Vivier, Patrick M MD

The Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies promotes the identification, prevention and treatment of alcohol and other drug problems through research, education, training and policy advocacy. Established in 1982, the center is a part of Brown University. It consists of more than 100 faculty members. The center also has a special training team that works within various departments and teaching hospitals of the university. The center operates several training programs that are funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Its training programs provide postdoctoral research training for behavioral, medical and social scientists. The Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies is located in Providence, R.I.

This practitioner is affiliated with Brown University Health (Formerly Lifespan Health System). Brown University Health includes three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children’s; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children. It also includes Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, MA and Morton Hospital in Taunton, MA, all community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice and primary care network in Rhode Island.