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UPDATES in SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Guest Editor
Steve Kwon, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, FSSO
[33-page PDF]
Introduction: Updates in Surgical Oncology
Steve Kwon, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, FSSO
Regional Hepatic Therapies for Colorectal Hepatic Metastases
Andrew B. Crocker, MD; Munya H. Talukder, MD; Mohammad S. Ali, MD;
Abdul Saied Calvino, MD, MPH; Ponnandai Somasundar, MD, FACS;
N. Joseph Espat, MD, MS, FSSO, FACS
Current Applications of Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Jenna Wilson, DO; Aishwarya Ayyappan, DO; Andrew B. Crocker, MD;
Steve Kwon, MD, MPH
Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery for Primary and Secondary Liver Malignancies
Munya H. Talukder, MD; Jenna Wilson, DO; Andrew B. Crocker, MD;
Ali Ahmad, MD, FACS; Ponnandai Somasundar, MD, MPH, FACS
Emerging Technologies for Pancreas Resection
Jenna Wilson, DO; Munya H. Talukder, MD; Ponnandai Somasundar, MD, MPH;
Ali Ahmad, MD, FACS
Management of Benign Symptomatic Thyroid Nodules in Rhode Island
Using Radiofrequency Ablation
NINA S. Li, BS; Sonia Giyanani, DO; DaeHee Kim, MD; Steve Kwon, MD, MPH; John Lee, MD
Cholangiocarcinoma in Rhode Island: Incidence Trends and Risk Profile Over the Last Decade
Sasha Lightfoot, DO; Suraj Ram, MD; Abdul Saied Calvino, MD
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RESEARCH STUDIES
Comparing Sports-Related Orthopedic Injury Trends on Artificial Turf and Natural Grass:
A 20-Year Nationwide Analysis of the NEISS Database
Timothy A. Reiad, BS; John D. Milner, MD; Peter V. Dinh, BS; John Pietro, BS;
Rigel P. Hall, BS; Jonathan Liu, MD; Brett D. Owens, MD; Stephen E. Marcaccio, MD
Demographic Analysis of Populations Accessing an Overdose Response Training Created
at a College of Pharmacy
Michaela Pacheco, PharmD; Abiodun Ologunowa, MS, BPharm; Anita Jacobson, PharmD |
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In the News
[12-page pdf]
CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ meeting held June 25–26
Approves RSV antibody treatment, influenza shots without thimerosal
AMA, 78 Medical societies issue open letter backing vaccination to protect against respiratory viruses
Rhode Island sees decrease in drug overdose deaths, continues a two-year decline
Governor McKee, EOHHS award $6.7M in grants to bolster primary care
RIDOH launches campaign to spotlight men’s mental health
Andrew Green, MD, first in New England to use ARVIS® augmented reality system
for joint replacement surgery
Roger Williams Medical Center’s Blood and Marrow Transplant program
introduces new CAR T-cell therapies
Medicare Trustees warn about access to care for seniors
Brown joins amicus brief detailing how federal research cuts imperil
America’s global competitiveness
The Miriam Hospital opens 75-year-old time capsule, kicking off major modernization project
HHS, CMS hold roundtable on prior authorizations
Health insurance plans announce commitments to streamline, simplify and reduce
prior authorization
AMA responds as health insurers try again at voluntary prior authorization reforms
Credits agency officials & federal lawmakers for leadership and holding industry accountable
General Assembly approves bill to reduce prior authorization requirements for primary care
Assembly OKs bill to help foreign-trained doctors to practice medicine in Rhode Island
Katherine MacCallum, MD, of Brown Surgical Associates, Brown University Health,
first in RI to perform Limb-Saving Limflow® TADV procedure
Training AI to see more like humans |
People/Places [4-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
South County Health appoints four providers to oncology service line
AMA announces leadership roles for 2025–2026
RECOGNITION
Yashaswini Singh, PhD, named 2025 Aspen Ideas Health Fellow
Total Joint Center at Kent awarded The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval®
for Advanced Total Hip and Knee Replacement Recertification
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI recognized as one of the 50 most community-minded
companies in the US
Providence Veterans find way to serve again, this time through research
Steve Kwon, MD, and Elizabeth J. Renaud, MD, named Health Policy Scholars by ACS |
OBITUARIES [2-page pdf]
Arthur Andrew Frazzano, MD
Edward Jencks Gauthier, MD
Dr. Youssef Habib Georgy
Vincent F. Geremia, Jr., MD
John W. Hayes, MD |
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