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COMMENTARY
[8-page section]
Reflections from the editor-in-chief on 20-year tenure
Joseph H. Friedman, MD
When the competent patient refuses personal care
Herbert Rakatansky, MD
Clinical Challenges in the Growing Medical Marijuana Field
Jonathan Barker, MD |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
[5-page section]
Challenges of delivering medical care in resource-poor countries;
thoughts on personalized medicine in US
Zachary Tabb, MD ’18
Importance of screening for prevention, early detection of colorectal cancer
Samir A. Shah, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF
Eric Lamy
Melissa Campbell, MPH |
WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE
RIMJ Readers' Photos
Humboldt County, California |
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Clinical and Translational Research in Rhode Island: Results of a Needs Assessment Survey
A study performed by the Tracking and Evaluation Key Component Activity (KCA) for Advance-CTR
Cynthia Willey, PhD
Jacquelyn Fede, MA
John Stevenson, PhD
Anthony Hayward, MD, PhD
Stephen Kogut, PhD, MBA
Heather Fournier, MA
James Padbury, MD
Ghost Attack: The East Providence Carbon Monoxide Mass Casualty Incident
Catherine Cummings, MD
James Monti, MD
Leo Kobayashi, MD
John Potvin, NREMT-P
Kenneth Williams, MD
Francis Sullivan, MD |
CASE REPORTS
Cocaine-Related Acute Spinal Cord Infarction
Caitlin M. Farrell, DO, MPH
Dragos F. Cucu, MD
Transient Orbital Compartment Syndrome Caused by Spontaneous Lamina Papyracea Dehiscence
Shihab Ali, MD
Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH
Angela F. Jarman, MD |
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Rhode Island Unintentional Drug Overdose Death Trends and Ranking –
Office of the State Medical Examiners Database
Yongwen Jiang, PhD
James McDonald, MD, MPH
Maria E. Lena Wilson, BS
Jennifer Koziol, MPH
Ariel Goldschmidt, MD
Ewa King, PhD
Samara Viner-Brown, MS
Sandra M. Powell, BA
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH
Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, Deputy State Registrar |
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RIMS NEWS
[6-page section]
Are you reading RIMS Notes?
Best Practices for Pain Management and Opioid Prescribing:
Fulfilling the New Opioid CME Mandate
Working for You
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SPOTLIGHT
URI initiative helps older student chart a path to medical school |
IN THE NEWS
[5-page section]
Robert Parker, MD serving at the Providence VAMC and in Africa
Butler Hospital Memory and Aging Program (MAP)
participating in new Alzheimer’s prevention study
Rhode Island Hospital joins nationwide research network
Care New England, Partners HealthCare announce plans to form definitive agreement
Bradley Hospital, Riverside Community Care launch BRAVE Study for Anxious Youth
Bradley/Hasbro Children’s Research Center awarded $3.4M
to develop pediatric anxiety outpatient treatment |
PEOPLE/PLACES
[11-page section]
Peter DeBlasio, Jr, MD, receives 2017 Distinguished Service Award at Fatima
Ira Singer, MD; Jody Meharg, MD, receive 2017 Distinguished Service Award
at physician reception
Visiting Nurse of HopeHealth named as a Top Agency of the 2017 ABILITY/HomeCare Elite
Rhode Island Hospital operating room nurses earn Clinical Excellence Award
South County Hospital receives three 2018 Women’s Choice Awards
Women & Infants awards grants from Constance A. Howes
Women’s Health Innovation Research Fund
Renee Eger, MD certified as menopause practitioner
Women & Infants hospital Emergency Department achieves Level 3 certification
Kristen Matteson, MD, named Ob/Gyn Director of Division of Research
Erica Hardy, MD, named director of Women’s Infectious Disease Consult Service at W&I
Wendy Stern, MD, named President-elect of the Board of Directors for the New England
Otolaryngological Society
Joseph Brady, MD, joins South County Health medical staff
Jason Boulware, DO, named site director of Emergency Medicine at RWMC
Mary Leveillee, PhD, named URI Associate Dean of the College of Nursing
OBITUARIES
Kwang Won Ahn, MD
Joseph Ciabattoni, PhD, MD
Martin E. Felder, MD
Perry Garber, MD
Dr. Kenneth Lambert
Dr. Srecko J. Pogacar
Anthony Bruce Selman, DO
James B. Southard, III, MD |
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