DR. ELINORE MCCANCE-KATZ is stepping down from her job as chief medical officer of Eleanor Slater Hospital and the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE. DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS
PROVIDENCE – The top doctor charged with helping reform the troubled state psychiatric hospital is stepping down after less than a year on the job. Dr. Elinore F. McCance-Katz, the chief medical officer of Eleanor Slater Hospital and the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, is leaving her post on July 22,…