Kent Hospital has appointed Mary Elizabeth Hanley, DO, as director of its Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship program. 

Dr. Hanley was Kent Hospital’s first Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine fellow, after completing a family medicine residency at Kent Hospital from 2009-2011, and served as chief resident from 2010-2011. Prior to coming to Kent Hospital, Hanley completed her first residency in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where she was also chief resident.  She was then appointed to the faculty of The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine. Hanley also served as medical director of the Narragansett Indian Health Center in Charlestown, RI, from 2012-2013. 

“It is a pleasure to have Dr. Hanley in this role, one of which is extremely important to not only the Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center but to Kent’s Graduate Medical Education program which continues to grow each year,” said Joseph Spinale, DO, SVP, chief medical officer and medical director of Kent’s Graduate Medical Education Program in a statement. “Dr. Hanley has been a vital part of our medical staff since starting her residency at Kent six years ago. We are looking forward to her clinical expertise and leadership of current and future fellows.”

Kent Hospital’s Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine fellowship was established in 2010. A teaching affiliate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, the fellowship consists of a one-year curriculum with a clinical focus on wound care, dive medicine and hyperbarics. It is the only such program in the country to be accredited by the American Osteopathic Association. Full-time and voluntary faculty who provide a rich clinical and academic environment, supervise all training.

The Wound Recovery and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at Kent is regional referral center that treats diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, ostonomy problems, bone infections and other chronic concerns. The center’s nationally accredited advanced hyperbaric oxygen chambers are available 24 hours a day for emergency referrals needing immediate intervention.