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Chen to serve as director of Lifespan’s Brain Tumor Program

PROVIDENCE – The Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute and the Lifespan Cancer Institute recently announced the addition of Dr. Clark C. Chen as director of...
HEALTHY DISCUSSION: PACE Organization of Rhode Island CEO Joan Kwiatkowski, right, speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Health Care Summit and Health Care Heroes Awards event at the Providence Marriott on April 4. Also on the panel are, from left, Dr. Michael Wagner, Care New England Health System CEO and president; Dr. Kristin Russell, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island chief medical officer; Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, D-Barrington; and Dr. Raj Hazarika, Point32Health Services Inc. chief medical officer and vice president of commercial ­products. 
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Education, compensation key to addressing staffing shortages in health care

Now that American Rescue Plan Act funds have expired, the next six to eight months will be telling of what challenges remain in addressing...
ONE OF A KIND: This overdose prevention center on Willard Avenue in Providence will be the first state-regulated facility of its kind in the country when it opens later this year. 
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Providence to host nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center

The first-ever state-regulated overdose prevention center in the country is on track to open later this year at 45 Willard Ave. in Providence. An overdose...
SEEING THE LIGHT: During a recent visit to Ortho Rhode Island in Warwick, Mike Mogul, right, IlluminOss Medical Inc. board chairman, explains to House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, left, how the company’s technology works to mend bones through the use of light-sensitive glue and blue optic fibers. In the middle is Ortho RI CEO and President Dr. Michael Bradley. 
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A better way to mend broken bones? R.I. company says yes

More than two years ago, Deborah Bathgate fell off a ladder and knew something was wrong as soon as she crashed to the ground. She...
FIRST CUSTOMER? William Prentice, CEO of Providence-based Signati Medical Inc., displays the company’s noninvasive vasectomy device. He says he’s considering being its first official user and have the procedure filmed for TV, if the technology gets regulatory approval. 
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R.I. firm looks to upend vasectomy procedures

For the last two decades, little has changed in the way vasectomies are performed, a procedure that more than 500,000 men undergo annually. Providence-based Signati...
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Ginger Lemay

PBN Health Care Heroes 2024 Pharmacist: GINGER LEMAY University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy clinical professor and community pharmacy program director; Walgreens community...
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Elida Hernandez

PBN Health Care Heroes 2024 Entrepreneurship: ELIDA HERNANDEZ Joy Home Care Inc. CEO and president What led you to choose health care as your profession? It was...
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Dr. Jeffrey Dodge

PBN Health Care Heroes 2024 Physician: DR. JEFFREY DODGE Rhode Island Oral Health Foundation/Rhode Island Mission of Mercy dentist What led you to choose health care...
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Kim Francis

PBN Health Care Heroes 2024 Nurse: KIM FRANCIS Women & Infants Hospital chief nursing officer What led you to choose health care as your profession? I...
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Dr. Beata Nelken

PBN Health Care Heroes 2024 Physician: DR. BEATA NELKEN Jenks Park Pediatrics CEO and president What led you to choose health care as your profession? My...
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