CJ Uzick recently joined Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock as vice president of hospital operations.
Uzick holds a Master of Health Administration from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Arkansas. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
Two studies led by researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) spotlight the daily struggles of food-insecure Arkansans and offer new insights into community driven solutions to address hunger in one of the nation’s most food-insecure states.
The research, conducted through UAMS’s Institute for Community Health Innovation, reveals the profound effects of food insecurity on communities and explores the impact of pilot programs tailored to the cultural needs of Hispanic and Marshallese communities.
Baptist Health is now treating arrhythmias using robotic cardiac ablation surgery. Pouya Hemmati, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock, utilizes the Intuitive da Vinci robotic system when performing these minimally invasive heart surgeries.
Baptist Health also performs robotic cardiac surgery with a tandem two-surgeon approach.
Hemmati received a robotic surgical training at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and specializes in cardiovascular surgery.
By: Tess Vrbin - July 28, 2025 Arkansas Advocate
This story was updated at 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 to include a statement from The Cigna Group.
A federal judge blocked Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, stating in Monday’s order that it “likely violates” the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause and is “likely preempted” by a veterans’ health care program.
David Catlin, MD, is joining the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Department of Psychiatry as an assistant professor.
