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HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS I  JUL / AUG 2026 41 For weekly eNews updates and to read the journal online, visit HealthcareJournalAR.com and proponent of preventive medicine for more than 50 years. He was vice chair of the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, chief of med- ical services for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, deputy state health officer at the Arkansas Department of Health, and associ- ate dean for public health practice at the UAMS College of Public Health. UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Receives $200,000 UAMS received a $200,000 grant from the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Radiation Oncology Center. The grant will go to the purchase and installa- tion of the Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic System. This medical device and software combine sur- face and image guidance technologies in one integrated system to help ensure accurate treat- ments for a wide range of indications in cranial, spine, breast, prostate, and lung areas. Opened in 2023, the Radiation Oncology Cen- ter, a $65 million, 58,000-square-foot structure at 3900 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock, was built to accommodate three new linear accelerators that customize radiation delivery based on the type and stage of a patient’s cancer. It is the only can- cer center in Arkansas to offer Ethos Adaptive Therapy, a unique form of x-ray radiation that adapts to daily changes in a tumor’s shape and position over the course of treatment. Family Scholarship Gets Boost in UAMS College of Pharmacy UAMS has received a gift of $140,000 from Gary Clark, PD, to increase the endowment of his fam- ily scholarship for the UAMS College of Pharmacy to a university scholarship. Scholarships at UAMS that reach an endow- ment of $100,000 or more are elevated to the level of distinguished scholarships. Recently, UAMS created the university-level designation for scholarships that reach endowments of $250,000 or more. Clark’s gift enables his scholarship to reach that level of distinction. The Gary Clark Family University Scholarship is the college’s first scholarship established at the $250,000 university level. When Clark created the scholarship more than a decade ago, he wanted program’s admissions deadline and obtain cer- tification from a designated UAFS faculty or staff member confirming they meet the eligibil- ity criteria. CARTI Cuts Ribbon on Heber Springs Cancer Center CARTI held a ribbon-cutting at its seventh can- cer center, serving Heber Springs. Located at 309 Southridge Parkway, CARTI Cancer Center Heber Springs offers medical oncology, urologic care, and laboratory and diagnostic ultrasound services. UAMS Receives Initial Accreditation for Preventive Medicine Residency Program UAMS has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to form the Dr. Joseph H. Bates Pre- ventive Medicine Residency Program, a blend of public health and general preventive medicine. It will be the only preventive medicine residency program in Arkansas. Recruitment will begin this fall with a class of two residents per year expected to start July 2027. The residents will complete the Master of Public Health program in the UAMS Fay W. Booz- man College of Public Health as part of their resi- dency curriculum. The residency program’s mission is to train phy- sicians in public health to prevent disease and improve health for Arkansans at individual and population levels. The program will work toward eligibility for American Board of Preventive Med- icine certification in the specialty of public health and general preventive medicine after complet- ing residency training. The program will also help connect trainees with potential areas of practice. The new program is a joint venture between the Arkansas Department of Health, the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, and the UAMS Col- lege of Public Health. It is funded by the Arkan- sas Department of Health through state tobacco tax dollars. The Dr. Joseph H. Bates Preventive Medi- cine Residency Program is named in memory of Joseph H. Bates, MD, MS, an internationally known tuberculosis researcher, pulmonologist, to encourage pharmacy students to follow a vari- ety of paths in the field, not just retail pharmacy. Now the scholarship can be awarded to multiple students each year, instead of just one. “I really wanted to increase the scholarship enough that it could help several deserving stu- dents each year, rather than just one like before,” Clark said. “Dean Stowe tells me that will now be possible, and our family is very pleased.” Clark, now retired, previously served on a Col- lege of Pharmacy advisory council for then-Dean Stephanie Gardner, PharmD, EdD, now the UAMS provost and chief strategy officer. It was toward the end of his tenure with the council in 2010 that Clark decided to fund a scholarship to benefit the college. Constance Chapman, MD, MPH, Joins UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Constance Chapman, MD, MPH, has joined the UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as a new practitioner and an assistant professor. Chapman received a medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus and completed a residency in obstet- rics and gynecology at Lehigh Valley Health Net- work’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She received a master’s degree in medical phys- iology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and a master’s degree in public health from Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans. Chapman joins UAMS from Baptist Health Med- ical Center–Drew County in Monticello, Arkansas, where she served as medical director. n Constance Chapman, MD, MPH