Duane Bishop (FAC)

Duane Bishop of Providence; Feb. 7, from multiple system atrophy. He was a general practioner and medical director of Mount Royal College in Calgary prior to moving to Rhode Island in 1978 to become the clinical director of Butler Hospital and an associate professor at Brown. He later worked at Rhode Island Hospital as a psychiatrist specializing in rehabilitation and then at Southern New England Physicians Associates, where he served as president and CEO. During his career he wrote more than 200 peer-reviewed articles with a clinical focus being on family relationships. After his diagnosis of MSA, he would describe the mechanisms of his disease and how it affected him in order to help those around him to better understand it. He continued to garden, sculpt, travel and play golf, demonstrating  determination to slow down disease progression. He is survived by his wife, Jody; three children; and two grandchildren.