News Release

October 15, 2009

Contact: Chris DeFrancesco, 860-679-3914
e-mail: cdefrancesco@uchc.edu 

PA Joins UConn Health Center Dermatologists

Michael Tortorello Specializes in Medical, Cosmetic Dermatology

FARMINGTON, CONN. – Michael Tortorello, a certified physician assistant specializing in medical and cosmetic dermatology, is now seeing patients at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Tortorello joins the Department of Dermatology with a background in dermatology and plastic surgery and extensive training in the use of lasers, peels and cosmetic fillers. He specialized in surgery at the physician assistant program at the Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

Tortorello lives in Glastonbury.

More information about the UConn Health Center Department of Dermatology is available at http://dermatology.uchc.edu. To schedule an appointment, call 860-679-4600. The office is now located at 21 South Road in Farmington.

Photo: http://today.uchc.edu/images/news/tortorello.jpg
Caption: Michael Tortorello, a certified physician assistant specializing in medical and cosmetic dermatology, has joined UConn Dermatology Associates.

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