Two Women Join the Faculty at the University of Connecticut Health Center

The University of Connecticut Health Center has announced the appointment of two women to its faculty.

Christina Stevenson was named an assistant professor of surgery. A surgical oncologist, she specializes in breast cancer and tumors of the thyroid and adrenal glands. She earned her medical degree at George Washington University and was a fellow in surgical oncology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland.

Karen Hook is an assistant professor of medicine with clinical expertise in anemia, blood cancers, and platelet disorders. She has been serving as the chief fellow in the division of hematology/oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.