February 3, 2025

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine named Deanna Sasaki-Adams, MD, MBA, as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, effective March 1.

A noted vascular and skull base neurosurgeon, Sasaki-Adams currently serves as the Department of Neurosurgery’s vice chair of Quality and Clinical Operations, medical director of UAMS neurosurgery services, and associate program director for the Neurosurgery Residency Program. She also holds a professor faculty appointment in the department.

February 3, 2025

Baptist Health Comprehensive Women’s Clinic-North Little Rock held a ribbon cutting with tours on Jan. 28 to celebrate the clinic’s opening.

Ijanae Allgood, MD, MPH, and Sarah Beth Holcomb, MD, will see patients at the clinic. They specialize in primary care, pediatrics, pregnancy, and childbirth.

January 27, 2025

Arkansas Spine and Pain (ASAP) has announced E. Scot Davis as its new CEO. In this role, Davis will oversee financial and clinical operations across seven Arkansas locations.

January 27, 2025

Ashley Booth Norse, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chair of the College of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine.

Norse comes to UAMS from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, where she was professor and associate chair of operations in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

January 27, 2025

The Arkansas Council on Behavioral Health will host a Mental Health Day at the Capitol from 9 a.m. -Noon in the rotunda of Arkansas’s state capitol on Jan. 29. The purpose of this day is to highlight successes and raise awareness of the need for and challenge in comprehensive behavioral health services to meet the population health needs in Arkansas.

The event will include presentations from various behavioral health service providers who work daily to meet the needs of Arkansans.