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…
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Sepsis Awareness Month: Dr. Monaghan Details Signs and Symptoms
Sepsis causes 270,000 deaths in the US each year and costs $62 billion in medical expenses. According to the CDC, Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Infections that lead to sepsis most…
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…
Pope undergoes surgery for diverticulitis; Cases of disease on the rise
Earlier this week, Pope Francis underwent intestinal surgery due to a severe narrowing of his colon caused by diverticulitis. Diverticulitis happens when pouches form in the colon and become inflamed. While surgery is sometimes necessary, as was the case with the pope, Brown Surgical Associates colorectal surgeon, Dr. Steven Schechter, said the condition can often…
BSA’s Dr. Abbas Co-Chairs Forward-Thinking Discussion on Minimally Invasive Surgery
Dr. Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, chief of thoracic surgery at Brown Surgical Associates, recently returned from Boston where he co-chaired the Thoracic Surgery Program of the “21 ISMICS Reimagined Meeting” of the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, the premier association focusing on minimally invasive surgery for both thoracic and cardiovascular disease. It was a…
World-Class Surgeon, Abbas Abbas, Tapped to Take Reins of Brown Surgical Associates’ Thoracic Surgery Division
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (June 24, 2021) — Brown Surgical Associates today announced nationally and internationally renowned surgeon Dr. Abbas El-Sayed Abbas has joined the practice as Chief of Thoracic Surgery. He will also serve as Chief of Thoracic Surgery at all Lifespan hospitals in addition to Chief of Thoracic Oncology at the Lifespan Cancer Institute –…
BSA’s Dr. Osband on living donors: It’s incredible what people will do for each other
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — When Milka learned her husband Daniel needed a kidney transplant, she wanted to donate one of hers. However, when she learned she wasn’t a match, she decided to be a non-direct living donor. As luck would have it, Milka was a match for Nicholas Bianchi and another living donor – Elizabeth…
Dr. Luhrs Discusses Cutting-Edge Gastrointestinal Surgeries in PBN’s 5 Questions
Dr. Andrew Luhrs is a bariatric surgeon specializing in minimally invasive techniques. He along with Brown Surgical Associates’ Dr. Giorgi and Lifespan’s Dr. Zilla Hussain, recently performed two separate gastrointestinal procedures with the help of innovative technology. Surgeons were able to access internal organs with the use of a camera inserted through patients’ mouths, eliminating…
5 Questions with Brown Surgical Associates’ Dr. Peter Soden
Dr. Peter Soden, a vascular surgeon, arrived at Brown Surgical Associates in September, joining the practice’s division of vascular and endovascular surgery. In this week’s Providence Business News, Soden discusses his own specific clinical interests, as well as minimally invasive technology that allows surgeons to perform complex procedures on patients who may not be able…
