Mica Kanner-Mascolo
Everybody’s Business: Cuisine is the connection to her Haitian roots
(Editor’s note: This is the 72nd installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
In legal world, artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword
Andrew Dietderich, partner at nationally renowned law firm Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City, found himself in damage-control mode last spring, thanks to...
Forensic audio analysts still thrive in AI world
Whether it’s the click of a pen, the timing of a gunshot or the acoustics of a car horn, it’s the little details that...
Baldomar created Rhody apparel company to honor her late husband
In 2022, Paola Baldomar found herself a young widow and single mother to a 2-month-old infant daughter. In October of that year, her husband,...
CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island selects chief of thoracic surgery
PROVIDENCE – CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island has named Dr. Ciaran J. McNamee as the hospital system’s new chief of thoracic surgery and thoracic diseases.
McNamee comes to CharterCARE Health with more than two decades of academic practice, surgery...
R.I. cannabis panel launches new adult-use licensing process
PROVIDENCE – Two months after Gov. Daniel J. McKee signed legislation effectively scrapping the state’s most recent cannabis retail licensing round, the R.I. Cannabis...
Sturdy Health opens cancer clinic with Dana-Farber
ATTLEBORO – Sturdy Health, a Massachusetts network of healthcare facilities, has opened a new ambulatory cancer clinic in partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Located at 20 O'Neil...
Five Questions With: Pam Stetkiewicz
After operating in stealth for its first year, Lyora Therapeutics publicly launched in July, announcing Pam Stetkiewicz as the Providence-based biotech company’s CEO.
With $2.5 million in pre-seed funding, Lyora develops medications for those living with inherited...
Saint Anne’s Hospital reaccredited for bariatric surgery services
FALL RIVER – Saint Anne's Hospital has once again received a nationally recognized accreditation for its bariatric surgery programs from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program.
The hospital,...
Brown Health offering intestinal ultrasounds for inflammatory bowel disease
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health has launched an intestinal ultrasound program for children and adults with inflammatory bowel disease, creating what the healthcare system says is the only intestinal...


















