University of Connecticut Health Center
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The University of Connecticut Health Center is located on the site of the old O'Meara farms in the Farmington Heights section of Farmington, Connecticut. It is home to the University of Connecticut's schools of medicine, dental medicine, and graduate school in biologically related sciences. The Health Center, as it is commonly known as, also houses John Dempsey hospital. The hospital offers the only ER in the Farmington Valley as well as a Level III Newborn Intensive Care Unit(NICU). The NICU is designated as a regional referral center for all high risk obstetrics and critically ill newborns.
Recently the Health Center has gained notoriety for its fastly growing cancer program, which is headed by the President of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Caroline Runowicz.
