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NOVEMBER 2025    Volume 108, Number 11

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CONTACT
Editor-in-Chief

William Binder, MD
william_binder@brown.edu

Managing Editor
Mary Korr
mkorr@rimed.org

FOR AUTHORS
Publication Requirements
Pre-Submission Checklist
Peer Review Policy
Ethics Statement
Copyright Transfer
Financial Disclosure
Commentary Guide
Letters to the Editor Guide
Images in Medicine Guide
Videos in Medicine Guide

Associate Editors
Kenneth S. Korr, MD
Philip Chan, MD

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

 

CASE REPORTS
Emerging Pathogenicity of Purpureocillium lilacinum: A Rare Case of Cavitary Lung Disease
Arihant Surana, DO; Riya Bhattacharya, MD; Akshat Banga, MBBS, MD; James Tasch, MD

Subcutaneous Chromoblastomycosis Caused by Rhinocladiella Species in Rhode Island
Bianca Biglione, MD; Pavane L. Gorrepati, MD; Jaclyn Anderson, MD;
Andrew Blundell, MD; Michael Bharier, MD,
PhD; Leslie Robinson-Bostom, MD

Macrophage Activation in Lupus Nephritis: An Unknown Cause of Severe Hypercalcemia
Ricaurte Crespo Trevino, MD; Esra Sari, MD; Carolina Saldanha Lima, MD;
Jeffrey Vercollone, MD,
MSc

IMAGES IN MEDICINE
Aggressive Amelanotic Melanoma Masquerading as Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Angela R. Loczi-Storm, BS; Megan Hoang; Aakash Arora; Alyssa M. Iurillo, BA;
Jaclyn Anderson, MD; Oliver J. Wisco, DO, FAAD, FACMS

RESEARCH STUDIES
Accuracy of the Diagnosis of Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Among General Radiologists 
Osama Batayneh, MD; Husam Abu-NEJIM, MD; Ambreen Ijaz, MD; Stephanie Haddad, DO;
Houda Abdelrahman, MD; Sarah Dirar Alqasem, MS; Michael Longo, MD;
Taro Minami, MD

Perceptions and Experiences of Emergency Medical Care Among Spanish-speaking
Latin American Immigrants in Providence

Kenny Daici, BA, EMT; Julia Teck, MD, MPH; Ramu Kharel, MD, MPH

Determinants of Pubertal Growth Spurt in Constitutional Delay of Growth and Puberty
in Boys Treated With Testosterone
Ugen Lhamu, MD; Lisa Swartz Topor, MD, MMSc; Carolina Cerezo, MD;
Monica Serrano-Gonzalez; Sabitha Sasidharan Pillai; Wendy Plante,
PhD;
Jose Bernardo Quintos, MD

Evaluation of Care Cascade Outcomes for Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Specialist-Supported Primary Care Model at a Community Health Center in Rhode Island
Carolyn F. Pearce, MD, MPH; Rachel Ballester, CNM; Nicole Siegert, MD;
Jennifer Pellowski,
PhD; Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH

Lack of Diversity in Minimally Invasive Bladder Outlet Surgery Among Urologists
in the United States

Emma Waddell, BA; William Connolly, BA, MSF; Anna Shlimak; Borivoj Golijanin, BS;
Joshua Ray Tanzer,
PhD; Stephen Schmit, BS; Rebecca Ortiz, BA; Andrew Tompkins, MD;
Elias Hyams, MD

Utility and Limitations of Large Language Models to Simplify Online Content
on Generalized Pustular Psoriasis

Samer Wahood, BA; Benjamin Gallo Marin, MD; Omar Alani, ScB; Afua Ofori-Darko, BS;
Darya Mirebrahimi, BS; Katie A. O’Connell, MD, MS; Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPA, MPH;
Vinod E. Nambudiri, MD, MBA, EdM

PUBLIC HEALTH
Health by numbers
Physical Inactivity Among Rhode Island Adults
Cali M. McAtee, MPH; Ishaa Gadkari, MPH

Vital Statistics
Zuheil AmoreseI, DEPUTY STATE REGISTRAR

RIMS NEWS
Convivium 2025: Celebrating 213 Years of Achievement & Advocacy

BOOKS
The Care of Foreigners: How Immigrant Physicians Changed US Healthcare

PERSPECTIVE
Integrating Knowledge of the Child Welfare System into Medical Education:
Preparing Future Physicians to Serve Vulnerable Populations

Matthew Rios, MD-ScM’26; Iman Sigman, MD-ScM’26; Marybeth Sutter, MD

In the News   [6-page pdf]
Ribbon-cutting celebrates completion of 150 Richmond, new Life Sciences building

VeinTech announces opening of U.S. headquarters in Providence
Perth, Australia-based expanding to U.S. with support of grant from the Rhode Island Life Science Hub

AMA launches Center for Digital Health and AI

AMA, Ad Council and Coalition of Health Care Leaders launch new effort to prevent firearm injuries

Senate commission feasibility study finds URI ‘well-positioned’ to launch medical school

Brown University Health launches unified adult partial hospital program 

Brown Physicians Inc. joins Brown Health Medical Group

Miriam breaks ground on $125M campus transformation

$12.1M federal award to advance research on human pathogens
The COBRE for Translational Approaches to Pathogens of Human Significance will target treatments for highly prevalent diseases like malaria and TB

People/Places   [4-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
Jill O’Brien, MD, FACP, named Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of Hospital Medicine at Morton Hospital

Women & Infants Hospital President and COO to lead Connecticut Children’s Health System 
Care New England celebrates Shannon Sullivan’s accomplishments and new career milestone

RECOGNITION
Maureen G. Phipps, MD, MPH, among National Academy of Medicine’s 100 new members

Eli Y. Adashi, MD, honored by the National Academy of Medicine for outstanding service

PLACES
Women & Infants introduces community mobile health clinic

OBITUARIES   [1-page pdf]
Charles Frederick Jones, MD
Thomas K. Shahinian, MD
Conrad William Wesselhoeft, MD

 
RHODE ISLAND MEDICAL JOURNAL (USPS 464-820), a monthly publication, is owned and published by the Rhode Island Medical Society, 225 Dyer Street, 2nd Floor, Providence RI 02903, 401-331-3207. All rights reserved. ISSN 2327-2228. Published articles represent opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Rhode Island Medical Society, unless clearly specified. Advertisements do not imply sponsorship or endorsement by the Rhode Island Medical Society.

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