit our website at www.uchc.edu.

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