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5/29/2025
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Media Advisory: Primary care education commission to receive update on URI medical school feasibility study
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STATE HOUSE – The special legislative commission studying Rhode Island’s health care workforce and issues related to educating and retaining primary care physicians will meet tomorrow for a presentation by consultants who are performing a feasibility study on the possibility of creating a medical education program at the University of Rhode Island.
The Special Legislative Commission to Make a Comprehensive Study of Rhode Island’s Healthcare Workforce Related to educating and Retaining Primary Care Physicians and Establishing a State Medical School at the University of Rhode Island is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Friday, May 30, at 2:30 p.m. in the Senate Lounge on the second floor of the State House.
On the agenda is a feasibility study update and presentation by Tripp Umbach Founder and President Paul Umbach and Senior Principal Ha Pham. No public testimony will be taken at this meeting.
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television, which can be seen by Cox Communications subscribers on channels 15 and 61 for high definition, on channel 15 by i3Broadband viewers, and channel 34 for Verizon subscribers. Livestreaming will be available at https://www.rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx.
Co-chaired by Sen. Pamela J. Lauria (D-Dist. 32, Barrington, Bristol, East Providence) and URI President Marc B. Parlange, the 21-member commission is tasked with studying Rhode Island’s health care workforce related to educating and retaining primary care physicians.
For more information, contact:
Meredyth R. Whitty, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-1923
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