Hartford Hospital is one of New England’s largest teaching hospitals. The tertiary care center features 867 beds throughout its divisions, including mental health and long-term care facilities. As one of the primary teaching hospitals for the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, the hospital is one of two leading transplant centers in the nation and operates the only air ambulance system in the state. For superior clinical outcomes in neutral valve repair, the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation honored Hartford’s Heart & Vascular Institute with the “Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center” award. In addition, Hartford is a leading hospital for 15 types of care in the U.S. News and World Report for 2024-25, a 5-star recipient for multiple treatments across several specialties and a recipient of the highest level rating for hospital safety by The Leapfrog Group. The hospital’s cancer institute is actively involved in groundbreaking clinical trials and partnered with New York-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, one of the nation’s top cancer centers.
