Steven Webber, MD, has been named executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective March 1.
He is succeeding G. Richard Smith, MD, who has served in an interim capacity since January, following the death of Susan Smyth, MD, PhD.
“Dr. Webber is a remarkable physician, researcher and administrator who has accomplished wonderful things at Vanderbilt,” said Cam Patterson, MD, MBA, UAMS chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health. “I look forward to working with him as we accomplish great things at UAMS.
Farren Moore, assistant professor of nursing at UA Little Rock, has won the Nurse Educator of the Year Award from the Little Rock Black Nurses Association of Arkansas.
Baptist Health Family Clinic-Bryant recently welcomed Missy Chapdelaine, APRN, to its team of providers caring for patients in Saline County.