Waterbury HEALTH

Dr. Greta Boynton, has been appointed Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Waterbury HEALTH network.  Dr. Boynton has extensive experience in physician leadership, more recently as a Regional Chief Medical Officer with Sound Physicians, providing both clinical and financial oversight for their core service lines in the Atlantic Region. Dr. Boynton replaces Dr. Justin Lundbye who became President and CEO of Waterbury HEALTH in November 2021.

Waterbury HEALTH is brining comprehensive care to COVID-19 patients with a new post COVID-19 Clinic.  This is the first clinic providing comprehensive care for pateints affected by COVID-19 in greater Waterbury. 

Waterbury HEALTH welcomes Dr. Daniel Kleiner, a hepatobiliary, pancreatic, and complex upper GI surgeon. The arrival of Dr. Kleiner will allow Waterbury HEALTH to bring sophisticated hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery to patients in the greater Waterbury area filling a service void. Before joining Waterbury HEALTH, Dr. Kleiner was Chief of Hepatic and Biliary Surgery at Western Connecticut Health Network. Dr. Kleiner was also vice-chairman of the Waterbury Hospital Department of Surgery.

Waterbury HEALTH -- a local network anchored by 357-bed Waterbury Hospital that offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient healthcare services as well as primary and multispecialty physician services and home health care -- has acquired a minority ownership interest in Waterbury Surgery Center, a free-standing multispecialty facility providing high-quality ambulatory surgical services.  Waterbury HEALTH began managing the facility Dec. 31, 2020.  

Waterbury Hospital and Connecticut Health Care Associates District 1199, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employers (CHCA/NUHHCE), the labor union that represents the hospital’s nursing staff and technical positions including respiratory therapists, and radiology and surgical technicians, today hailed the spirit of cooperation and collaboration that has enabled them to work effectively together to care for the community during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.

In order to increase testing volume for patients suspected of having Coronavirus, Waterbury Hospital opened the state’s second Department of Public Health approved drive through Coronavirus Sampling Station for patients. Our colleagues worked very hard to get this station up and running by early Friday afternoon. The sampling station will be open seven days a week, from 8 am to 4 pm.

Maria Fernanda Munoz, MD, has joined Alliance Medical Group, an affiliate of Waterbury HEALTH.  Dr. Munoz specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. She will be working at the Alliance Medical Group affiliate Associated Women’s Health Specialists in Waterbury.