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Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs
Chief Executive Officer for UConn Health
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.
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. 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. 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. 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. Agwunobi lives in Westport, CT, with his wife Elizabeth, a hospitalist, and their two daughters, Hannah and Rebekah.
Deans
UConn Health Leadership
Deb Abromaitis
Assistant Vice President, Office of Accreditation and Regulatory Affairs
Scott R. Allen, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety
Chief Medical Officer
Kevin Chamberlin, PharmD, FASCP
Associate Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer
Jeffrey P. Geoghegan
Executive Vice President, Finance
Chief Financial Officer, UConn and UConn Health
Anne Horbatuck
Vice President, Ambulatory Services
Chief Operating Officer, UConn Medical Group
Denis Lafreniere, MD
Medical Director
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
Khadija Poitras-Rhea, LCSW
Associate Vice President, Population Health
Caryl Ryan, MS, BSN, RN
Vice President, Quality and Patient Care Services
Chief Nursing Officer
Chief Operating Officer, UConn John Dempsey Hospital
Interim Vice President, Patient Experience
Richard H. Simon, MD
Chief of Medical Staff
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
