News Release

March 1, 2013

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

Home-grown Pediatrician Seeing Patients at UConn Health Center

FARMINGTON, CONN. – Dr. Ashley Casserino, pediatrician who trained at the University of Connecticut Health Center, is now seeing patients at the UConn Health Partners East Hartford office, 99 Ash St.

Casserino is a graduate of the UConn School of Medicine and completed her postdoctoral training at the UConn Pediatric Residency Program at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. She is board-certified in pediatrics, and has specialized interest in nutrition and pediatric gastroenterology.

Casserino is a resident of Kensington.

More information about UConn Health Center pediatrics is available at http://www.uchc.edu/patients/services/pediatrics. Call 800-535-6232 or 860-679-7692 to schedule an appointment. Expectant parents are encouraged to establish a relationship with a pediatrician before their baby’s birth.

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Caption: Dr. Ashley Casserino is seeing patients at the UConn Health Center’s East Hartford office.

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