September 12, 2016

W. James Chon, MD, has been named medical director of the Renal Transplant Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Chon will also serve as an associate professor of medicine in the College of Medicine.

September 12, 2016

Yesterday, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, alongside Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe, Arkansas Dept. of Health Director Dr. Nate Smith, and other members of the medical community, including Dr. Rick Smith, Psychiatrist and Addiction Specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, spoke out against the marijuana ballot proposals.

September 5, 2016

The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Behavioral Health Services has received a five-year, $3 million grant to reduce opioid-related deaths by developing a comprehensive prescription drug overdose program. 

September 5, 2016

Thurston Bauer, MD, has joined the CHI St. Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, located at 5 St. Vincent Circle, Suite 503.

September 5, 2016

Dennis G. Smith, former head of Medicaid under President George W. Bush, will become a visiting faculty member at UAMS and senior advisor for Medicaid and Health Care Reform for the Department of Human Services (DHS) effective Sept. 15.