The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with Brown University to restore federal funding – its ...

Amid cresting heat waves around the globe, Dr. Katelyn Moretti of the Warren Alpert Medical School relays the risks of high ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents blocked Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 34, a kidney transplant specialist for the physicians group Brown Medicine, from reentering the country on March 14 after ...

In June 2024, Alawieh began an assistant professorship at Brown University that includes work as a specialist in nephrology – the treatment of kidney diseases – for Brown Medicine, the non ...

At Brown, Alawieh has worked at Brown Medicine’s Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension and is affiliated with Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital and Providence Veterans Affairs Medical ...

Thomas S. Brown, a lawyer who handles immigration and visa issues for doctors affiliated with Brown Medicine, said that Alawieh was returning to the U.S. on a valid H-1B visa, which would have ...

Brown Medicine currently has roughly 300 to 400 patients waiting for kidney transplants, according to Shemin. Each one needs to regularly evaluated, which now must be done by just two doctors.

Brown University advises international students and staff to postpone travel outside the U.S. due to potential changes in travel restrictions. The advisory comes after a Brown Medicine doctor was ...