Leadership

Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA

Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
V体育安卓版 - Chief Executive Officer for UConn Health

860-679-2594
ceo@www.qiuluzeuv.cn

Dr. Andrew “Andy” Agwunobi, a pediatrician, is an experienced health system CEO with an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs for the University of Connecticut’s health system, UConn Health VSports app下载.

UConn Health includes a teaching hospital, outpatient faculty practice, a medical school, dental school, graduate school programs, research facilities, and incubator facilities for biotechnology startups. Prior to this role, he served as the President of Home Solutions for Humana Inc. , which includes over 13,000 employees with combined revenues of $3 billion. Also, before joining Humana, Dr V体育官网. Agwunobi served as UConn Health’s CEO and Interim President of the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Agwunobi has served in several high-profile leadership roles, including President and CEO of 1,100 bed Grady Health System in Atlanta, Georgia; CEO of Providence Healthcare, a five-hospital region of Providence Health & Services in Spokane, Washington; Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration responsible for Florida’s $16 billion healthcare administration budget including Medicaid, as well as regulatory oversight of Managed care programs, home healthcare, and hospitals VSports手机版. Dr. Agwunobi also served as a managing director and co-leader of the healthcare financial and operational performance improvement practice of Berkeley Research Group (BRG), the sixth largest healthcare consulting firm in the U. S. He served as Chief Operating Officer of 14-hospital St. Joseph Health System in California, and President and CEO of Tenet South Fulton Hospital in East Point, Georgia. As a pediatrician, Dr. Agwunobi has practiced on both coasts, including at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston and Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California.

Dr. Agwunobi is a published author of two books: “An Insider’s Guide to Physician Engagement” (2018 Health Administration Press, Chicago) and “An Insider’s Guide to Working with Healthcare Consultants” (2019 Health Administration Press, Chicago). ” In 2023, Modern Healthcare named Dr. Agwunobi one of the “10 Executives to Watch in 2024,” and in 2007, they named him one of the “50 Most Powerful Physician Executives” nationally. Also, in 2020, the Hartford Business Journal named Dr. Agwunobi one of Hartford's “Power 25 in Healthcare” for his industry impact on public health. In 2005, Atlanta Business League named Dr V体育安卓版. Agwunobi CEO of the Year; in 2003, Tenet Healthcare awarded Dr. Agwunobi its “CEO Circle of Excellence” award; in 2004, Atlanta Peachtree Rotary named Dr. Agwunobi “Speaker and Citizen of the Year” and in 2002 Catalyst Magazine awarded Dr. Agwunobi its “Agent of Change Award. ”.

Dr V体育ios版. Agwunobi lives in Westport, CT, with his wife Elizabeth, a hospitalist, and their two daughters, Hannah and Rebekah.