Contact Info

• (401) 435-5533
• 450 Veterans Memorial Parkway
• East Providence, RI 02914
      

Hospitals

• Rhode Island Hospital
  Miriam Hospital

Education

• Northwestern University
  University of Wisconsin Medical School

Residencies

• Presbyterian University of Pennsylvania
  Miriam Hospital

Board Certifications

• Diplomate ABIM Internal Medicine
  Diplomate ABIM Pulmonary Medicine

Fellowships

• Pulmonary, Brown University
  Visiting Fellow Brompton Hospital, London, England

Clinical Expertise

• Internal Medicine
  Pulmonary Medicine

Biography

Dr Jim Myers has been a member of Coastal since its inception. He is a pulmonary specialist and internist in East Providence, and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, and received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin. He did an internship at Presbyterian-University of Pennsylvania, and completed residency and Pulmonary fellowship at Brown University. He also was a visiting fellow at Brompton Hospital in London. He was chosen "Physician of the Year" at Miriam Hospital in 2006, and has also been a frequent "Top Doc" in Rhode Island Monthly. He is a past president of the medical staff at Miriam Hospital.

Dr Myers has a strong professional interest in asthma as well as lung cancer. He also helped found the Brown-Kenya project in Eldoret, Kenya, and has been participating in that project since 1998.