Michael Fine MD
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Novelist and Public Heath Provocateur. Former Director of the RI Department of Health. New Book: https://t.co/uhYipMXX34 My podcast: https://t.co/IbFnUhGvBS
Pawtucket, RI
Joined November 2017
Click the link below to read Dr. Fine's latest article, published on January 9 in What's Up Newport. Find us on Substack with this link: https://t.co/quT3fOauBd
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whatsupnewp.com
This week’s column is about two apparently unrelated events: my re-reading of The Citadel, by AJ Cronin, a classic novel/tearjerker about a British General Practitioner, written in 1937, and the new...
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Read Dr. Fine's latest article, "What's What’s crazy about the work we ask healthcare workers to do " published in What's Up Newp this month. Find it at the link below! https://t.co/lDIqcTTzSx
#healthcare #rhodeisland
whatsupnewp.com
I spent the last few weeks studying and taking tests so I can continue my Board Certification (in Family Medicine). Physicians and other health care workers are licensed by the State of Rhode Island...
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Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:30 p.m! 📍 The Updike Room at the Greenwich Hotel There will be readings by Dr. Michael Fine, Dr. Rachel Herz, and Philip Eil. No reservations necessary and open to the public! #rievents #rhodeisland
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Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:30 p.m! 📍 The Updike Room at the Greenwich Hotel There will be readings by Dr. Michael Fine, Dr. Rachel Herz, and Philip Eil. No reservations necessary and open to the public! #rievents #rhodeisland
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Join us on Wednesday, October 22nd at 6:30 p.m! 📍 The Updike Room at the Greenwich Hotel There will be readings by Dr. Michael Fine, Dr. Rachel Herz, and Philip Eil. No reservations necessary and open to the public! #rievents #rhodeisland
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Click the link to read about the proposal for a medical school at URI. There is a public hearing scheduled TONIGHT at 5 p.m. in the Senate Lounge of the Rhode Island State House for those who wish to comment on the report. https://t.co/hQQl069Ms2
#rhodeisland #rihealth
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Dr. Fine's latest article was published on Jewish Rhode Island on August 11, 2025. Click the link below to read it! https://t.co/vnOVn5mmIz?
jewishrhody.com
When I think of great Yiddish literature, I think mostly about the short fiction of I.L.Peretz, S. Ansky and I.B. Singer, and not about epic novels. Yiddish literature flowered in Eastern Europe …
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Dr. Fine's latest article, "Two Kinds of Crazy" is now available to read on the What's Up Newp website, linked below. https://t.co/7TdsogsFil
whatsupnewp.com
The first part of this week’s comment is about health, not health care. RIPTA, the organization that runs the buses in Rhode Island, is planning the largest set of route cuts in its history – to save...
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TOMORROW! Dr. Fine will be reading at the Brownell Library in Little Compton. Stop by and hear him read a selection of short stories from his "What's Crazy in Healthcare" series. The event begins at 11 am and is open to the public.
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Next Saturday, August 2nd, Dr. Fine will be reading at the Brownell Library in Little Compton, RI. The reading will begin at 11 am. He will be reading a select amount of short stories from his "What's Crazy in Healthcare" series. We hope to see you there! #rhodeisland
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Read Dr. Fine's latest article, "What's Crazy About Maternity Care", published earlier this week on What's Up Newp and available at the link below. https://t.co/3pmJOxDKYe
#healthcare #maternitycare
whatsupnewp.com
Kudos to everyone in Newport who turned out at the city council meeting Tuesday night, and to the city council for passing a resolution asking Brown Health to keep the maternity unit at Newport...
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Join Dr. Fine at the March to Save Democracy today, July 13 at 12:30 beginning at Kennedy Plaza. He will be reading his short story, THE VOICE OF AMERICA at 1 pm. More information is available at the link below. #marchtosavedemocracy
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What: March to Save Democracy When: Sunday, July 13th, 1:00 pm Where: We will gather at Kennedy Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island, at City Hall at 12:30 pm. At 1:00 pm, we'll step off the curb to march...
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Click the link below to read Dr. Fine's latest article, published in What's Up Newp on June 27, 2025. https://t.co/Ou2fp7frpj
#healthcare #primarycare
whatsupnewp.com
First, the good news: kudos to our legislature for focusing on primary care. Thanks to the work of Senator Pam Luria, Speaker Joe Shekarchi, Senate President Valarie Lawson, Attorney General Peter...
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COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS - RECLAIMING PRIMARY CARE: A CONVERSATION WITH DR. MICHAEL FINE - WHAT WE'VE LOST, WHAT WE MUST BUILD, AND WHY IT MATTERS NOW. Today at 1 PM! https://t.co/1PcKjg5ujO
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Dr. Fine's latest short story, "What To Do With Dead Squirrels", was published in RINewsToday on May 25th, 2025. Click the link below to check it out! https://t.co/uevEXaOpqZ
#shortstory #fiction #rhodeisland
rinewstoday.com
By Michael Fine, contributing writer © 2025 by Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and
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Dr. Fine will be at SHELF LIFE BOOKS in Richmond, VA on April 22nd from 6:30-8:00 pm. Tickets for this event are available via the link. https://t.co/ESCM7ak7yc
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Click the link below to read Dr. Fine's latest article, published on What's Up Newp on March 9th, 2025. https://t.co/sBvAq9tTD3
whatsupnewp.com
Get out the earplugs and blindfolds, Susie, they are at it again. Brothers and sisters, get ready for another round of yelling about Medicaid, which will be all heat and no light. As some of us...
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Dr. Fine will be featured on WPRI Channel 12 news tonight at 5 and 6 pm. He'll be speaking about the local healthcare crisis and what can be done to make a difference on the local level. #healthcare #rhodeisland #rinews #wpri
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Reminder! Join us tonight, February 11th at 8:30 pm EDT. Special guest Alison Warfel, COO of Block Island Health Services will be speaking. The link to join is listed below! https://t.co/u7q7QBHHTB
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