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OCTOBER 2016

Volume 99, Number 10

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• Author Guidelines
• Copyright Transfer
• Financial Disclosure
• Letters to the Editor

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Editor-in-Chief
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Associate Editor
Sun Ho Ahn, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

Advertising
Steve DeToy, Sarah Stevens

	20-page Special Section SPORTS MEDICINE Guest Editor Razib Khaund, MD

18	Collaboration and Collegiality: The Fuel For Growth in Sports Medicine Razib Khaund, MD
19	Preparticipation Physical Exams: The Rhode Island Perspective, A Call for Standardization Peter K. Kriz, MD, FAAP, FACSM; Ailis Clyne, MD, MPH, FAAP; Sara R. Ford, MD, FAAP
23	Current Concepts in Sports-related Concussion Jeffrey P. Feden, MD
27	Diagnosis and Management of Meniscal Injury Jacob Babu, MD, MHA; Robert M. Shalvoy, MD; Steve B. Behrens, MD
32	Understanding Athletic Pubalgia: A Review Brian Cohen, MD; Dominic Kleinhenz, MD; Jonathan Schiller, MD; Ramin Tabaddor, MD

	CONTRIBUTIONS
35	The Decline of the Autopsy in Rhode Island and Nationwide: Past Trends and Future Directions Alex Baumgartner, MD Douglas Anthony MD, PhD
37	Fluid Choice Matters in Critically-ill Patients with Acute Pancreatitis: Lactated Ringer’s vs. Isotonic Saline Mohammed M. Aboelsoud, MD; Osama Siddique, MD; Alexander Morales, MD; Young Seol, ScB; Mazen O. Al-Qadi, MD
42	A Five-Year Evolution of a Student-led Elective on Health Disparities at The Alpert Medical School Lucinda B. Leung, MD, MPH; James E. Simmons, MD; Julius Ho, BS; Emma Anselin, BA; Rian Yalamanchili, BA; Joseph S. Rabatin, MD
48	Medical School Ranking and Student Research Opportunities Annika G. Havnaer; Paul B. Greenberg, MD

	CASE REPORT
54	Systemic Amyloidosis Masquerading as Intractable Cardiomyopathy Lindsey Cilia, MD; Leslie Parikh, MD; Madhu M. Ouseph, MD, PhD ; Edward Stopa, MD; Michael K. Atalay, MD, PhD

	PUBLIC HEALTH
57	HEALTH BY NUMBERS Community Health Teams: A Healthcare Provider’s System Transformation Opportunity James C. Rajotte, MS; Deborah Garneau, MA; Nancy Sutton, MS, RD, LDN; Ailis Clyne, MD, MPH
61	Vital Statistics Roseann Giorgianni, State Registrar

	COMMENTARY (8-page section)
8	The Not-So-Near Death of Autopsies in the U.S. JOSEPH H. FRIEDMAN, MD
11	Medical Decision-Making for Unrepresented Patients Herbert Rakatansky, MD
14	The Rio 2016 Polyclinic – An Athlete-Centered Experience in the Olympic Village Clive W. Bridgham, MA, DC

	LETTER TO THE EDITOR
9	Changes in the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process have not gone far enough Lisa Frappier, DO

	WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE RIMJ readers' photos
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	RIMS NEWS (8-page section)
62	Are you reading RIMS Notes?
64	Vote Yes on Question 7
65	Working for You New Officers Inaugurated
66	Special Event: Demystifying the Legislature
69	Why You Should Join RIMS

	PEOPLE (6-page section)
81	Appointments Recognition Obituaries

	HERITAGE
87	Daughters of Asclepius: Early women physicians in Rhode Island MARY KORR

	IN THE NEWS (complete 10-page section)
71	Dept. of Health, AG Give Conditional Approval to LMW Healthcare (Westerly Hospital) and Yale-New Haven Affiliation
	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Lifespan sign MOU
72	Brown launches the country’s first four-year, integrated MD/MPA program
	EpiVax awarded $600,000 NIH grant to improve a vaccine for the H7N9 avian influenza virus
74	Drs. Viren D’Sa, Barry Lester awarded $11.1M NIH grant to study environmental influences on child health
76	Hasbro receives $1.8M from NIH to study environmental influences on child health
	Research Team Studies Use of Smartphone App to Teach Sexual Health to Adolescent Girls New research published in The Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
77	Research Evaluates Risk Factors for Postpartum Depression in Mothers of Preterm Infants Research team from Women & Infants Hospital publishes in The Journal of Pediatrics
	Women & Infants Participating in National Pelvic Floor Disorders Network
79	Enrollment 100% in Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
	Dr. Linda J. Resnik at Providence VA awarded $2.5M for Multi-Center Amputation Care Study
	Southcoast Health’s Center for Weight Loss at Charlton earns national accreditation

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