Dr. Arrighi completed both his BS and MD degrees at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US. He then completed graduate medical education (GME) programs in internal medicine, cardiology, and nuclear medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, the National Institutes of Health, and Yale University School of Medicine respectively.

Dr. Arrighi’s career has focused on improving GME and mentoring physician learners. Upon completion of his own education and training, he joined the cardiology faculty at Yale and served as program director for the cardiology fellowship. In addition to his clinician-educator responsibilities, he was actively engaged in nuclear cardiology and cardiac imaging research. In 2004, he joined the cardiology faculty at Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. There, he initially served as program director in cardiology and subsequently served as Director of Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official for the BrownHealth health care system. He achieved the rank of Professor of Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging, and Medical Science at Brown, and received several faculty awards for exemplary teaching. Dr. Arrighi has published more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and has delivered more than 130 national or international invited lectures.

Dr. Arrighi has had longstanding involvement with the ACGME. In 2016, he joined the Review Committee for Internal Medicine, serving as its Chair for a four-year term during the rollout of the ACGME’s current accreditation model, then referred to as the “Next Accreditation System.” In 2016, he began a five-year term as Chair of ACGME International (ACGME-I)’s Medicine-Based Review Committee-International during a period when ACGME-I saw substantial growth in its accredited programs. He joined the ACGME-I staff in his current role in 2021. Dr. Arrighi is also professor emeritus of medicine at Brown University.