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Hartford HealthCare Medical Group Specialty Care - Breast Surgery in Avon, CT offers breast cancer treatment, breast surgery, and breast reconstruction services. Located at 385 West Main Street, the clinic is staffed by two breast surgery providers and accepts numerous insurance plans.

Clinic Type

Breast Surgery

Address

385 West Main Street Avon, CT 06001

Phone

860.246.2071

Email

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Opening Hours

Not published — contact the clinic to confirm hours.

Emergency Care

In an emergency, call 911

Services Offered

  • Breast Cancer
  • Breast Surgery
  • Breast Reconstruction

Team

  • Leah R. Bassin — MD, FACS
  • April Marie Duckworth — MD

Insurance & Payment

  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • BCBS Medicare
  • CarePartners of Connecticut
  • Cigna Healthcare
  • Colonial Cooperative Care
  • Community Health Network of Connecticut, Inc.
  • Connecticare
  • Connecticare Commercial
  • Connecticare Medicare
  • Corvel
  • Coventry
  • Essence Healthcare
  • Evercare
  • First Health Group Corp.
  • Focus
  • Health Connecticut
  • Health Direct
  • Health New England
  • Healthy Connecticut
  • Northeast Health Direct
  • One Health Plan/ Great-West Healthcare
  • Oxford Health Plans
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Health Care Systems, Inc.
  • Senior Whole Health
  • United Healthcare
  • WellCare of Connecticut, Inc.

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Languages Spoken

  • English

FAQs

What services are offered at this location?

Breast Cancer, Breast Surgery, Breast Reconstruction

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: very positive

  • Zocdoc (for Dr. April Duckworth): 5.0 out of 5.0 stars (8 verified reviews)
  • Hartford HealthCare (for Dr. Leah Bassin): 5.0 out of 5.0 stars (Not explicitly specified (verified review))

Patients praise

  • Compassionate, caring, and kind bedside manner
  • Thorough and detailed explanations of diagnoses and procedures
  • Patient-focused approach; patients never feel rushed
  • Professional and personable staff
  • High level of trust and comfort during procedures and treatments

Common complaints

  • General dissatisfaction with the medical group expressed by a single reviewer on Yelp

"Dr. Duckworth is an amazing physician. She is caring, compassionate and kind. She is an excellent breast surgeon. She made me feel very comfortable while doing a procedure."

— Verified Hartford HealthCare patient reviews

"Nobody is excited about needing surgery but Dr Bassin made me feel [comfortable] from the office visit to the surgery. She explained the procedure well. She took the time to [answer questions] and didn’t rush onto the next thing."

— Healthgrades patient review

"Dr. DeFusco is the best in breast oncology! She is extremely thorough with her physical check up and always willing to take the extra time to answer questions and concerns."

— LocalityBiz patient review

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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