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The Board
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Ronald Thebarge PhD, MA
Ronald ThebargeDr. Ron Thebarge is a clinical psychologist in the Division of Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam Hospital. He is primarily involved with providing clinical outpatient services through the hospital's Behavioral Medicine Clinic. Dr. Thebarge's areas of clinical specialization include facilitating patient coping with chronic medical conditions, such as chronic pain, as well as teaching patients strategies for long term success with managing weight as part of the Miriam Hospital's multidisciplinary Weight Management Program. He practices cognitive-behavioral therapy that substantially incorporates practice of mindfulness-based stress reduction and encouraging patients to apply the wisdom teachings of their own traditions.

He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior in Brown University’s Medical School. As a faculty member of the Brown University Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium, Dr. Thebarge teaches pre-doctoral psychology interns during their clinical rotations at The Miriam Hospital's Behavioral Medicine Clinic. He is a part of the internship's Diversity initiative and educational seminar series.

Dr. Thebarge came to The Miriam Hospital in 1990 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the areas of pain management and work rehabilitation at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Connecticut, his master's and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology at Miami University in Oxford, OH, and completed his pre-doctoral psychology internship at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY. In addition to clinical service and teaching, his research interests and publications have primarily focused on the areas of chronic pain and adjustment to cancer.

Dr. Thebarge lives and works in Rhode Island. His wife Elissa is a pediatric psychologist and an Associate Professor at Brown Medical School. In addition to training interns and postdoctoral fellows, she is primarily involved with researching the benefits of adventure therapy for managing adolescent obesity. Their children, a daughter, Meline, and a son, Tarek, seem very normal, so far, despite being raised by two psychologists.