Kent Hospital
History
Kent Hospital Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a 4-year EM residency at Kent Hospital, located in Warwick, RI, 15 minutes south of Providence. The hospital is affiliated with the University of New England, an osteopathic medical school founded in 1978 on their main campus in Biddeford, Maine. The program was established in 2008 with the first class of five residents graduating in 2011. The program is an AOA-legacy program and their original ACGME accreditation was obtained on September 16th, 2016. There are currently 32 approved Resident Positions. Dr. Katy Deblois is currently the Residency Program Director assuming her role on May 18th, 2020.
Leadership
- Department Chair: Laura Forman, MD
- Program Director: Katy W. DeBlois, DO
- Associate Program Director: Ashley Lauria, DO
- Critical Care Education Director: Nicole Durfey, MD
- Simulation Directors: Jesse Dalton, DO & Vincent Varamo, DO
- EMS Director: Vincent Varamo, DO
- Procedural Competency Directors: Adam Matson, DO & Kevin Pearson, MD
- Didactics Director: Christopher Szlezak, MD
- Ultrasound Director: Neal Madhani, MD
Training Locations
Primary Hospital
- Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI
Secondary Hospitals
- Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence, RI
- Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
- R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Baltimore, MD
Curriculum
One block is equal to four weeks. A year equals 13 blocks and three weeks of built in vacation and allowance for one conference. Unless otherwise specified, blocks are located at Kent Hospital; elective blocks can be done at flexible locations.
PGY1
- EM - 6 blocks
- IM - 1 block
- ICU - 1 block
- Cardiology/CCU - 1 block
- Surgery - 1 block
- EMS - 1 block
- Trauma - 1 block (R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center)
- Anesthesia/Ultrasound - 1 block
- Vacation - 3 weeks
PGY2
- EM - 7 blocks
- OB EM/L&D - 1 block (Women and Infant's Hospital)
- Tox - 1 block (Boston Children's Hospital)
- Ortho - 1 block
- Peds EM - 1 block (Hasbro Children's Hospital)
- NICU - 1 block (Women and Infant's Hospital)
- ICU - 1 block
- Vacation - 3 weeks
PGY3
- EM - 9 blocks (w/ longitudinal Peds EM equaling 15% of EM shifts overall)
- Peds EM - 1 block (Hasbro Children's Hospital)
- Trauma - 1 block (R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center)
- ICU - 1 block
- Elective - 1 block
- Vacation - 3 weeks
PGY4
- EM - 10 blocks (w/ longitudinal Peds)
- Admin - 1 block
- Elective - 2 blocks
- Vacation - 3 weeks
Electives
- Administration
- Research
- Advanced US
- Procedures
- Block Island Clinic
- Hyperbaric Medicine
- Sports Medicine
- Wilderness Medicine
- Global Medicine
Contact Information
Residency Coordinator:
- Lynn Pereira
- lypereira@kentri.org
- (401) 737-700 x3-5664