Tag: Rhode Island Hospital
Five Questions With: Dr. Athena Poppas
In November, Dr. Athena Poppas was named chief of cardiology for Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals, and for the Warren Alpert Medical School...
Breast Health Center at Kent Hospital earns national accreditation
WARWICK – The Breast Health Center at Kent Hospital has earned a three-year, full accreditation designation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, a program...
R.I. Hospital study investigates if drug can slow, improve Alzheimer’s symptoms
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital researchers are seeking subjects for a Phase 2 study into whether an investigational drug, Troriluzole, a new version of...
R.I. Hospital names Carayannopoulos chief of new physical and rehabilitation department
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital announced Dr. Alexios Carayannopoulos as chief of its newly created physical medicine and rehabilitation department, a position he has...
Rhode Island Hospital celebrates champions at President’s Pursuit of Excellence Dinner
PROVIDENCE – More than 550 guests were jointly hosted by Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital at the annual President’s Pursuit of Excellence...
Job growth in R.I. is expected to come at the top...
If you don’t catch on at the top of Rhode Island’s labor market, you may slip all the way to the bottom.
That’s because the...
Lifespan grows operating income 23% in FY18
PROVIDENCE – Lifespan Corp.’s income from operations grew 22.7 percent to $17.9 million in fiscal 2018, as the hospital group weathered a four-day strike...
Lifespan Cancer Institute among 6 groups studying digital symptom reporting benefit
PROVIDENCE – The Lifespan Cancer Institute is among six cancer programs nationally participating in the $9 million SIMPRO study investigating whether electronic reporting of...
University Orthopedics adopts less invasive BEAR surgery for ACL repair
PROVIDENCE – University Orthopedics sports medicine surgeons have begun using a less-invasive surgical repair for anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries called bridge-enhanced ACL...
Brown researchers find brain waves an accurate method for measuring pain
A team of Brown University researchers has developed and patented a new, objective measure of pain using a noninvasive electroencephalograph of theta-band brain waves,...



















