While the overall colorectal cancer rates are down, they have consistently gone up among younger patients. That’s why the guidelines have recently been changed to begin screening at 45 instead of 50. Christine Coffey of Warwick knows firsthand what can happen when you delay screening. She had her first colonoscopy at 51, only to find…
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Brown Surgical Associates’ Thomas Miner, MD, FACS, to Represent Rhode Island on American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer
Dr. Thomas J. Miner, chief of Brown Surgical Associates’ Surgical Oncology Division, was recently appointed as Rhode Island’s state chair of the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer (CoC) Cancer Liaison Program. State chairs are volunteer physicians who serve as CoC representatives and provide leadership and support to the CoC-accredited programs and Cancer Liaison…
PBN Asks ‘5 Questions’ about Dr. Monaghan’s Sepsis Research
Dr. Sean Monaghan, a trauma and critical care surgeon with Brown Surgical Associates, is the principal investigator on a nearly $2 million research project on sepsis at Rhode Island Hospital. Funded by a five-year grant from the hospital, Monaghan is working with Dr. Mitchell Levy, director of critical care for Lifespan Corp., to perform research that…
Dr. Abbas’ Details Thoracic Surgery Program
Dr. Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Brown Surgical Associates, discusses the thoracic surgery program at the Lifespan hospitals, and how it helps patients with lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic diseases. Dr. Abbas, an internationally recognized expert, is also chief of thoracic surgery at Lifespan and chief of thoracic oncology for…
BSA’ Dr. Monaghan Named Principal Investigator in $1.98M Sepsis Research Grant
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (September 29, 2021) — Brown Surgical Associates’ trauma and critical care surgeon Sean Monaghan, MD will serve as principal investigator in a 5-year research grant looking into potential new treatments for sepsis – the body’s extreme and potentially deadly response to an infection. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, sepsis accounted for 270,000 deaths…
BSA Doctor’s Doodles Raising Funds for Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Dr. Francois Luks is more than just a skilled pediatric surgeon with Brown Surgical Associates. He’s a skilled artist who is now using that talent to raise money for Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Dr. Luks recently began selling his illustrations of notable Rhode Island landmarks as notecards. Locations include the East Bay Bike Path, the Congregational…
5 Questions with Dr. Abbas: RI Operating Rooms Will Be the Envy of New England & Beyond
Dr. Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, a thoracic surgeon, was appointed chief of thoracic oncology for the Lifespan Cancer Institute and chief of thoracic surgery at Brown Surgical Associates this month. Abbas, who is known as one of the first surgeons in the world to use robotic surgical systems, comes to Rhode Island after heading thoracic surgery…