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JUNE 2020    Volume 103, Number 5

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Editors-in-Chief
William Binder, MD
Edward Feller, MD

Associate Editor
Kenneth S. Korr, MD

Managing Editor
Mary Korr

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Marianne Migliori

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Letters to the Editor
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COMMENTARY       
Keeping Hospitals Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Leonard A. Mermel, DO

Miasmas and Other False Beliefs: The Road to Sickness and Death
Herbert Rakatansky, MD

COVID-19: Misinformation Can Kill
Ghazal Aghagoli, BS, MD’23
Emily J. Siff, MS
Anastasia C. Tillman, BA, MD’23
Edward R. Feller, MD, FACP, FACG

WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE   
RIMJ Readers' Photos

London, New York and Rhode Island

PREVENTING, TESTING, MANAGING, AND TREATING HEPATITIS C
Guest Editor: Lynn E. Taylor, MD, FAASLD, FACP
[Complete 27-page Themed Section]

Introduction
The Second Biggest Infectious Disease Killer in the U.S.:
Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Steps Towards its Elimination in Rhode Island and Beyond

Lynn E. Taylor, MD, FAASLD, FACP

Public Health Approaches Toward Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus in Rhode Island
Matthew Murphy, MD, MPH
Katharine Howe, MPH
Theodore Marak, MPH
Thomas Bertrand, MPH
Michaela Maynard, MPH, MSN, NP-C
Colleen Daley Ndoye
Raynald Joseph
Jerry Fingerut, MD
Philip A. Chan, MD, MS

Liver Ultrasound Elastography: Review of Techniques and Clinical Applications
Adib R. Karam, MD
Michael D. Beland, MD

Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in a Patient with Hepatitis C: A Cautionary Tale 
Soumitri Barua, AB, MD’21
Sophie Sprecht-Walsh, LPN
Zoe Weiss, MD
James N. Butera, MD
Khaldoun Almhanna, MD, MP
Susan Hart, MD
Jael Rodriguez, MD
Lynn E. Taylor, MD 

Comparing Treatment Response Between Older and Younger Patients
with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection on Direct-acting Antiviral Agents

Alyssa K. Greenwood Francis, MPH
Francesca L. Beaudoin, MD, PhD
Safiya S. Naidjate, PharmD
Christine Berard-Collins, MBA, BSPharm
Andrew R. Zullo, PharmD, PhD

A Modifiable Barrier to Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rhode Island:
The Prior Authorization Process for Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents

Patrick Duryea
Jackie Habchi, PharmD
Sophie Sprecht-Walsh, LPN
Aurielle Thomas,
MSc
Jeffrey Bratberg, PharmD

CASE REPORTS
EXTRA   Acute Vision Loss in a Patient with COVID-19
Vijairam Selvaraj, MD
Daniel Sacchetti, DO
Arkadiy Finn, MD
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD

EXTRA   Short-Term Dexamethasone in Sars-CoV-2 Patients
Vijairam Selvaraj, MD, MPH
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, MD
Arkadiy Finn, MD
Timothy P. Flanigan, MD

F18-FDG PET/CT Diagnoses Vasculitis after a Negative Indium-111 Leukocyte Scan
Jing Wang, MD
Don C. Yoo, MD
Elizabeth H. Dibble, MD

Delayed Diagnosis of an Occult Wooden Orbital Foreign Body
Yash J. Vaishnav, MD
David Portelli, MD
Michael E. Migliori, MD, FACS

A Rare Case of 4 Ps:
Bilateral Pneumothoraces and Pneumomediastinum in Pneumocystis Pneumonia

Daniel Yee, MD
Danni Fu, MD
Channing Hui, DO
Neal Dharmadhikari, MD
Gerardo Carino, MD
, PhD

IMAGES IN MEDICINE
Simple Nasotracheal Tube Fixation to Prevent Inadvertent Extubation
Taif Mukhdomi, MD
Danielle Lovett-Carter, MD
Mark C. Kendall, MD
Scott Benzuly, MD

CONTRIBUTIONS
COVID-19 and Intimate Partner Violence: A Call to Action
Odette Zero, BA, MD-ScM’22
Meghan Geary, MD

Work-Life Balance and Career Experiences of Part-Time Versus Full-Time Faculty at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Erica Y. Chung, MD
Allison W. Brindle, MD
Shuba Kamath, MD, MPH
Kristin C. Lombardi, MD
Delma-Jean Watts, MD
Valerie Ryan, PhD
Office of Women in Medicine and Science Advisory Board

An Evaluation of Connect for Health: A Social Referral Program in RI
Emily Zhu, AB’20
Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS
M. Barton Laws,
PhD

Brown Urology: A Historical Perspective
Timothy K. O’Rourke, MD
Mark Sigman, MD
Anthony A. Caldamone, MD
Eric Jung, MD

The Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes of Abortion Denial in Rhode Island:
A Health Impact Assessment

Nykia R. Leach, MPH
Samantha Rosenthal, MPH
, PhD

PUBLIC HEALTH
Vital Statistics
Roseann Giorgianni, Deputy State Registrar

RIMS NEWS   [5-page section]
Are you reading RIMS Notes?

Working for You: RIMS Advocacy Activites

Kathleen Boyd, MSW, LICSW, elected to Board of Federation of State Physician Health Programs

SPOTLIGHT   
Q&A with Albert S. Woo, MD
Forging a New Frontier in 3D Printing during COVID-19 Pandemic

Mary Korr

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT   
Q&A with Dean Winslow, MD, on Volunteering in Antarctica
Mary Korr

BOOKS   
Q&A with Alyson McGregor, MD, author of ‘Sex Matters’
Mary Korr

IN THE NEWS    [3-page section]
RIH authors publish study comparing incidence of respiratory virus peak incidence
among varying age groups

RI Foundation awards COVID-19 Behavioral Health Fund grants

Study finds only 3% of individuals with autism receive recommended genetic tests

URI offers new online Master’s program in health care management

PEOPLE/PLACES    [5-page section]

Appointments
Alan Daniels, MD, named Spine Surgery Division Chief at University Orthopedics

Betty Rambur, URI Nursing Professor, appointed to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

RECOGNITION
John B. Murphy, MD, honored by American Geriatrics Society

Dr. Andrew Zullo receives American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award

Brown University COVID-19 Research Seed Fund

Obituaries
Peter B. Baute, MD
Vincent A. D
eRobbio, MD
Andrew Edmund Slaby, MD, P
hD, MPH

HERITAGE   
From the Civil War to the Present: A Snapshot of Floating Hospitals
Mary Korr

 
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