Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Forms Five-Year Clinical Affiliation with Quinnipiac University School of Medicine

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, a long-term acute care hospital located in Wallingford, Conn. has formed a five-year clinical affiliation with The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.

“We are honored to be part of this new education affiliation agreement with Quinnipiac University School of Medicine,” said Dr. Steve Holland, chief medical officer at Gaylord Hospital. “We look forward to this exciting opportunity to partner with Quinnipiac as we collectively work together to create a new approach to medical education.”

Under the five-year agreement, Gaylord’s staff will work with the leadership of the School of Medicine recruiting physicians as teachers, designing clinical components of the curriculum, and creating academic policies and procedures; ultimately benefiting both institutions.

"Gaylord Hospital shares our commitment to primary care and medical education,” said Dr. Bruce Koeppen, founding dean of the School of Medicine. "I am confident that the physicians and staff at Gaylord Hospital will provide our students with a high quality clinical experience.”

The Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine is located in the university’s state-of-the-art Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and contains simulation laboratories, examination and patient assessment rooms, high-tech classrooms, and operating rooms with electronic resources. Its mission is to graduate medical and health care practitioners who will be the driving force for a more collaborative, economical and efficient health care system.

About Gaylord Specialty Healthcare

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare is a not-for-profit long-term acute care hospital that specializes in the care and treatment of people with medically complex and intensive rehabilitation issues.  With its main campus in Wallingford, CT, Gaylord operates outpatient therapy centers in Wallingford and North Haven, and sleep medicine centers in Glastonbury, Guilford, North Haven and Trumbull. 

About Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,400 full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges issue. The 2014 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master’s programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 377 Colleges.” The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Quinnipiac among the “Great Colleges to Work For.” For more information, please visit www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.