Our Physicians
- Earned B.A. Providence College, 1965 and M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin, 1969.
- Completed post-graduate residency at Albany Medical Center, 1970 and surgical/ otolaryngology residencies at Rhode Island Hospital, 1972-1976.
- Medical licensure in RI
- Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Clinical Assistant Professor Brown University School of Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine
- Active staff at Rhode Island Hospital and consulting staff at Bradley Hospital and Butler Hospital
- Former member of the Board of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology for the State of Rhode Island
- Society memberships include, American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, American College of Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Rhode Island Society of Otolaryngology (Past President), Providence Medical Society (Past Treasurer).
- Awards include Brown Medical School Excellence in Teaching (2003) and Tufts New England Medical Center Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Teacher of the Year.
- Numerous publications including articles in Laryngoscope, Radiology, Cancer and
American Journal of Surgery. Presentations include European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology
and the New England Cancer Society.
- Special interests include head and neck oncology, endoscopic sinus surgery, and otolaryngic allergy
Peter T. Nigri, MD, FACS
Robert G. McRae, MD, FACS
- Earned his B.S. (Cum Laude) at Harvard University, 1972 and his
M.D. at Tufts University School of Medicine, 1976.
- Completed Otolaryngological and surgical residencies at Yale
University School of Medicine.
- Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head
& Neck Surgery, 1980 to present.
- Licensed by the State of Rhode Island in the practice of
medicine.
- Assistant Clinical Professor at Brown University Department of
Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Tufts
University School of Medicine.
- Hospital affiliations include Rhode Island Hospital, St. Joseph
Health Services, Women & Infants Hospital and Blackstone Valley
Surgicare.
- Published in numerous medical journals.
- Past President of the Rhode Island Society of Otolaryngology,
Head & Neck Surgeons and of the New England Otolaryngological
Society.
- Triologic Society Recognition of Excellence, 1999.
- Society Memberships include the American College of Surgeons,
American Medical Association, Providence Medical Society, American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, New England Otolaryngological Society,
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Foundation for Allergy Care and
Treatment and the Triologic Society.
- Earned
B.A. at Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1986 and M.D. at the University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine, 1990.
- Completed
residency in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Chicago,
1995.
- Completed
Fellowship Training in Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery, Michigan
Ear Institute, 1996.
- Chief of Rhode Island Hospital's Department of Otolaryngology
2009-present.
- Associate
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Brown University
School of Medicine
- Assistant
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Tufts University School
of Medicine
- Certified
by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Medical
Licensure in RI and MA
- Active
staff at Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Miriam Hospital
and New England Medical Center (Boston).
- Courtesy
staff at Roger Williams Hospital and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital.
- Consulting Staff at Rhode Island veterans Administration
Hospital
- Medical Director, the ENT Center of Rhode Island
- Co-Director, Cochlear Implant Program at Rhode Island
Hospital/Hasbro Children's Hospital
- Society Memberships include, American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, RI Society of Otolaryngologists-Head
& Neck Surgeons (Past President), New England Otolaryngological Society,
American College of Surgeons (Fellow), Rhode Island Medical Society, North
American Skull Base Society, and American Neurotology Society.
- Areas of interest and expertise include, hearing
disorders, chronic ear surgery, dizziness and imbalance, facial nerve
disorders, acoustic tumors, neurotologic skull base surgery, pediatric otology
and cochlear implant surgery.
Brian E. Duff, MD, FACS
Sharon E. Gibson, MD, FACS
- Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Hasbro Children's
Hospital, 1996-Present
- Earned B.S. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1983 and
M.D. at the University of Michigan Medical School, 1987.
- Received specialty training in otolaryngology at the University
of Illinois College of Medicine's Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck
Surgery. Completed Pediatric Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
fellowship at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH,
1992-1993.
- Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of
Otolaryngology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Assistant Clinical
Professor of Surgery at Brown University School of Medicine. Assistant
Professor & Director of the Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Illinois,
1993-1996.
- Licenses in the States of Rhode Island and Ohio in the practice
of medicine.
- Published in numerous medical journals.
- Society memberships include, American Academy of
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, American College of Surgeons, American
Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology,
Association of Women Surgeons, New England Otolaryngological Society, Rhode
Island Medical Society and the Society for Ear, Nose & Throat
Advances in Children.
- Areas of interest and expertise include management of upper
airway obstruction, head and neck masses, sinus disease and voice disorders in
infants and children.
- Earned his B.A. at Amherst College, 1988 and M.D. at the
University of Virginia, 1993.
- Post-graduate training was completed at the University of
Cincinnati/Children's Hospital Medical Center, surgical residency 1993-1994,
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 1994-1998.
- Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head
& Neck Surgery.
- Licensed by the State of Rhode Island in the Practice of
Medicine.
- Hospital affiliations include Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro
Children's Hospital and Fatima Hospital.
- Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of
Otolaryngology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Brown University's
School of Medicine.
- Published in numerous medical journals.
- Society memberships include the American Medical Association,
American Rhinologic Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head &
Neck Surgery, Christian R. Holmes Society, Rhode Island ENT Society, American
Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, New England Otolaryngology Society and Brown
University Oncology Group Head & Neck Cancer Division.
- Areas of interest and expertise include head and neck surgery,
thyroid and parathyroid surgery, endoscopic sinus surgery, head and neck
oncology, pediatric otolaryngology and the evaluation/treatment of
allergies.
Charles M. Ruhl, MD
Robert M. Risica, MD
- Earned his B.A at Middlebury College in Vermont in 1983 and his Medical Degree at Pennsylvania State University in 1988
- Completed his residency in otolaryngology and head & neck surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 1993
- Research Assistant, Division of Infectious Disease at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts 1983-1984
- Board Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology in 1994
- Received Honors and Awards:
Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College
Highest Academic Award, Charles A. Dana Scholarship, Middlebury College
University of Maryland Otolaryngology Alumni Association Scholarship: Achievement on Annual In-service Examination, 1991
- Practice Interest: Extensive experience in chronic ear disease, functional endoscopic sinus surgery and head and neck surgery
- Published in several medical journals
- Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Hasbro Children’s Hospital
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Otolaryngology and Department of Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2009
- Earned B.A. degree at Middlebury College, Vermont,1999 and M.D. degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2003
- Completed internship in General Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, 2003-2004
- Completed residency in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital, 2004-2008
- Completed fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, 2008-2009
- Licensed to practice medicine in Rhode Island and Washington, DC
- Published in numerous academic medical journals
- Society Memberships include:
American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Pediatrics
The Triologic Society
New England Otolaryngological Society
Rhode Island Medical Society
- Areas of interest and expertise include: the diagnosis and management of pediatric airway disorders, congenital and acquired head and neck masses, pediatric otology, and pediatric sinus disease
Jan C. Groblewski, MD
Joseph P. Bellino, MD, FACS
- Earned his B.A. at Providence College, 1960 and M. D. at
Georgetown University, 1964.
- Completed surgical and otolaryngology residencies at Rhode
Island Hospital.
- Board Certified by the American Board of Otolarynglogy-Head
& Neck Surgery.
- Licensed by the State of Rhode Island in the practice of
medicine.
- Chief of Rhode Island Hospital's Department of Otolaryngology
1995-2009.
- Assistant Clinical Professor at Brown University Department of
Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology and Tufts University's School of
Medicine.
- Courtesy staff at St. Joseph Health Services.
- Publications include articles in Laryngoscope (1982) and Cancer (1994).
- Society memberships include, the National Board of Medical
Examiners (Diplomat, 1965), American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck
Surgery, American Council of Otolaryngology, American College of Surgeons,
American Academy of Ophthalmologic and Otolaryngololic Allergy, New England
Otolaryngological Society and the Rhode Island Otolaryngology Head & Neck
Surgery Society.
- Earned his M.D. at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA,
1969
- Post-graduate training was completed at at D.C. General
Hospital/George Washington University Medical Service, Boston University
(Internship) 1969-1970; Boston University School of Medicine Department of
Neurology Affiliated Hospitals (Residency in Neurology) 1970-1973; University
of Toronto School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology Affiliated
Hospitals (Fellowship in Medical Otology/Otoneurology) 1973-1974
- Licensed in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the
practice of Neurology/Otoneurology
- Assistant Clinical Professor at Boston University School of
Medicine's Department of Neurology.
- Director of the Vestibular and Balance Disorders Program at
Braintree Hospital, Braintree, MA 1982-2009.
- Heads the Center for Vestibular and Balance Disorders,
Providence, RI.
- Society Memberships include the American Academy of Neurology,
American Medical Society and Massachusetts Medical
Society.
Jules M. Friedman, MD, FACS