The UConn Health community is deeply saddened and mourning the loss of our beloved colleague and friend, Dr. Anthony Voytovich.

A longtime member of the Department of Medicine faculty, Tony pioneered primary care at UConn Health and was an excellent educator at UConn School of Medicine. He was the epitome of “UConn magic” as he often described our institution and its talented people.

Tony first arrived to UConn’s medical school in 1974 and over the years he held many leadership roles including chief of general medicine, chief of staff at UConn John Dempsey Hospital and dean of students. His decades of leadership and service contributed greatly to the advancement of internal medicine at UConn Health, he was a “go-to” physician to many and an early advocate for quality assurance in patient care.

Tony was an inspiration, mentor, and celebrated educator to countless medical students, young physicians, and colleagues. He was a man of many talents. He had the great gift of storytelling, and creatively dually taught and entertained. He was a pilot and as an avid musician, he played the alto saxophone as a member of the Seizure Jazz Ensemble, composed of UConn Health former and current faculty and staff.

Tony received his medical degree from State University of New York Upstate Medical University and completed his residency training at Cleveland Metro General Hospital, the teaching hospital of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Tony’s passing is a great loss for our institution, he will be missed deeply, but his memory will live on in all his students, colleagues and friends who knew him at UConn Health.

We share our heartfelt condolences with his wife, Glenna, and their children.

Funeral services are planned in Connecticut and will be announced later this week.

Bruce T. Liang, M.D., F.A.C.C.
Dean, School of Medicine

Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, UConn Health
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs

 

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