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OCTOBER 2025    Volume 108, Number 10

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CONTACT
Editor-in-Chief

William Binder, MD
william_binder@brown.edu

Managing Editor
Mary Korr
mkorr@rimed.org

FOR AUTHORS
Publication Requirements
Pre-Submission Checklist
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 Editor
Kenneth S. Korr, MD

Graphic Designer
Marianne Migliori

 

CASE REPORTS
A 77-Year-Old Woman with Dysphonia and Possible Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody
(ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis Potentially Induced by Hydralazine

Merve Aksoy, MD; Heinrich-Karl Greenblatt, MD; Maarij Siddiqi, MD; Neha Batra, MD;
Katarzyna Gilek-Seibert, MD

Utility of Plasma Exchange in a Patient with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and Recurrent Angioedema Secondary to C1 Esterase Inhibitor
Yigit Baykara, MD; Mohamed Abdelmonem, PhD, MBA; Muharrem Yunce, MD

Splanchnic Vein Thrombosis as the Initial Manifestation of Lambda Light Chain Multiple Myeloma
Zeni Kharel, MD; Catherine Kamal Raj, MBBS; Robin Reid, MD

A Rare Genital Concomitant Presentation of Extracavitary Primary Effusion Lymphoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Kinda Rajab, MD; Yael Tsenter, MD; Adam J. Olszewski, MD; Liu Liu, PhD,
Cynthia Jackson,
PhD; Liang Cheng, MD; Diana O. Treaba, MD

IMAGES IN MEDICINE
Classification of Kaposi Sarcoma Subtype in a Patient from Cape Verde
Alyssa M. Iurillo; Victoria Hoffman; Megan Hoang; Laura Burns, MD;
Jaclyn Anderson, MD; Leslie Robinson-Bostom, MD; Oliver J. Wisco, DO

RESEARCH STUDIES
Exploring the Role of FCHVs in Trauma Case Management in Nepal: A Qualitative Study
Mandeep Pathak, MS; Sanjaya Bahadur Chand, MPH; Sarita Sharma, MPH;
Michel J. Mello, MD; Jagadish Joshi, MD; Ramu Kharel, MD

Injury Patterns in Weightlifting:
An Epidemiological Analysis of Emergency Visits (2014–2023)

Anant Jhaveri; Aditya Jhaveri, BS; Sahil Sethi, BS; Marcus Allen, BS;
Praneeth Tummala; Peter V. Dinh, BS; David Bruni, MD; Brett D. Owens, MD

An Innovative Approach to Interprofessional Education:
Medical Student-Nurse Partnerships in the Clinical Setting

Hussain Khawaja, MD; Ashley Perry, RN, DNP; Evan Ames, MA;
Wendy Sandrowski, RN, MPH; Sarita Warrier, MD

Politics v. Applicants: Effects of the Roe v. Wade Overturn
on Prospective MFM Fellowship Applicants

Megan M. Lobel, MD; Adam K. Lewkowitz, MD, MPHS; Dayna A. Burrell, MD

Gabapentin: Perspective on Its Use as a Postoperative Analgesic by Colorectal Providers
Manjia Zhao, MPH; Joao Filipe G. Monteiro, PhD; Matthew Vrees, MD;
Steven Schechter, MD; Iva Neupane, MD; Lynn McNicoll, MD; Ashna Rajan, MD

CLINICAL REVIEW
Renal AA Amyloidosis
Jie Tang, MD, MPH

PUBLIC HEALTH
Health by numbers
The Intersection of Alcohol Use and Suicide Mortality Among Males, age 25–64, in Rhode Island
Erica Romero, MPH; Jonathan Barkley, MPH; Kelsea Tucker, MS;
Emily Ledingham, MPH, MA; Tara Cooper, MPH

Vital Statistics
Zuheil AmoreseI, DEPUTY STATE REGISTRAR

WE ARE READ EVERYWHERE
Toledo, Spain

HERITAGE
In the Shadow of the Statue of Liberty: Medical Inspections During the Heyday of US Immigration
Mary Korr

In the News   [9-page pdf]
RI delegation announces $7.94M grant for new mental health facility for children at Bradley Hospital

Northeast Public Health Collaborative forms

RIDOH issues 2025–2026 COVID-19 vaccine recommendations

Governor McKee, Department of Health, Health Insurance Commissioner announce actions to protect access to COVID-19 vaccine

Rhode Island Life Science Hub fueling the future of innovation with investments in innovative life science companies

VA Providence leadership participates in the Center Expert and Shareholder Forum

Providence VA hosts suicide prevention walk and fair

Care New England participates in statewide suicide prevention training, reaches nearly 90 clinicians

ACOG affirms safety and benefits of acetaminophen during pregnancy

Treating opioid addiction in jails improves treatment engagement, reduces overdose deaths and reincarceration

NIH launches $50M Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI)

Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
NIH-funded study reveals brain changes long before chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) develops

AMA advocacy win: new federal policies will help physician practices share patient data

RI Hospital launches first U.S. clinical trial combining focused ultrasound and immunotherapy

People/Places   [4-page pdf]
APPOINTMENTS
ACEP names L. Anthony Cirillo, MD, of RI, as new president

South County Health names Gerald Colvin, DO, Cancer Center medical director
Expands team of permanent medical oncology providers

Kent appoints Jeffrey Sanders, MHA, interim president

Jennifer M. La Luz, MBA, CPHQ, named Vice President of Operations for Kent Hospital

RECOGNITION
Neighborhood Health Plan one of NCQA’s highest-rated Medicaid health plans

Kent Hospital attains verification from American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery program

PLACES
Brown Surgical Associates’ surgeons first in New England to perform implantation of iliac branch device

Kent Hospital’s Evening of Hope Event raises over $269,000 to benefit its ED

OBITUARIES   [1-page pdf]
Jerry M. Kheradi, MD, FACG
Steven Weisblatt, MD

 
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