UConn Health welcomes Bruce Metz as chief information officer starting Sept. 11.

“UConn Health has a wealth of opportunity and extraordinary capabilities including possibilities presented by the one UConn model.  I am very excited to be joining such a talented team and look forward to helping the organization achieve even greater levels of excellence in research, teaching, and clinical care by capitalizing on advances in technology,” said Metz.

With experience at academic institutions like Tufts, Rider, and Princeton, he has twice led large organizational electronic health record transformations, once at Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia, and more recently bringing EPIC to Lahey Health in Burlington, Massachusetts where he served as senior vice president and chief information officer.

In this role, he will report to leadership both at the University and UConn Health.

“In our model, it’s essential to have someone with the kind of experience to navigate all the challenges and deliver that reliable, high-quality product for the thousands of users – staff and patients – who rely on it every day,” commented Dr. Andy Agwunobi, EVP, and CEO of UConn Health. “I am therefore extremely excited that Bruce will be joining us.”

“As the first UConn Health CIO under our one university movement, I know Bruce will help us find ways to work together, leverage learning, find opportunity and start us down a path where collaboration makes us stronger together than we could be independently,” said Michael Mundrane, Vice Provost and CIO, University of Connecticut.

Metz received a B.S. degree in industrial and management engineering from Columbia University, and an M.A. in organizational development and Ph.D. in applied psychology from New York University.

Metz assumes duties from Denise Purington who has acted as interim CIO since December. Denise will stay engaged as long as needed to support a smooth transition.

“UConn Health leadership is grateful to Denise for the leadership, perspective, and stability she brought to the organization under her leadership,” added Dr. Agwunobi.