Kathleen Ann Caizzi M.D., 70, formerly of Bristol, R.I., died on March 21 at the Kentucky Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital, after a long illness. She was born June 29, 1948, in Providence, R.I., to Frank and Margaret Vaccaro Caizzi. Both parents are deceased.

She is survived by her brother, Frank C. Caizzi, her nephew, David Caizzi, her niece, Carolyn Caizzi, and niece/godchild, Debra (Caizzi) Messenger, godchild Mary Wood and her daughter Willow, grandniece Lucy Messenger, grandnephews Alex and Michael Caizzi and Harry Messenger; and many Vaccaro and Caizzi cousins.  She is also survived by her life partner of 54 years, John Pellegrini M.D., FACS. of Whitesburg, KY.

She grew up in Bristol, R.I., where she was a member of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel School and Catholic Church. She graduated Bristol High School in 1966. She received a B.S. at Northeastern University in Boston in 1970, an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1974, her postgraduate specialty training in Internal Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University, and Fellowship training at Montefiore Hospital/NYC in Intensive Care Medicine.

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