Evaluation of the Rhode Island Child Restraint Law

Rhode Island Child Death Review key findings: 2000-2002 deaths.

The Rhode Island Child Death and Injury Review Team was formally established in 1998 by the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). In spring 2004 the review of child fatalities occurring from January 1, 2000, onward became the responsibility of the Rhode Island Child Death Review Team (RICDRT), coordinated by the state’s Chief Medical Examiner. Members include represent...

Child and adolescent forensic psychiatry in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Chapter Abstracts

Title: Three Concurrent Opportunistic Infections in a Patient with Endogenous Cushing''s Syndrome. Abstract Text: Introduction: Hypercortisolemia secondary to endogenous Cushing's syndrome or to exogenous corticosteroid treatment, has long been associated with opportunistic infections. Case Presentation: A 55-year-old male with a history of alcohol and cocaine abuse was admitted to the hospital...

The Evolution of Ophthalmology in Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Hospital Ophthalmology Residency Program was established in 1963, nine years before Brown University’s Program in Medicine was created. DR. ANTHONY BROCCOLI was recruited as its first ophthalmology resident. When the first medical school class enrolled at Brown in 1972, ophthalmology resident education was provided by a cohort of community-based physicians including DRS. H. FRE...

The pulse of pediatrics in Rhode Island.

Sharon W. Su, MD, served as assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She recently relocated to Portland, Oregon, to become medical director in pediatric nephrology at Randall Children’s Hospital and affiliate assistant professor of pediatrics at Oregon Health and Science Universit...