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BROWN MEDICINE has opened a new Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Brown Physicians Patient Center on Wampanoag Trail in East Providence. / COURTESY BROWN MEDICINE

Brown Medicine opens new Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Health Services 05/21/2018

EAST PROVIDENCE – Brown Medicine has opened a new Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the Brown Physicians Patient Center on Wampanoag Trail as part...

VISHNU DANTU is a co-founder of Predictive Optics, which is developing a brain vascular imaging system that will allow neurosurgeons to accurately visualize cerebrovascular health. / COURTESY PREDICTIVE OPTICS

Five Questions With: Vishnu Dantu

Health Services 05/21/2018

Vishnu Dantu, student researcher at Brown University’s School of Engineering studying applied mathematics and biology, is one of three co-founders of Predictive Optics, which...

DR. BETTY R. VOHR, director of the Neonatal Follow-Up Program at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, has won the Albany Medical College Alumni Association 2018 Distinguished Alumna Award. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Vohr wins Albany Medical College Alumni Association award

Health Services 05/21/2018

PROVIDENCE – Dr. Betty R. Vohr, director of the Neonatal Follow-Up Program at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and medical director of...

NEWPORT MENTAL HEALTH has named Jason Dana Costa as its new chief finance officer and administrative officer. / COURTESY NEWPORT MENTAL HEALTH

Newport Mental Health names Costa chief finance and administrative officer

Health Services 05/21/2018

MIDDLETOWN – Newport Mental Health has hired Jason Dana Costa as its new chief finance officer and administrative officer. Costa has worked for several charitable...

ELITE PHYSICAL THERAPY recently opened a new location at Chapel View in Cranston. From left, Elite Physical Therapy therapists and staff Eric Martin; Sarah Lundin; Julia Peterson; Jason Harvey, director of rehabilitation in Cranston; co-owner Michael Nula; owner Tyler Reid; Andrea Hetzler; and Felicia Cooke and Jenilee Ramos, assistant directors in Cranston. / COURTESY ELITE PHYSICAL THERAPY

Elite Physical Therapy opens new Chapel View location

Health Services 05/21/2018

CRANSTON – Elite Physical Therapy opened its newest location in Chapel View after five years on the east side of Cranston. The Chapel View office...

UHIP software update postponed to June

Health Services 05/18/2018

PROVIDENCE — A software upgrade for the Unified Health Infrastructure Project planned for May 19 has been postponed until June “to ensure a quality...

DIFFICULT PREDICAMENT: Dr. John Miskovsky, an internist in Pawtucket who served on the Memorial Hospital medical executive committee, says the patients of his private practice are finding it difficult to care for their health without nearby hospital services following the closure of Memorial Hospital. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

City seeks waiver to direct rescue runs to local clinics in...

Health Matters 05/18/2018

CharterCARE Health Partners remains hopeful of its bid to restore the recently shuttered Memorial Hospital emergency room, but Pawtucket officials may try for a...

EpiVax wins $324K NIH grant to improve Pompe disease treatment

Health Services 05/18/2018

PROVIDENCE — EpiVax Inc. has received a $324,980 Small Business Innovation Research grant to continue development of a web-based test for people at risk...