October 28, 2019

As a young child, Dr. Thao Nguyen – a first-generation Vietnamese-American – recalls the challenges her parents and family members experienced navigating the healthcare system in southern Louisiana.

October 28, 2019

The CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs Cancer Center has been granted three-year accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.

“The Cancer Center at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs continually strives to improve patient outcomes and experiences. We work with our patients as they battle to overcome cancer and support them as cancer survivors,” said Dr. Doug Ross, president of CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs. “This accreditation reaffirms our ongoing commitment to quality and compassionate care for our community in Southwest Arkansas.”

October 21, 2019

Methodist Family Health welcomes Karen Beller, MS, LPE-I, who recently joined the Methodist Counseling Clinic in Batesville as program coordinator. Beller provides direct supervision, consultation and training to employees of Methodist Family Health working in the Batesville outpatient program. In addition to these duties, Beller will provide psychological testing services.

October 21, 2019

Researcher Terry Harville, MD, PhD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has published a major study that for the first time links autism spectrum disorder to a specific genetic variation affecting the immune system.

The study, published in the Frontiers of Psychiatry, found that a genetically inherited immune type HLA-Cw7 was present in much higher numbers in people with autism as compared to the general population.

October 21, 2019

Arkansas Children’s Inc. has promoted Ashlie Hilbun, EdD, CFRE, to the position of senior vice president and chief strategy officer, leading planning efforts, advancing business strategy, and overseeing strategic marketing for the state’s only pediatric health system.

Hilbun’s promotion follows three years of leadership with the Arkansas Children’s Foundation, where she most recently served as vice president of philanthropy, co-leading the system’s overall fundraising strategy and crafting external messaging and storytelling.