MARCH 2025    Volume 108, Number 3

CONTACT
Editor-in-Chief
William Binder, MD
william_binder@brown.edu

Managing Editor
Mary Korr
mkorr@rimed.org

FOR AUTHORS
• Publication Requirements
• Peer Review Policy
• Ethics Statement
• Copyright Transfer
• Financial Disclosure
• Commentary Guide
• Letters to the Editor Guide
• Images in Medicine Guide
• Videos in Medicine Guide

Associate Editors
Kenneth S. Korr, MD
George Bayliss, MD

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

WELL-BEING IN MEDICINE
Guest Editors
Lauren Allister, MD
Kelly D. Holder, PhD
[30-page PDF]

From Why to How: Practical Pathways to Healthcare Well-Being
Lauren Allister, MD; Kelly D. Holder, PhD

Before We Begin
Brittany Star Hampton, MD; Kelly Holder, PhD

From Why to How in Physician Well-Being:
Aligning Strategies for Sustainable Cultural Change in Healthcare
Al’ai Alvarez, MD; Maia Winkel, MD; Mia L. Karamatsu, MD

Med-Peds PROuD: A Pilot Study of Targeted Professional Development
to Promote Well-Being Among Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residents
Amanda V. Hardy, MD; Jessica A. Gold, MD, MS; Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD, MPH

Operationalizing Well-Being Using Work Determinants of Well-Being:
Building a Well-Being Analytics Approach
Gaurava Agarwal, MD; Mahesh Vaidyanathan, MD, MBA; Elliott Brandon;
Rinad S. Beidas, PhD

Pathways to Wellness: A Pilot Empowerment Program
Stephanie Catanese, MD, FACP

Collaborative Wellness Initiatives: Involving Physicians to Address Burnout in Healthcare
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD; Lia Antico, PhD

Truly Attending: Cultivating Attention, Presence and Self-Awareness
Through Narrative Medicine Workshops
Mariah Stump, MD, MPH; Marion Mull McCrary, MD, FACP; Fariha Shafi, MD, FACP

What Well-Being in Medicine Means to Me: A Letter From a Future Physician
Deeya Prakash; Lauren Allister, MD

PUBLIC HEALTH
Health by numbers
Findings from Rhode Island’s Service Assessment and Referral Process for Birth Defects,
2020–2024
Kristen St. John, MPH; Donna Lee Houle, CCHW

Vital Statistics
ROSEANN GIORGIANNI, DEPUTY STATE REGISTRAR

COMMENTARY
Ethics of Case Report Publications
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

BOOK REVIEW
Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

Poetry
Perseverance
LEONARD A. MERMEL, DO, ScM

In the News   [4-page pdf]
Physicians concerned AI increases prior authorization denials
Reflects growing use of unregulated AI decision-making systems by health insurer industry 

FDA approves novel non-opioid treatment for moderate to severe acute pain

FDA approves first rapid-acting insulin biosimilar product for treatment of diabetes

FDA approves first treatment for cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, a rare lipid storage disease

NIH-funded clinical trial will evaluate new dengue therapeutic

Senate commission, URI launch study to examine feasibility of state’s first public medical school

People/Places   [2-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
Global health security leaders Stephanie Psaki, PhD; Nikki Romanik, MD, join
Brown School of Public Health

Carole Billington, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, named President, Chief Nursing Officer
for Saint Anne’s Hospital

Sherri Sprague, MHA, BSN at Kent appointed to RI Board of Nursing

RECOGNITION
Don S. Dizon, MD, honored by ASCO

Rhode Island Hospital announces Comprehensive Stroke Center recertification

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