Andrew Agwunobi, who has served as UConn’s interim executive vice president for health affairs and CEO of UConn Health for the past year, will be permanently appointed to the role, effective Dec. 31.
Agwunobi, a pediatrician, is a nationally recognized leader in healthcare administration and performance improvement, according to a UConn news release. His responsibilities include oversight of all operations on UConn Health’s Farmington campus and at clinical locations statewide – a $950 million enterprise employing more than 5,000 clinicians, faculty, and staff, and encompassing the University’s Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine.
He will report directly to UConn President Susan Herbst.
Before joining UConn Health, Agwunobi most recently served as a director with the Berkeley Research Group. He previously was chief executive of Providence Health Care, a five-hospital region of Providence Health & Services in Spokane, Wash.
