Affiliated Hospitals and Associated International Institutions

When it comes to clinical experience, Alpert Medical School offers an enviable variety of sites. It is affiliated with seven area hospitals - all within a fifteen-minute drive of the Brown campus - that serve one and a half million people of diverse backgrounds and socioeconomic status. The road to becoming a physician or scientist at Alpert Medical School takes students to these hospitals as well as to countless other clinical sites, such as community practices throughout the state, inner city clinics, and biotech companies. These sites provide a range of diverse training opportunities for medical students and residents.

Rhode Island Hospital, and its pediatric division, Hasbro Children's Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, and Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital are members of the Lifespan health care system. Women and Infants Hospital and Butler Hospital are part of the Care New England health care network.

The Medical School and its hospital partners are the anchors of Rhode Island's academic medical center.

The Emma Pendelton Bradley Hospital

The Emma Pendelton Bradley Hospital, founded in 1931, is the nation's first psychiatric hospital devoted to children and adolescents. Its services include a 60-bed acute inpatient program for children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders; day hospital programs, and an outpatient program which includes many specialty clinics. The hospital operates the Bradley School, a fully certified special education school.

Butler Hospital

Butler Hospital is Rhode Island's only private adult and adolescent psychiatric and substance abuse hospital. It is a short term acute care facility with an average length of stay of 12 days. It provides assessment and treatment of all major psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse. Butler is the primary clinical site for the Medical School's Department of Psychiatry which has been recognized by its peers as one of the top ten in the United States. Butler has been named one of the top 30 psychiatric hospitals in the United States, by US News & World Report, 2003.

The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island

The Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island is a 294-bed hospital that serves a community of more than 180,000 people in Pawtucket and the Blackstone Valley region of Rhode Island. Memorial's rehabilitation center focuses on services to patients afflicted by stroke, amputation, or neurological disability and includes comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. The hospital offers cutting-edge cancer care and is the practice base for the Brown residency program in family medicine.

The Miriam Hospital

The Miriam Hospital is a 247-bed facility that provides a broad range of primary, secondary and tertiary medical and surgical services to adolescents and adults in 31 medical and surgical specialties and sub-specialties. Miriam Hospital is noted for its specialty services in AIDS at the Samuel and Esther Chester Immunology Center and in cardiac care. The Women's Cardiac Center at The Miriam Hospital offers complete diagnostic and clinical cardiology services, cardiovascular surgery and cardiac rehabilitation to women.

Rhode Island Hospital

Rhode Island Hospital, with 719 beds, is the state's largest hospital and the third largest hospital in New England. It is designated as the Level 1 Trauma Center for southeastern New England, providing expert staff and equipment in emergency situations 24 hours a day. Rhode Island Hospital is home to a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Its pediatric division, Hasbro Children's Hospital, opened in 1994 and cares for some 7,000 inpatients and 60,000 outpatients annually.

The VA Medical Center

The VA Medical Center is a 230-bed facility providing acute inpatient and ambulatory care in medicine, surgery, psychiatry and neurology. The hospital admits approximately 5,000 veterans annually and provides over 150,000 outpatient visits in 41 clinics. It is a regional center for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. The hospital also provides special medical services in the areas of dialysis, substance abuse treatment, rehabilitative medicine, and prosthetics.

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Women & Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, which houses 137 single patient rooms and 120 infant bassinets, is one of the nation's leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns. The primary teaching affiliate of Alpert Medical School for obstetrics, gynecology and newborn pediatrics, Women & Infants is the tenth largest obstetrical service in the country with more than 9,700 deliveries per year. In 2003, Brown University and Women & Infants were named a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The hospital offers specialty gynecological services as well, for treatment of infertility and cancer, including the Breast Health Center, a specialized center offering education, support, diagnosis and contemporary treatment for all breast health problems.