Doctoring Words: A Conversation with Physician/Authors Offers Tips on How to Write for Publication

Two local physicians will speak about expanding their medical careers to become published authors in a conversation entitled Doctoring Words at Mount Hope Farm on Thursday, April 20th at 6 pm. Enjoy cocktails and small bites before the lecture.

Family practice physician Michael Fine, MD, and Edward Iannuccilli, MD, a retired gastroenterologist, will share their stories on going beyond their successful medical careers to become published authors of memoirs, fiction and nonfiction. The lively and educational conversation, moderated by Dante Bellini, Jr., the director of the award-winning film Ken Burns: Here & There, will be packed with tips on how you, too, can write your story and get it in print.

For event details and to register, visit www.mounthopefarm.org/upcoming-events/doctoring-words.  Admission is $15 for Mount Hope Farm members and $20 for nonmembers and $10 for students with a valid school ID. Copies of the speakers books will be on sale at the event.

Dr. Fine, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, serves as Chief Health Strategist for the City of Central Falls, RI, and was previously Medical Program Director at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections. He was a founder of HealthAccessRI, the nation’s first organization making prepaid primary care available to people without employer-provided health insurance. His books include Abundance, The Bull and Other Stories, and Rhode Island Stories. He also coauthored The Nature of Health and The Zero Calorie Diet. Dr. Fine’s short stories have been published monthly on www.RINewsToday.com  since 2018.

Dr. Iannuccilli is the former chair of the Rhode Island Hospital Board of Trustees and a clinical professor emeritus at Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. A graduate of Providence College and Albany Medical College, he has extensive experience in academics, management, governance and entrepreneurial endeavors. He was recently inducted into the RI Heritage Hall of Fame. Currently a staff writer for GoLocalProv, he is author of medical articles and of stories of his childhood, including the bestselling books Growing up Italian, Grandfather’s Fig Tree and Other Stories; What Ever Happened to Sunday Dinner?; My Story Continues, From Neighborhood to Junior High School; Growing Up Italian: Collected Stories, and his latest book, A Whole Bunch of 500 Word Stories.

Mr. Bellini is a former principal of RDW Group, a marketing agency with offices in Boston and Providence. He has been the creative and production force behind hundreds of projects and is a multiple Emmy, Telly and Hatch award winner. Now retired, he currently puts his effort into documentary filmmaking, catalyzed by his decades-long association with Ken Burns. His first solo feature, Ken Burns: Here & There, an intimate look at the life of the iconic filmmaker, was sold to PBS and broadcast worldwide.

About Mount Hope Farm: Mount Hope Farm is a 127-acre national historic site located in Bristol, Rhode Island. The property is privately owned and governed by The Mount Hope Trust in Bristol and is on the national register of historic placed since 1976. The Farm is a non-profit whose mission is to preserve and protect the integrity of its natural assets and its historical structures.