Dibble honored by Department of Health

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Christy Dibble recently received the Dr. Joseph DiMase Memorial Healthcare Professional Award from the Partnership to Reduce Cancer in Rhode Island, run by the R.I. Department of Health.

Director of Women & Infants’ Center for Women’s Gastrointestinal Health and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Dibble received the award for her work in reducing colorectal cancer and eliminating disparities in screening and detection in Rhode Island.

More than 250 colonoscopies have been performed by the Screening Colonoscopies for the Underserved Program, which received support from Dr. Dibble’s workgroup. Screenings are performed by more than 60 volunteer surgeons.

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