For the past 30 years, William G. Cioffi, Jr., MD, has played a pivotal role in training hundreds of surgical residents, many of whom have become leaders, innovators, top researchers, and expert clinicians in their fields. Brown Surgical Associates is hosting a festschrift in Dr. Cioffi’s honor on November 9, 2024, at the Warren Alpert…
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Dr. Cioffi discusses steps to resume elective procedures as COVID hospitalizations decline
As the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 trends downward in Rhode Island, the state’s largest hospital group has announced plans to lift restrictions on elective surgeries. Lifespan suspended those procedures for the last six weeks and only performed emergency surgeries. Brown Surgical Associates’ Dr. William Cioffi, the surgeon-in-chief at Rhode Island and The Miriam…