The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both doctors and their patients into unchartered territory. In Yoga Medicine, Dr. Doreen Wiggins explains how she has called upon her yoga training to cultivate compassion not only for herself but for others. Read the full article »
Archives for April 2020
With help from Dr. Osband, RI man’s long hope for new kidney realized
Fred Pastore’s years-long wait for a new kidney recently came to an end. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Fred got the call that he had a donor. The successful transplant was lead by Dr. Adena Osband of Brown Surgical Associates. Read more about Fred’s journey in The Providence Journal.
Dr. Wiggins shares how yoga helps patients move beyond cancer fear
Once cancer treatment for breast cancer has been completed, there is no guarantee of wholly successful treatment. That can lead patients into the territory of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). In a recent article in Yoga Medicine, Dr. Doreen Wiggins discussed the role yoga can play in overcoming that fear. She says research has demonstrated…
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Moreira reaching out to Cape Verdean community
Dr. Carla C. Moreira, RPVI, a surgeon with Brown Surgical Associates, was recently featured in a Channel 12 story about minorities and COVID-19. Dr. Moreira has taken steps to help spread awareness among the Cape Verdean community, including making informative videos on the virus in Creole. Dr. Moreira says since most local and national press conferences…
5 Questions with Dr. Giorgi: BSA surgeon discusses COVID-19, impacts on Italy
In the Providence Business News, Dr. Marcoandrea Giorgi, a bariatric surgeon here at Brown Surgical Associates, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted his work, as well as his thoughts on the pandemic in hard-hit Italy. Giorgi, who has practiced in Providence for seven years and has a special interest in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery, is…
