Rehabilitation Expertise and Experience

Dr. Rabih El-Bizri, in private practice for more than 21 years, has been named Director of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Roger Williams Medical Center by Dr. John Stoukides, Chairman of the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Thaer Abdelfattah, a gastroenterologist with Roger Williams Medical Center’s Digestive Diseases Center, has performed Rhode Island’s first Endoscopic Full-Thickness Resection, or EFTR.

Roger Williams Medical Center has been awarded a 4-Star Rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), placing it among the top 25% of hospitals in the ranking. 

The Southern New England Rehabilitation Center (SNERC), located at Fatima Hospital in North Providence, has once again been accredited for three years by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), an international accrediting body focused on helping organizations measure and improve the quality of their inpatient rehabilitation programs and services. 

Upon learning of this, we took our systems offline to protect them and launched an investigation with the help of third-party cybersecurity specialists. While our investigation continues, we are focused on addressing the pressing needs of our patients as we work diligently to return to normal operations as quickly as possible.

John A. Stoukides, MD, ScD., has been named Chairman of Medicine at Roger Williams Medical Center. His appointment was effective in June and he becomes the fifth chair in the history of the department.

The Centurion Foundation (Centurion) and Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (Prospect) have completed their joint application to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Office of Attorney General (RIAG) seeking approval of Centurion’s proposed purchase of CharterCARE Health Partners from Prospect

Forty-two CharterCARE physicians have been named “Top Docs” in Rhode Island Monthly magazine’s 2023 annual physician survey.

(North Providence, RI)   Fatima Hospital is one of the first hospitals in Rhode Island, and the only one in the Providence metropolitan area, to now offer Inspire therapy, a breakthrough obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment option for those who cannot use Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy.

CharterCARE Health Partners has named Tracey Crandall, MBA, SHRM-SPHR, as Vice President of Human Resources following an extensive search.