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- Psychiatrist‐in‐Chief, Rhode Island Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI 02903.
- Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
- Assistant Professor of Medicine & Community Health, Roger Williams General Hospital, Providence, RI 02908.
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine, Roger Williams General Hospital, Providence, RI 02908.