March 16, 2026

Baptist Health Medical Center-Heber Springs announced it has been recognized as a 2026 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health.

March 9, 2026

Srikanth Vallurupalli, MD, a nationally recognized cardiologist and multimodality cardiac imager, has been named the director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and associate director of UAMS’ cardiovascular clinical services.

March 9, 2026

Baptist Health Family Clinic-Salem Road recently welcomed Corey Greene, APRN, to the clinic’s team of providers.

Greene attended the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville for undergraduate studies. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 2016 and, later, a Master of Nursing Science (MNSc) from UAMS in 2023. 

March 9, 2026

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $200,000 gift from J. Thomas “Tommy” May and Kathryn May to elevate the J. Thomas May Endowed Chair in Department of Neurology in the UAMS College of Medicine to a distinguished chair.

March 9, 2026

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is holding a free 2026 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on March 14 to discuss treatment options and research initiatives and to hear from Arkansans living with the disease.

The event will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on UAMS’ Little Rock campus. For those unable to attend in person, it will also be available on Zoom.