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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING AND THANKING DR. CHRISTOPHER A. CAMPAGNARI, MD, ON

HIS RETIREMENT AS A FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AFTER 32 YEARS OF

PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE AND EXEMPLARY MEDICAL CARE

     Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Kennedy, O'Brien, McEntee, Edwards, Bennett, and Solomon

     Date Introduced: February 11, 2026

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Dr. Christopher A. Campagnari, MD, received his medical degree from the

University of Massachusetts Medical Center, in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1991, and

completed his internship and residency at the Medical Center of Beaver, Pennsylvania. Dr.

Campagnari is Board-Certified in Family Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American Medical

Academy; and

     WHEREAS, For the past 32 years, beginning in 1994, Dr. Campagnari has served as a

distinguished Family Medicine Physician at Wood River Health in Hope Valley and the wider

community, providing high-quality primary care services on a daily basis to his patients; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Dr. Campagnari served as the Medical Director of Wood River

Health from 1998 to 2018. Under his guidance, leadership and direction, Dr. Campagnari led the

staff of Wood River Health through the implementation of the Electronic Health Record and

becoming recognized as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home. Dr. Campagnari also

successfully led Wood River Health through three separate Joint Commission surveys; and

     WHEREAS, Dr. Campagnari has also served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Brown

University’s Alpert School of Medicine and has served as the Chief of Pediatrics and President of

the Medical Staff at Westerly Hospital, as well as the Chairman of the hospital’s bylaws

committee. In addition, Dr. Campagnari has participated extensively in federal and state Health

Disparities Collaboratives resulting in both national and local acclaim and accolades; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

heartily congratulates Dr. Christopher Campagnari, MD, on his retirement as a Family Medicine

Physician and thanks him for the 32 years of outstanding and compassionate care he provided to

his patients. Dr. Campagnari, MD, has made a positive difference in the lives of countless people.

We furthermore wish him a most happy retirement, good health and continued success in all of

his future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Dr. Christopher A. Campagnari, MD.

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