Rhode Island Hospital
Nearly 2,000 physicians are ready to help you with expert diagnostic and treatment services.
Welcome to Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital is the state’s largest hospital, and its only Level I trauma center and verified burn center.
The principal teaching hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services, as well as expertise in cancer, cardiology, diabetes, emergency medicine, neurosciences, orthopedics and more.
Award-winning patient care is our hallmark.
Getting Here
Rhode Island Hospital Main Campus
593 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02903
United States401-444-4000
Featured Centers & Services
As part of an academic medical center, Rhode Island Hospital offers the highest levels of expertise in neuroscience, cancer, and cardiology, among many other specialties.
Neurosurgery
Expert clinical care is provided in state-of-the-art facilities, equipped with the most advanced technology. Each of our skilled surgeons has neurosurgical subspecialty expertise, including surgery for brain tumors and epilepsy, cerebrovascular surgery, skull-base surgery, radiosurgery, complex spine surgery and pediatric neurosurgery.
The Comprehensive Stroke Center
We offer the most advanced stroke treatment and diagnosis techniques and technology available in the world. As a Comprehensive Stroke Center, our team specializes in evaluating and treating the most complex stroke cases.
Lifespan Cancer Institute
Our nationally renowned physicians include surgical, medical, interventional and radiation oncologists. Our providers sub-specialize in specific cancer types and work together in multidisciplinary clinics to provide state-of-the-art care to both adults and children.
Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute
We provide exceptional diagnostic, interventional, surgical and rehabilitative cardiac care. Comprehensive cardiac services include cardiac diagnostic testing and intervention, cardiac rehabilitation, heart failure management, congenital heart disease management and programs for lipid management, management of hypertension and disease prevention.
Rhode Island Hospital Events
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Brain and SpineApr 8
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Rhode Island HospitalEvent update: We are carefully monitoring news about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States and locally. As a proactive step, we have canceled the April meeting of the Stroke Support Group. The Comprehensive Stroke Center at Rhode Island Hospital offers a stroke support group for stroke...
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Brain and Spine, Cardiology and Cardiac SurgeryApr 21
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Rhode Island HospitalMarch Support Groups Like you, we are carefully monitoring news about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States and locally. As a proactive step, the Neurovascular Center at Rhode Island Hospital is canceling the support group that had been scheduled for March 17, 2020 . We will continue to...
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Brain and SpineApr 29
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Rhode Island HospitalThis event is part of the monthly Aging and Dementia Research Lecture Series, presented by the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute's Aging Brain Initiative and the Rhode Island Hospital Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center . All events are held in room 133 of Rhode Island Hospital's...
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Brain and SpineMay 27
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Rhode Island HospitalThis event is part of the monthly Aging and Dementia Research Lecture Series, presented by the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute's Aging Brain Initiative and the Rhode Island Hospital Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders Center . All events are held in room 133 of Rhode Island Hospital's...
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CancerJun 13
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Rhode Island HospitalThe 10th Annual Paws for a Cause Dog Walk will take place to raise awareness for debilitating head and neck cancer. Head and neck cancer accounts for approximately four percent of all cancers in the United States. Treatments can be intense, involving combinations of surgery, radiation therapy and...
‘Hope is My Mantra’
Despite her Alzheimer’s diagnosis, study participant emphasizes positivity, importance of research
Featured News
Monday, March 9, 2020
In light of local cases of COVID-19 and national and international instances of exponential spread of the disease, Lifespan hospitals are further expanding measures to minimize traffic and potential exposure in our hospitals, protecting patients and staff. Effective immediately, no visitors will be...
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Statement from Lifespan President & CEO Timothy J. Babineau, M.D. on Postponement of the Hasbro Children’s Hospital Heroes Ball After much thoughtful deliberation, and out of an abundance of caution, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the annual Hasbro Children’s Hospital Heroes...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Rhode Island Hospital was a major participant in a just-published international study that found new hope for preserving brain cells after stroke. After 50 years of research and the testing of over 1,000 drugs, the study found that treating acute ischemic stroke patients with an experimental...
Monday, February 24, 2020
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Outpatient, Health & Wellness, Inpatient, Medical Education, LeadershipLifespan and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have actively collaborated with Wuhan Union Hospital on research projects since 2016, with the goal of fostering research and cultural awareness. Leaders of Lifespan and the Warren Alpert Medical School have reached out to pledge...
Friday, February 7, 2020
Visitation Discouraged at All Lifespan Hospitals In light of local cases of COVID-19, Lifespan hospital officials are now strongly discouraging any patient visitation. This includes family/friends accompanying those who come to our hospitals’ emergency departments. We are making this effort to...
Friday, February 7, 2020
New additions will expand, enhance robotic-assisted, minimally invasive procedures To provide the most advanced care for its patients and recruit the most talented surgeons, Lifespan has expanded and enhanced its minimally invasive surgical programs by acquiring two da Vinci Xi’s – the latest...
Monday, February 3, 2020
Lindsay Orchowski, Ph.D. Psychologist Lindsay Orchowski, Ph.D., was honored at Lifespan’s most recent Annual Meeting with the 2019 Bruce M. Selya Award for Excellence in Research, an honor created to recognize rising stars in their fields of medical research. Orchowski is a member of the Lifespan...
Friday, January 31, 2020
Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital’s Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center (ADMDC) are currently recruiting Citizen Scientist® volunteers for multi-center Phase III clinical trial of an anti-amyloid antibody, BAN2401, for patients with early Alzheimer’s disease. BAN2401 works by...
Monday, January 27, 2020
Research led by a Rhode Island Hospital opioid expert has demonstrated the potential to utilize portable field devices to test street drugs for the presence of fentanyl – a technique that could aid public health advocates and public safety agencies in their effort to curb a nationwide epidemic of...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Lifespan today reported a loss of $55 million from operations without investment income in fiscal year 2019, which ended September 30, 2019. With investment income, loss from operations was close to $23 million. These results led to a net loss of $35 million for fiscal year 2019. Lifespan’s 2019...
Monday, November 18, 2019
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In the CommunityDeveloper and Lifespan supporter Sheryl Amaral cuts the ribbon for 180 Corliss St. with Arthur J. Sampson (left), president of The Miriam Hospital, and Timothy J. Babineau, M.D., president and CEO of Lifespan. PROVIDENCE, RI-- An old industrial site on Corliss Street has gained a new lease on life...
Friday, November 1, 2019
Cancer physician, molecular researcher collaborate on study of new way to deliver medicine inside cancer cells PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have employed nanotechnology to identify a potentially groundbreaking treatment for chondrosarcoma, an aggressive bone cancer that...