MARCH 2018    Volume 101, Number 2

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Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Kenneth S. Korr, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

Advertising Administrator
Sarah Stevens

Advertising Rate Sheet
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For Authors
• Author Guidelines
• Copyright Transfer
• Financial Disclosure
• Letters to the Editor

COMMENTARY  
[16-page section]
Expert opinions
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Coronary Stent Placement in Patients with Stable Angina – an Ongoing Debate
Kenneth S. Korr, MD, FACC

Clinical Challenges in the Growing Medical Marijuana Field
Jonathan Barker, MD

Child sexual exploitation: cautionary lessons from England
Anish Raj, MD

The elephant – or donkey – in the exam room
Vishal Khetpal, MSc
Madeline Pesec, AB

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Daily Safety Briefs (DSB) focus on improving safety at Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Ivona Sediva, MD
Linda Snelling, MD

WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE   
RIMJ Readers' Photos
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NEUROTHERAPEUTICS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
[Complete 18-page special section]

Neurotherapeutics: Recent Developments
Syed Rizvi, MD, EMHL
Guest Editor

Moving Towards a Cure for MS:
Increased Immunosuppression and Striving for No Evidence of Disease Activity (NEDA)
Brian Wong, MD
Jonathan Cahill, MD
Syed Rizvi, MD, EMHL

Updates in Stroke Treatment
Brian Mac Grory, MBBCh, BAO
Shadi Yaghi, MD

Parkinson’s Disease: A Quick Update
Anelyssa D’Abreu, MD

Fighting Fire with Fire: Surgical Options for Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Alina D. Bayer, MD
Andrew S. Blum, MD, PhD
Wael F. Asaad, MD, PhD
Julie Roth, MD
Steven A. Toms, MD
Gina M. Deck, MD

CONTRIBUTION
Suboptimal Opioid Prescribing: A Practice Change Project
Linda S. Young, DNP, APRN-BC
Robert S. Crausman, MD, MMS
John P. Fulton, PhD

EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY CPC
A 57-year-old man with a spontaneous carotid artery dissection
Paul Cohen, MD
Nicholas Musisca, MD
William Binder, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Coverage among Rhode Island Adolescents, 2008–2016
Hyun (Hanna) Kim, PhD
Tricia Washburn, BS
Kathy Marceau, BA
Sue Duggan-Ball, MPA
Patricia Raymond, RN, MPH

Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, Deputy State Registrar

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

IN THE NEWS    
[7-page section]

Josiah “Jody” Rich, MD; Traci Green, PhD, MsC, report opioid addiction treatment in prisons reduces overdose deaths

CNE, PARTNERS to begin formal discussions with Lifespan

YALE NEW HAVEN HEALTH and SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH end merger talks

Bradley Hospital study finds children with suicidality, PTSD at higher risk for readmission

Alpert Medical School receives $50M gift

Butler Hospital Memory and Aging Program one of the first sites to start Tauriel AD clinical trial

PEOPLE/PLACES    
[6-page section]

Syeda Maria Sayeed, MD, joins Southcoast Physicians Group

John J. Holiver, Michael Souza, elected chair, vice chair, of HARI Board of Trustees

Stephany Briggs, AuD; Brianna Schiff, AuD, join Women & Infants Department of Audiology

Peter J. Snyder, PhD, joins URI as VP for Research and Economic Development

Southern New England Rehabilitation Center reaccredited for three years

Roger Williams Weight Loss Surgery program reaccredited for three years

Women & Infants Fertility Center named Nursing Center Of Excellence

Women & Infants staff members receive awards of excellence

Rhode Island Hospital cardiothoracic intensive care nurses earn Silver Beacon Award

OBITUARY
Dr. George Phillip Lewis, Jr

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