Four Named to UAMS Institute on Aging Board
| LITTLE ROCK – Four members have been appointed to the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The new members of the 35-member board are William “Bill” L. Cravens, Charlotte Gadberry and Barnett Grace, all of Little Rock, and Alyson Lewis of Jonesboro. Members are selected by the board and serve three-year terms. UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has about 2,430 students and 715 medical residents. It is one of the state’s largest public employers with about 9,400 employees, including nearly 1,000 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $5 billion a year. For more information, visit www.uams.edu.