NOVEMBER 2023    Volume 106, Number 10

Editor-in-Chief
William Binder, MD

Associate Editors
Kenneth S. Korr, MD
George Bayliss, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

Contact
william_binder@brown.edu
mkorr@rimed.org

CHILD MALTREATMENT
[44-page PDF]
Guest Editors
Christine E. Barron, MD
Amy P. Goldberg, MD

Introduction: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Address Child Maltreatment
Christine E. Barron, MD; Amy P. Goldberg, MD

A History of Child Abuse Pediatrics: Training, Research, and Clinical Diagnosis
Sarah Kleinle, DO, FAAP; Hannah Ngo, OMS-III; Amy P. Goldberg, MD, FAAP;
Rachel Silliman Cohen, MD, FAAP

Medical Evaluations in Rhode Island for Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Prior
to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Brett A. Slingsby, MD; Christian Schroeder, BS; Kara Stock-Guild, CPNP;
Abigail Keogh, MD

Abusive Head Trauma: Historical and Current Perspectives of a Complex Diagnosis
Amy P. Goldberg, MD; Christine E. Barron, MD

A Case of Child Abuse Presenting With a Traumatic Chylothorax
Stephanie Ruest, MD, MPH; Meghan Beucher, MD

Caring for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Patients: Recommendations for Identification, Interventions, and Resources
Jessica L. Moore, BA; Meagan Fitzgerald, MS, CCLS; Anish Raj, MD

Female Caregivers’ Perception of their Child’s Sexualized Behaviors:
A Pilot Study at a Child Protection Clinic
Adebimpe Adewusi, MD; Jessica L. Moore, BA; Melissa A. Clark, PhD;
Rochelle K. Rosen, PhD; Christine E. Barron, MD; Amy P. Goldberg, MD

Unintentional Cannabis Ingestions and Supervisory Neglect
Hina Raza, MD, MSc; Sarah Bechta, MD; Stephanie Fogli-Terry, MSW, LCSW;
Katherine Mason, MD

A Unique Canine Comfort Therapy Program for Child Maltreatment Cases
Christine E. Barron, MD; Meagan Fitzgerald, MS, CCLS; Mimi Coleman, BA;
Jessica L. Moore, BA; Michael D. Iacone, MA

PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Deaths Involving Fully Alcohol-Attributable Chronic Conditions in Rhode Island: 2018–2022
Emily M. Ledingham, MPH, MA; Kristen St. John, MPH; Benjamin D. Hallowell, PhD

Vital Statistics
ROSEANN GIORGIANNI, DEPUTY STATE REGISTRAR

Spotlight
RI’s Physician Health Program: Serving practitioners for more than four decades
Mary Korr

RIMS News     [7-page pdf]
Working for You Advocacy Calendar
New Officers Inagurated
Convivium

In the News     [6-page pdf]
AMA President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, sounds alert on US physician shortage,
health system in crisis

Rhode Island Hospital launches campaign to end violence against healthcare workers

Health workers report harassment, symptoms of poor mental health,
and difficult working conditions

$4.4M grant to help RI build healthier communities announced

RIH receives $12M grant for its COBRE Center on addressing Opioids and Overdose

RIDOH launches enhanced, daily overdose surveillance system

AI-powered arm band to detect opioid use disorder, withdrawals in development
at UMass Chan, URI

People/Places    [9-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
Melinda Delaney, MD, named new medical director at RI Free Clinic

Neil Steinberg nominated as Board Chair of New Rhode Island Life Science Hub

Kerry LaPlante, PharmD, named Dean of the College of Pharmacy at URI

Emily Ortega Goddard, MD, joins Brown Surgical Associates, Division of Bariatric Surgery

Haley Leesley, MD, joins Brown Surgical Associates Division of Thoracic Surgery

RECOGNITION
Methodius Tuuli, MD, elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Stephen Salloway, MD, delivers plenary lecture at Dutch Defeating Dementia Conference

US Army Maj. Benjamin Misemer, MD, veterans honored by Kent, CNE

South County Health receives three-year accreditation from
The American College of Radiation Oncology

Places
Ortho RI Surgery Center team completes 1,000th total joint replacement

VA Providence Launches Age FIT

A Wish Come True expands to new location

Your Blue Store in Narragansett celebrates grand opening
during 10th anniversary of retail outlets

Women & Infants opens new 21-bed Medical/Surgical Care Unit

Providence VA invests in mental health services with new facility

OBITUARIES    [1-page pdf]
Richard D. Frary, MD

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