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R.I. healthcare system struggles to make recovery
Massive cuts to insurance, persistent staffing shortages and widespread financial woes continue to vex Rhode Island’s healthcare system in 2026, though the Ocean State...
Driving Forces: John Fernandez
John Fernandez
Brown University Health CEO and president
EVEN BEFORE John Fernandez started his new job as the chief executive of Rhode Island’s largest health system,...
Wood River Health names new chief medical officer
HOPKINTON – Wood River Health, a health services provider based in the Hope Valley village of Hopkinton, has promoted Dr. Lisa Menard-Manlove to the role of chief medical officer.
Menard-Manlove has worked at...
Thundermist Health Center names Gaines chief medical officer
WOONSOCKET – Thundermist Health Center has appointed Dr. Jeffrey Gaines as its new chief medical officer.
Gaines previously served as chief medical officer and vice president of...
Care New England names Dr. Rachel E. Beard head of hepatobiliary and pancreas...
PROVIDENCE – Dr. Rachel E. Beard this month joined Care New England Health System as division chief of hepatobiliary and pancreas surgery.
Beard, who specializes in...
Summit panelists: R.I. trying to chip away at the many health...
When primary care nurse practitioner and state Sen. Pamela Lauria, D-Bristol, sees patients with urgent symptoms, she finds that a potential medical emergency isn’t...
Health care panel: Team approach needed to make system fixes
It doesn’t take a clinical degree to diagnose why Rhode Island has difficulty retaining health care providers who completed their education in the Ocean...
PBN health care summit: Multifaceted approach needed to repair R.I.’s ailing...
PROVIDENCE – When primary care providers choose to practice in Massachusetts or Connecticut over Rhode Island, it’s not about luxury.
Across the board, the Ocean...
Brown University Health names new chief of cardiac surgery, expands cardiovascular surgical team
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Health has added six doctors to its cardiology institute, including a new chief of cardiac surgery.
Dr. Mark J. Cunningham will...
Rhode Island Public Health Institute appoints Chowdhry as medical director
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Public Health Institute, which operates Open Door Health, has named Dr. Sapna Chowdhry as medical director of the overall organization and...


















