Introducing the Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health
Dr. Katherine Coyner sees a patient at the UConn Musculoskeletal Institute at UConn Health. (Stan Godlewski for UConn Health)
UConn Health introduces a collection of coordinated services designed to keep women active and moving.
The Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health is built on a foundation of sports medicine expertise, but it's designed for any women, athlete or not.
Led by Dr. Katherine Coyner, the director, and Dr. Allison Schafer, the medical director, both from UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, the Women's Center for Motion and Performance combines services from a range of specialties, any of which could have relevance to help a patient retain or regain her mobility.
Those specialties include Coyner's, which is orthopedic surgery, and Schafer's, primary care sports medicine, as well as psychology, lifestyle medicine/weight management, neurology, osteoporosis, and physical therapy.
"Dr. Schafer and I are both super fortunate we get to take care of amazing athletes in UConn Athletics and, leveraging our knowledge and experience there, we're transitioning to being able to treat everybody," Coyner says. "We have all these resources right here at UConn Health to treat everybody, and that patient we're targeting is women of all ages and activity levels that just want to either stay active or become active."
Debuting today, this care model features a dedicated nurse navigator tasked with guiding each patient's care.
"We're all integrated in this system to really provide this seamless, cohesive care plan for our patients," Schafer says. "As we schedule patient appointments in these different subspecialties, sometimes it can get very confusing why they're going certain places. Sometimes it can be difficult to keep track of your appointments. So our nurse navigator is really going to help see them through each of these subspecialties."
Hear Schafer and Coyner explain in greater detail in the latest UConn Health Pulse podcast:
"Creating this virtual center allows our expert integrated multidisciplinary team to focus on the patient, to get them back to their active life," says Anne Horbatuck, chief operating officer of the UConn Medical Group and vice president for ambulatory services at UConn Health. "This center creates the links between the specialty services that help our patients get the quality care they need at any age in an organized manner."
The entry point for care at the Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health is through the nurse navigator, whose direct line is 860-679-6330. Appointments are available at the main campus in Farmington, as well as UConn Health's offices in Simsbury and Southington.
Learn more about the Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health.
