People with sickle cell disease, their families, healthcare professionals, and the public are invited to the 2018 annual Sickle Cell Symposium at 6 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The symposium is free.
The topic of the symposium is “Sickle Cell: Mind, Body, and Soul.”
Meeting on the 12th floor of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Sickle Cell Symposium is presented by Future Builders Inc. and Arkansas Black Nurses Association in collaboration with the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.

CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs announced that Nathan Littlejohn, MD, has joined the CHI St. Vincent Urology Clinic-Hot Springs and is welcoming new patients.
Emmanouil Giorgakis, MD, MSc, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant surgeon.
Clark Trapp, MD, is the newest physician at CHI St. Vincent Primary Care – Morrilton. Trapp is welcoming new patients at the clinic, located at 1711 E. Harding St. in Morrilton.