*Office of the President
*

	June 19, 2014



To The University of Vermont Community:

The University of Vermont joins Fletcher Allen Partners in announcing a 
name change today. Fletcher Allen Partners, the organization that 
includes Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington and three other 
affiliated hospitals in Vermont and New York, is changing its name to 
The University of Vermont Health Network. In addition, Burlington's 
Fletcher Allen Health Care will be known as The University of Vermont 
Medical Center.

This is an important development for both Fletcher Allen and UVM, and it 
has my full and enthusiastic support.This change also has been approved 
by the University's Board of Trustees. The initiative does not revise 
the independent corporate nature of the University of Vermont Health 
Network and UVM, but places a stronger emphasis on the shared academic 
missions of both organizations.

This collective decision will enhance the local, regional, and national 
reputations and quality of all of the entities now bearing the 
University of Vermont name, and makes more visible to the general public 
and to patients the important work that the University and these 
hospitals are doing together. This new designation will signal clearly 
to people in the region that they have access to a very high quality 
health network, aligned with one of the top 10 academic medical centers 
in the country, which has a continuing strong commitment to providing 
exceptional patient care and effectively controlling costs.

I am pleased to be sharing this good news with you today, and appreciate 
the cooperative spirit between our organizations that has made this very 
positive change happen. Additional details are included in a press 
release that may be found here:
http://www.fletcherallen.org/about/news_room/press_releases/fletcherallenpartnersboardapprovesnamechange.html

Sincerely,

Tom Sullivan,
President







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Tom Sullivan
President
University of Vermont
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