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General Internal Medicine – Clinical Care & Faculty Primary Care Practices

In addition to their roles as educators and investigators, our faculty are engaged in the practice of ambulatory primary care medicine and inpatient medicine. Individuals provide clinical care in 3 areas: residency-related clinics, hospital inpatient wards and outpatient primary care.

Our residency clinics (see https://brownim.org/2/ambulatory-medicine/ for more detail) include:

Center for Primary Care
245 Chapman Street, Suite 300
Providence, RI

Fain Medical Clinic
Fain Ambulatory Center, Miriam Hospital
164 Summit Ave Providence

PVAMC Clinic
830 Chalkstone Ave
Providence, RI

Primary Care

Our faculty provide patient care in Brown Medicine offices. Brown Medicine is one of the largest academic, not-for profit multi-specialty groups in Rhode Island and has six Primary Care practices scattered across Rhode Island. All practices are patient centered medical homes with teams that consist of advanced care providers, nurse care managers, social work, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and behavioral health. The practices care for approximately 40,000 Rhode Islanders and in addition to routine hours has evening and weekend urgent care visits to accommodate our patient’s needs.

Primary Care Practices are located throughout the state of Rhode Island. Individual locations can be reviewed at https://brownmed.org/ and clicking the “Locations” Menu item. Faculty practice locations include:

Internal Medicine East Greenwich
1454 South County Trail
East Greenwich, RI 02818

East Providence Primary Care
Brown Physicians Patient Center
375 Wampanoag Trail, Suite 201
East Providence, RI

Internal Medicine East Providence
Brown Physicians Patient Center
375 Wampanoag Trail, Suite 301
East Providence, RI

Providence Primary Care
909 North Main Street, Suite 300
Providence, RI 02904

Brown Internal Medicine Smithfield
900 Douglas Pike, Suite A1
Smithfield, RI 02917

Warwick Primary Care
43 Jefferson Boulevard, Suite 2
Warwick, RI 02888

Inpatient Care

GIM faculty have full and part-time roles as inpatient medical teaching attendings at Rhode Island Hospital and the Miriam Hospital. Both are located in Providence, RI and are major teaching sites of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Rhode Island Hospital is the largest hospital in RI and is a Level 1 trauma center with 719 beds and the Miriam Hospital is a 247-bed hospital. Faculty work with care teams that include residents, and medical students

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About Us

The Department of Medicine at Alpert Medical School is comprised of eleven distinct Divisions. These Divisions, working in conjunction with the community doctors who comprise our Primary Care offerings, provide patients with an outstanding level of care both within the Brown affiliated hospitals and throughout several community-based clinical locations. In addition to patient services, several of our Divisions offer exceptional programs for Residents and Fellows within their designated areas of expertise.

Useful Links

  • Brown Internal Medicine Residency
  • Alpert Medical School
  • Brown University
  • Rhode Island Hospital
  • The Miriam Hospital
  • Providence VA Medical Center
  • How To Reach Us

    Office of the Physician-in-Chief
    Louis B. Rice, MD
    593 Eddy Street
    Providence, RI 02903