A Rhode Island Hospital physician's experience in front-line field hospital in Libya

Adam Levine, M.D., an emergency medicine physician with Rhode Island Hospital and a volunteer physician with International Medical Corps, was deployed to a field hospital near Misurata, Libya, during the conflict in Libya. He and his colleagues cared for over 1,300 patients from both sides of the conflict over a two-month period between June and August 2011. In a new paper, Levine describes his experience and the lessons he learned that he hopes will aid in future humanitarian efforts. Read more