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With apologies to Joni Mitchell, sometimes you don’t know who you’ve got ‘til he’s gone.
After watching him depart two years ago to accept an executive role at health insurer Humana, UConn Health in May brought back Dr. Andrew Agwunobi to serve as its CEO and executive vice president of health affairs.
Agwunobi previously held the dual roles of interim president of the University of Connecticut and CEO of UConn Health, which includes John Dempsey Hospital and dental and medical schools. He left to work for Humana in early 2022, after starting with UConn Health in 2014.
Agwunobi, a pediatrician with an MBA from Stanford Business School, was selected again for the CEO/EVP role at UConn Health after an extensive national search.
He succeeded Dr. Bruce Liang, who had been named interim CEO after Agwunobi’s departure and who still serves as dean of the UConn School of Medicine.
During his previous eight-year tenure as UConn Health CEO, Agwunobi was known for doubling patient net revenues and overseeing an $800 million infrastructure project.
He returns at a time when UConn Health, which has struggled financially for years, has been working toward generating more of its own revenue and reducing its reliance on state financial support.
But it has a long way to go, and Agwunobi will be a key voice in determining the health center’s future direction.
A report issued by Gov. Ned Lamont earlier this year concluded the state should explore selling John Dempsey Hospital, linking it in partnership with a private acute-care network, or other options to keep the UConn Health Center afloat financially.
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