Aquidneck Medical Associates Merge with University Medicine Foundation

摘要

PROVIDENCE – Aquidneck Medical Associates and University Med- icine Foundation merged operations effective January 1, 2014. The new medical group will include 185 physicians and 200 staff who will serve more than 100,000 patients throughout most of Rhode Island. KEIVAN ETTEFAGH, MD , president of Aquidneck Medical Asso- ciates, said, "We expect that in the near future this merger to bring high quality specialty care closer to the residents of Newport and Portsmouth. It will allow us to expand on our 50-year tradition of great service, and soon patients will no longer have to cross two bridges and drive 30 miles to reach many specialists." Aquidneck Medical Associates is comprised of 11 primary care physicians and 38 support staff.