Andrew Agwunobi, MD

Dr. Andrew Agwunobi is chief executive officer and executive vice president for health affairs at UConn Health.

Dr. Agwunobi previously served as chief executive of Providence Healthcare, a five-hospital region of Providence Health & Services in Spokane, Washington. He also held the positions of president and chief executive officer of Grady Health System in Atlanta; president and CEO of Tenet South Fulton Hospital in East Point, Georgia; chief operating officer of fourteen-hospital St. Joseph Health System in California; and secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. He has also served as chief of the Main Pediatric Urgent-Care Department for Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston.

A board-certified pediatrician, Dr. Agwunobi received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 2003, Tenet Healthcare awarded him its “CEO Circle of Excellence” award. In 2005, he was named one of the “100 Most Influential Georgians” by Georgia Trend Magazine. In 2007, he was named one of the “50 Most Powerful Physician Executives” by Modern Healthcare magazine.