@DrMichaelFine

Novelist and Public Heath Provocateur. Former Director of the RI Department of Health. New Book: https://xitter.cf/t.co/uhYipMXX34 My podcast: https://xitter.cf/t.co/IbFnUhGvBS

 Pawtucket, RI
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This sale is still going on! Dr. Fine will be speaking at the Annual Chalfen Lecture on Public Health hosted by Cambridge Health Alliance/ Harvard Medical School this Thursday, October 8th at 12:15. In honor of this PM Press has extended this sale.
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Click the link below to read my latest article "What’s crazy about health care in Lithuania ". Originally published on What's Up Newport on July 10, 2026 whatsupnewp.com/2026/07/dr-m…

Dr. Michael Fine: What's crazy about health care in Lithuania - What's Up Newp

I’ve just returned from a brief research trip to Lithuania, which wasn’t focused on health care. But while I was there, I had the opportunity to discuss the Lithuanian health care system with a...

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Click the link below to find my latest Substack post, a preview for a recent What's Crazy in Healthcare article, "What's crazy about paying for medical school". The full article is available at this link. whatsupnewp.com/2026/02/dr-m… open.substack.com/pub/michae… #healthcare

Dr. Michael Fine: What's crazy about paying for medical school - What's Up Newp

Before I describe the incredible cost of medical school, I want to mention how I paid for my medical education. I didn’t. You did, and I am very grateful for that. Like about 1800 other American...

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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: michaelfinemd.substack.com/ whatsupnewp.com/2026/01/dr-m…
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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! whatsupnewp.com/2025/12/dr-m… #healthcare #rhodeisland

Dr. Michael Fine: What's crazy about the work we ask healthcare workers to do - What's Up Newp

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. rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/… #rhodeisland #rihealth
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At the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge in Lewiston Maine.
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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! jewishrhody.com/stories/chai…?

Chaim Grade’s last novel finally published, translated - Jewish Rhode Island

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. whatsupnewp.com/2025/08/dr-m…

Dr. Michael Fine: Two kinds of crazy - What's Up Newp

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. whatsupnewp.com/2025/07/dr-m… #healthcare #maternitycare

Dr. Michael Fine: What's crazy about maternity care - What's Up Newp

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 mobilize.us/indivisibleri/ev…

March to Save Democracy · Indivisible RI

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. whatsupnewp.com/2025/06/dr-m… #healthcare #primarycare

Dr. Michael Fine: What’s crazy about paying $10 per month for primary care - What's Up Newp

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! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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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! rinewstoday.com/what-to-do-w… #shortstory #fiction #rhodeisland

What To Do With Dead Squirrels. A short story by Michael Fine - RINewsToday

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. eventbrite.com/e/shelf-life-…
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