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NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN RECEIVE TEACHING AWARDS FROM UCONN
(New Britain, CT – August 22, 2006) Five New Britain General Hospital physicians were named “outstanding teachers” by hospital physician residents and physician assistant residents.
General surgery physician residents from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine gave Akella Sarma, MD, the Golden Scalpel Award for teaching. Dr. Sarma was also named an “outstanding teacher” by residents in the hospital’s Physician Assistant Surgical Residency Program. Dr. Sarma is associate chief of Surgery at the hospital.
UConn surgery residents named as outstanding teachers Robert Carangelo, MD, an associate attending physician in Orthopedics, and Raphael Cooper, a senior attending physician in Urology.
UConn residents in primary care internal medicine named Charles Graeber, MD, senior attending physician in Nephrology, teacher of the year. Robert Malkin, MD, a senior attending physician in Cardiology, received the community physician award.
ABOUT NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL
Founded in 1899, New Britain General Hospital has been serving its neighbors for 106 years, providing care in a compassionate and expedient manner on an inpatient and outpatient level. And as a teaching hospital, NBGH is dedicated to providing an environment conducive to the education of physicians and health-related professionals, as well as continuing to evolve by adding new services and enhanced technology.
New Britain General Hospital recently merged with Bradley Memorial Hospital to form The Hospital of Central Connecticut, a 414-bed, acute-care hospital with campuses in Southington and New Britain. A teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, THOCC continues to provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services in general medicine and surgery and a wide variety of specialties. For more information on THOCC, please visit www.thocc.org. |
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