DR. CHESTON B. CUNHA is medical director of the antimicrobial stewardship program at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals. / COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP.
Dr. Cheston B. Cunha leads the effort against antibiotic-resistant infections at Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals. Both facilities were recently designated as Antimicrobial Stewardship Centers of Excellence by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Cunha, who is medical director of both hospitals’ antimicrobial stewardship programs, as well as an associate professor of medicine at…