Arkansas Surgical Hospital has named Sarah Loftin as its new chief nursing officer and Emily Cobb as its new director of patient care services.
In her new role, Loftin will provide clinical and administrative leadership for planning, organizing, directing, monitoring, and evaluating safe, high-quality patient care.
Loftin joined Arkansas Surgical Hospital in 2014 as a staff nurse in the Pre-Operative Department, becoming its clinical coordinator in 2016. Loftin was promoted to director of quality services and risk management in 2017 and continued in that role until recently accepting the CNO position.
Loftin, a certified medical surgical nurse, received a nursing degree from Baptist Health Schools. She was a 2018 recipient of the Arkansas Center for Nursing’s Top 40 Nurse Leaders Under 40.
As director of patient care services, Cobb will manage, coordinate, and evaluate nursing services within several departments, including Pain Management, the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), the Patient Care Unit, and the Emergency Department.
Cobb has served in a variety of roles in her eight years at Arkansas Surgical Hospital. Most recently, she led the Interventional Pain Department and the PACU and was instrumental in the growth of each.
Before joining Arkansas Surgical Hospital, Cobb attended nursing school at UAMS and worked in its Intensive Care Unit. She started in Arkansas Surgical Hospital’s PACU and became coordinator in 2016.