Dr. Rita Peter-Faherty, M.D., specializes in Clinical, Non-Invasive, and Preventive Cardiology, with subspecialty training in Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography. She earned her undergraduate degree from Siena College in New York and her medical degree from Albany Medical College. Dr. Peter-Faherty completed her internal medicine residency at Brown University and her cardiology fellowship at Maine Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and holds teaching and leadership roles, including CCU Director at Roger Williams Medical Center and Director of Nuclear Cardiology at The Westerly Hospital.
Dr. Rita Peter-Faherty, M.D., specializes in Clinical, Non-Invasive, and Preventive Cardiology, with subspecialty training in Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography. She earned her undergraduate degree from Siena College in New York and her medical degree from Albany Medical College. Dr. Peter-Faherty completed her internal medicine residency at Brown University and her cardiology fellowship at Maine Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and holds teaching and leadership roles, including CCU Director at Roger Williams Medical Center and Director of Nuclear Cardiology at The Westerly Hospital.
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Awesome communicater
(1 week ago)
Jun-2026
❤️a dr with a heart and personal caring intrest in the patient as a human being and health
(1 week ago)
Jun-2026
Very caring and supportive.
(2 weeks ago)
Jun-2026
Excellent, professional and thoughtful
(2 weeks ago)
Jun-2026
I had a visit with her today, June 16. She is one great Heart doctor.Dr. Faherty listen to what you have to say and answer your questions. She takes her time with me and all her patients.
I love her style of how she handles different situations she is tremendous I highly recommend her!!!!
(2 weeks ago)
Jun-2026
She was Very personable and knowledgeable.
(2 weeks ago)
Jun-2026
She is a wonderful , caring, extremely smart doctor. Very easy to talk to and a good listener. Every doctor should be like her.
(3 weeks ago)
Jun-2026
So very nice, I felt very comfortable and in good hands. Highly recommend.
(1 month ago)
Jun-2026
Professional, extremely knowledgeable, personable, and caring. The best!
(1 month ago)
May-2026
Dr Faherty is exceptional. I love being treated by her and her staff. Everyone at the Johnston office is wonderful and friendly
(1 month ago)
May-2026
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CINE: Cranston
395 Atwood Avenue Cranston, RI 02920
CINE: Johnston
1539 Atwood Avenue Suite 102 Johnston, RI 02919
CINE: Lincoln
6 Blackstone Valley Place Bldg 1, Suite 105 Lincoln, RI 02865
CINE: Westerly
35 Wells Street Westerly, RI 02891
Dr. Rita Peter-Faherty, M.D.'s expertise is in Clinical, Non-Invasive, and Preventive Cardiology. She has Subspecialty training in Nuclear Cardiology and Echocardiography. She performs non-invasive testing, including stress testing and echocardiogram services in both office and hospital settings; in addition, she performs transesophageal echocardiograms in the hospital setting.
Dr. Peter-Faherty completed her undergraduate degree at Siena College in Loudonville, New York, and trained at Albany Medical College in New York. She completed her internal medicine residency at Brown University in Providence and then her cardiology fellowship at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. She currently has teaching responsibilities at Roger Williams Medical Center in the Internal Medicine Residency program. Dr. Peter-Faherty received a ﾓTeacher of the Year Awardﾔ at Roger Williams Medical Center for her commitment to resident education. In addition, she is the CCU director at Roger Williams Medical Center and is the director of Nuclear Cardiology at The Westerly Hospital. Dr. Peter-Faherty is a Fellow of The American College of Cardiology, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and the Society of Echocardiography.
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Awesome communicater
❤️a dr with a heart and personal caring intrest in the patient as a human being and health
Very caring and supportive.
Excellent, professional and thoughtful
I had a visit with her today, June 16. She is one great Heart doctor.Dr. Faherty listen to what you have to say and answer your questions. She takes her time with me and all her patients. I love her style of how she handles different situations she is tremendous I highly recommend her!!!!
She was Very personable and knowledgeable.
She is a wonderful , caring, extremely smart doctor. Very easy to talk to and a good listener. Every doctor should be like her.
So very nice, I felt very comfortable and in good hands. Highly recommend.
Professional, extremely knowledgeable, personable, and caring. The best!
Dr Faherty is exceptional. I love being treated by her and her staff. Everyone at the Johnston office is wonderful and friendly