Providence (1999)

Melina Kanakaredes (NYPD Blue) stars as Dr. Sydney Hansen, a plastic surgeon who becomes tired of catering to superficial, spoiled, rich people. She moves back home to Providence, R.I., and starts work at a low-income medical clinic. Sydney reunites with her family, and finds fulfillment in her new job. Sydney's recently departed mother (Concetta Tomei, "Murphy Brown") often appears in her dreams to offer advice.