UAMS Graduates 811 New Health Care Professionals

By ChaseYavondaC

Diplomas were presented to 140 in the College of Medicine; 188 in the College of Nursing; 121 in the College of Pharmacy; 44 in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health; and 71 in the Graduate School. The highest graduate total was 247 from the 17 academic programs that make up the College of Health Related Professions.

During the ceremony, UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., presented the Chancellor’s Award for service to UAMS to all UAMS faculty and staff. Janice C. Dean, M.S.N., R.N., chairman of the UAMS Academic Senate, and Joe Cook, president of the UAMS House of Delegates, accepted the award on behalf of all UAMS faculty and staff.

Degrees conferred during commencement include the doctor of philosophy, doctor of medicine, doctor of pharmacy, master of science, master of nursing science, bachelor of science in nursing, master of public health, doctor of public health, master of health services administration, post baccalaureate certificate in public health and a variety of degrees in the allied health disciplines including certificates, associate and bachelor of science degrees, post-baccalaureate certificates, the master of imaging sciences and doctor of audiology.

The following are graduates from each of the five UAMS colleges and its graduate school who authorized the release of their names and hometowns. The graduate lists are divided by college and hometown unless noted.

UAMS College of Medicine

The following graduates received their medical degrees (M.D.).

Arkansas

Alexander

  • Richard A. Nelson

Alma

  • Melissa Albers
  • Kelsey Benbrook

Arkadelphia

  • Kristen Pece

Augusta

  • Evan Wade Gregory

Beebe

  • David Hayes

Cabot

  • Danielle Sterrenberg

Cave City

  • Brad Schulz

Conway

  • Lindsey E. Bell
  • Meghan Freiley Repp

Crossett

  • Andrew L. Bryan
  • Kimberly Bonds Jensen
  • Lydia Steelman

Danville

  • Eric Hartman

Dierks

  • Patrick A. Brown

Fayetteville

  • Mary Katherine Howard
  • Robin Hudson

Fordyce

  • Kristofer T. Freeland
  • Kristen Nutt

Fort Smith

  • Lindsey Clark
  • Eric Heim
  • Scott Hudson
  • Natalie D. Jennings
  • Brandon Walser

Gassville

  • Jennifer Roller

Glenwood

  • Billy F. Beck

Harrison

  • Claire Bennett Beaumont
  • Ashley Phillips Merrick

Helena-West Helena

  • Amy Garrison

Hope

  • Laurel Hibbs

Hot Springs

  • Kristin Mitchell Dishongh
  • Julia Bodemann Goodwin
  • Naresh Pemmaraju
  • Thea Price

Jacksonville

  • Kerry Wilkins
  • Neil Tracy

Jonesboro

  • Shayna Bradley
  • Dana Jo Coker
  • Joshua Morrison

Little Rock

  • Kaith Almefty
  • Andrea Irwin Choate
  • Brita Sward Deacon
  • Amy Butenschoen Galdamez
  • Gautam K. Gandhi
  • Brad Hill
  • Olivia Katherine Vaden Irby
  • Christopher Killingsworth
  • Milana Kligman
  • Amanda Linz
  • Michelle Lisko
  • Aaron Metrailer
  • Laura Sessions Moore
  • Taylor Moore
  • Josie Munkberg
  • Chuck Nalley
  • Jonathan Reding
  • James Walker

Malvern

  • George (BJ) William Deimel IV
  • Josh Dilley

Marion

  • Rachel Kellum Harrison

Mena

  • Christopher Ray Roberts
  • Evan Newbolt

Monette

  • Richard A. Harper

Morrilton

  • Laura Conley
  • Clint Kindrick

Mountain Home

  • Samantha Beck
  • Ross Blagg

Mount Ida

  • Marcus M. Brown

Nashville

  • Jeffrey Hall

Newport

  • William B. Baker III
  • Alan Christopher Sull

North Little Rock

  • Amy Catherine Taylor
  • Cheryl Kay Verma

Ozark

  • Sara Roberson

Paragould

  • Zeke Shotts

Piggott

  • Kristi Sutfin Kindrick

Pine Bluff

  • Elizabeth Pierce Reed
  • Ryan Thrower

Pocahontas

  • Brian Baltz

Quitman

  • Eric Wright

Rogers

  • Charles Zehm

Russellville

  • Ashley Mason

Sheridan

  • Andrew West

Sherwood

  • James Richard Gregory
  • Shannon Swift

Springdale

  • Fawaz Ahmad
  • Vishal Bhakta
  • Nathanael McLeod
  • Jessica L. Miller

Texarkana

  • Blythe E. Bowman

Van Buren

  • Hien Le
  • Hannah EunYoung Park

West Memphis

  • Ashley Blankenship
  • Christopher E. Brown

White Hall

  • Amy M. Dossey

Yellville

Melissa Dirst-Roberts

Out of State

Austin, Texas

  • Cindy Gandhi

Clovis, N.M.

  • Pintu Amratlal

Dallas, Texas

  • Peter Lindley

Los Angeles, Calif.

  • Philippe Tirman

Memphis, Tenn.

  • Margaret Hoath West

Missouri City, Texas

  • Henry Joel Mroczkowskil

Neosho, Mo.

  • Lindsey Barnes

Pascagoula, Miss.

  • Lindsay Wiggins

Pueblo, Col.

  • Katrina Susan Coulter

Raleigh, N.C.

  • Iden Ida Mehdizadegan

Seattle, Wash.

  • Katherine Palm-Cruz

Springfield, Mo.

  • Bradley Thuro

St. Louis, Mo.

  • Janelle Johnson

St. Paul, Minn.

  • Ellie Kinkel-Schuster

Stockton, Mo.

  • Benjamin Matson

UAMS College of Nursing

The following graduates received either a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree (BSN) or a Master of Science in Nursing
(MNSc) degree.

Arkansas

Alma

  • Brittany Renae Craft, BSN

Arkadelphia

  • Mary Shannon Dorman, BSN

Ashdown

  • Amanda Danielle Stuart, BSN
  • Patricia Burnham Sullivan, BSN
  • Toni Benet’ Tackett, MNSc

Augusta

  • Jaime Lyn Whitehead, MNSc

Batesville

  • Jennifer LeAnne Dorris, BSN
  • Ashley Brooke Keathley, MNSc
  • Cassie Leanne Keen, BSN
  • Michelle Lasiter, BSN
  • Lauren Elizabeth Wegener, BSN

Bauxite

  • Erin Marie Bowman, BSN

Benton

  • Lana M. Brown, MNSc
  • Gloria Ball Hurst, BSN
  • Holli Danielle Kordsmeier, BSN

Blevins

  • LaDon Wommack Pearson, BSN

Bryant

  • Bridgett Cheree Harris, BSN
  • Lindsay Brett Johnson, BSN
  • Lindy Marie Johnston, BSN
  • Kyle Ryan Smith, BSN
  • Grace Magdalene Swaty, BSN

Cabot

  • Jennifer Lynn Emerson, BSN
  • Andrea Lynn Johnson, MNSc
  • Sumar Dawn Morrison, BSN

Camden

  • Karen Jayne McKay Loomis, MNSc
  • Amanda Dell McHan, BSN

Carlisle

  • Charla JoAnn Eads, BSN
  • Brandi Jay Snowden, BSN

Cave City

  • Jeri Lee Spurlock, BSN

Clarendon

  • Rebecca Ann Boston-Parham, MNSc

Conway

  • Gina Marie Cliburn, BSN
  • Kaylin Ann Mahoney, BSN
  • Summer Marquitta Shelton, BSN
  • Amy Rebecca Thurman, BSN

Crossett

  • Kimberly Diane Pistole, BSN

Damascus

  • Kyle James Cotton, BSN

Dumas

  • Tasha Machelle Bottoms, BSN

El Dorado

  • Matthew Scott Bolding, BSN
  • Shavone DeAnn Borosvskis, BSN
  • Brenda Cooper Hopson, MNSc

Elaine

  • Alexander Scott Potts, BSN

Fayetteville

  • Regina Lynn Cortellacci, BSN
  • Lauren Dutton Robinson, BSN

Fordyce

  • Lee Ann Johnson, MNSc

Fort Smith

  • Diana Hong Tran, BSN

Fouke

  • Jody A. Barham

Glenwood

  • Nicole Elizabeth Tidwell, BSN

Gravette

  • Janet Lurene Aldridge, MNSc

Greenbrier

  • Audrey Louise Smith, BSN

Havana

  • Jena Lee Bryant, BSN

Hazen

  • Alisa Gaye King, MNSc

Helena-West Helena

  • David Paul Fraze, BSN
  • LeAnne W. Marley, MNSc
  • Shanna Vondran Pryor, MNSc
  • Jennifer Fowler Saia, MNSc

Hope

  • Kristol Jo Barham, BSN
  • Nicole Marie Guarisco, BSN
  • Jessica Kaye Reyenga, BSN
  • Christopher Lynn Smith, BSN

Hot Springs

  • Shelley Ann Austin, MNSc
  • Susan Hickman Brock, MNSc
  • Paige Lauren Butterfield, BSN
  • Shannon Adkins Cooper, MNSc
  • Joseph Christopher Fendley, BSN
  • Melissa C. Qualls, MNSc

Jacksonville

  • Judy Marie Richard, BSN

Judsonia

  • Amber Nicole Cleveland, BSN

Little Rock

  • Tanya Deshi Adams, BSN
  • Annalee Marcella Ayer, BSN
  • Mary Nicole Belknap, BSN
  • Leah Louise Bienvenu, MNSc
  • Kristi Leigh Bowden, BSN
  • Benjamin Price Bowen, BSN
  • Alyssa Suzanne Buie, BSN
  • Mandy Michelle Carter, BSN
  • Dona Marie Dorman, MNSc
  • Lindsey Marie Faulkner, BSN
  • LaShond Evet Hill, BSN
  • Stewart Bruce Irving, BSN
  • Jannas Ashlee Johnson, BSN
  • Shankar Steven Kathiresan, BSN
  • Jeffery Don Kirby, BSN
  • Lee Sun Leoncavallo, BSN
  • Jasmine Leigh Mapili, BSN
  • Laura Hargis Mayfield, MNSc
  • Morgan Mabry McDonald, BSN
  • Patricia Diana McManus-Paulson, BSN
  • Lorra Shannon Metcalf, BSN
  • Aleana Morgan, BSN
  • Kikanwa Gloria Osih, BSN
  • Lindsay Marie Smyly, BSN
  • Elizabeth Ann Williams, BSN
  • Juliet Zomaya, BSN

Lockesburg

  • Cassandra Lynne Schroer, BSN
  • Ashley Renee Wilson, BSN

Macon

  • Tiffany Lynn Bush, BSN

Magnolia

  • Sarah Nicole Wilkerson, BSN

Malvern

  • Daniela Ann Davis, BSN
  • Erin Marie Holleman, MNSc
  • Traci Watson Howe, MNSc

Maumelle

  • Cynthia Jeanne Brown, BSN
  • Rebecca Elayne Cole, MNSc
  • Shannon Morris Doerhoff, MNSc
  • Kimberly Ann Gates, BSN
  • Sonia Regina Green, BSN
  • Angela Renee Herndon, MNSc
  • Joy Deane Wilcox, MNSc

Medina

  • Jennifer Nicole Chapman-Bonner, BSN

Mena

  • Shanna Diane Smith, BSN

Mountain Home

  • Melissa Blair Hanson, BSN

Nashville

  • Mandy Marie Blankenship, BSN
  • Crystal Sherie McKinnon, BSN

New Hope

  • Emma Leah Davis, BSN

North Little Rock

  • Kelley Alleen Crowder, BSN
  • Elizabeth Kay Freeman, BSN
  • Heather Lauren Gay, BSN
  • John Dylan Davis, BSN
  • Deborah Kay Johnson, BSN
  • Willa Rose Lewis Shields, MNSc

Pearcy

  • Jeff Allen Fehlman

Pine Bluff

  • Carolyn Ann Hood, MNSc
  • Megan Elizabeth Jacks, BSN
  • Tiny Marie Johnson, BSN
  • Hetal Chetankumar Patel, BSN

Pocahontas

  • Brooke Marie Steimel, BSN

Prescott

  • Elizabeth Kay Ridgell, BSN
  • Johnna A. Rodgers, BSN

Rison

  • Diane Carol Boyd, MNSc
  • Constance M. Castleberry, MNsc

Rogers

  • Staci Herndon Gathright, MNSc
  • Julie Viala Sharp, BSN

Russellville

  • Philip Michael Berry, BSN

Searcy

  • Kymberly Robin Mullins, MNSc
  • Tosha Nicole Siler, BSN

Sherwood

  • Angela Denise Dawson, MNSc
  • Brittany Danielle Lewis, BSN
  • Melissa Mason Purdy, BSN
  • Lindsey Elizabeth Ruple Rodriguez, BSN
  • Dawn Marie Zmudzinski, BSN

Springdale

  • Rhonda Ann Findley, BSN

Stuttgart

  • Andrea Janiece Butler, BSN

Texarkana

  • Dana Suzanne Gibson, BSN
  • Cissy Marie Ward, BSN

Tull

  • Kelly D. Mitchell, BSN

Wynne

  • Courtney Marie Morgan-Dildine, MNSc

Warren

Amber Elizabeth Edens, BSN

Out of State

Broken Bow, Okla.

  • Karyn Rebecca Lane, MNSc

Houston, Texas

  • Lisa Michelle Flores, BSN

Needham, Mass.

  • Tara Catherine Kittrell, MNSc

Vicksburg, Miss.

  • Haley Suzanne Bunch, MNSc

Texarkana, Texas

  • Cynthia L. Davidson, BSN
  • Kiery Ann Glover, BSN

UAMS College of Pharmacy

The following graduates received their pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.).

Arkansas

Batesville

  • Rachel Elizabeth Casey
  • Rebecca Meyer McWilliams

Benton

  • Leslie Anne Mooney
  • Johnise M. Simmons
  • Lindsey Eriene Turnbow

Bryant

  • Justin Ray Tarkington

Cabot

  • Stephanie Lauren Minton Byrns
  • Roxanne Wetzler

Carlisle

  • Kelly Moran Buffalo

Cave City

  • Jennifer Marie Crabtree

Clinton

  • Jacob Joseph Leslie
  • John Kevin Moore

Conway

  • Nathan Ryan Bartrow
  • Kathryn Alexis Beatty
  • Jordan Wayne Greer

Dardanelle

  • Melissa Kay Manatt

DeQueen

  • Jeffrey A. Williamson

Des Arc

  • Kayla Renee Bush Riley

Dover

  • Britni Leigh Green

East End

  • Chad Michael Riley

El Dorado

  • Adrienne J. Green

Farmington

  • Hayley Scribner Portmann

Foreman

  • Samantha Rene Trim

Fort Smith

  • Tara Lynn Joyner

Gentry

  • Ashley Marie Still

Greers Ferry

  • Sheena Melissa Hunt

Hamburg

  • Whitney Michelle Brown Maxwell

Harrison

  • Julie Juanita Jones McCallister

Hope

  • Amber Velera Odom Powell

Hot Springs

  • Michael Anthony Boxer
  • Bret Alan Weatherford

Hot Springs Village

  • Gabriel S. Bennett

Imboden

  • Bridget Lynn Bridges

Jonesboro

  • Jana Leigh Greeno Ellis
  • Anne Marie Beckwith Harris
  • Marie Louise Porter Morrison

Lamar

  • Britni Erin Warren

Little Rock

  • Brooke Ashley Tygart Adams
  • Joan Elizabeth Cleaver
  • Kevin Russell Flannagin
  • William Gabriel Jr.
  • Martin T. Hamaker
  • Joshua Ereman Hefley
  • Jennifer Skelton Perry
  • Kristin Michelle Slayden

Marion

  • Kristen Elizabeth Aaron

Marshall

  • Kelsey Jade Jackson Whitelaw

Maumelle

  • Timothy Bryan Burke

McRae

  • Eric Leon McLain

Monette

  • Heather Michelle Wells

Mountain Home

  • Ji Young An

Mountain View

  • Michael S. Brewer
  • Edward J. Mitchell

North Little Rock

  • Darby Alison Grace Beranek
  • Bradley Joe Lawson
  • Adam Paul Stricklin
  • Lauren Beth Wallis

Nashville

  • Kim Thanh Nguyen

Ozark

  • Heather Elizabeth Barham

Paragould

  • Hannah Paige Bruce

Pine Bluff

  • Melissa Mae Holley

Pleasant Plains

  • Erin Beth Davis Hays

Pocahontas

  • Andrea Nicole Steimel

Prattsville

  • DeMee Noel Allen

Redfield

  • Katherine Renee Patton Anzaldua

Roe

  • Bennett Porter Capps

Russellville

  • Deborah Chen
  • Monica Lynn Fite
  • Sarah Jamell McCoy

Searcy

  • Kristy Lynn Alton
  • Lisa Michele Good Lang
  • Amber Nicole Pruett

Sheridan

  • Casey W. Hedden
  • Abby Nicole Holladay
  • Zachary Ross Whitaker

Sherwood

  • Ryan Matthew Adams
  • Peter Thomas Dippel
  • David Lambert Fortner

Shirley

  • Andrea Michelle Jones Brown

Stamps

  • Mary LeeAnne Leshe Pipkin

Stuttgart

  • Jason Patrick Gillam
  • Brooke McGraw Glover

Tumbling Shoals

  • Willard Lee Podley III

Vilonia

  • Michael J. Thilo

Warren

  • Ashley Brooke Young

West Fork

  • Mary Grace Millwee

Wynne

Clayton Reed Peevey

Out of State

Aurora, Ill.

  • April A. Jensen

Shreveport, La.

  • Kezia Rachell Sterling

Queen City, Texas

  • Catherine Lee Hill Plyler

Willingboro, N.J.

  • Adonis Alvin Ducre

UAMS College of Health Related Professions

The following graduates are listed by degree program.

Certificate in Emergency Medical Sciences

  • Chris M. Ashcraft — Greenbrier
  • Allen J. Emerson — Little Rock
  • Forrest A. Fikes — Hot Springs
  • Kathleen Elise Fitzgerald — Little Rock
  • Thomas S. Harness — Conway
  • James E. Hurley III — Conway
  • Justin W. Jackson — Searcy
  • Joshua B. Johnson — Little Rock
  • John B. Kresse — North Little Rock
  • Garrett W. Leonard — Little Rock
  • Kim C. McClung — Conway
  • Joaquina C. McLarey — Lonoke
  • Rachel A. Sandlin — Maumelle
  • Michael R. Sipes — Benton
  • Adam J. Taylor — Russellville
  • Chaundra S. Townsend — Little Rock
  • Robert E. Trowbridge — Maumelle
  • Sarah Elizabeth Uzzell — Benton
  • Neil Dow Vick III — Benton

Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene

  • Amy Lauren Casteel Langham — Mabelvale
  • Chelsea Rayne Gibbs — Helena-West Helena
  • Jessica Michelle Siler — Searcy
  • Lindsey Faith Stallings — Batesville
  • Kacee Kasandra Van Horn — Little Rock
  • Libby Ann Woodruff — Jonesboro
  • Amanda DeAnn Wylie — Little Rock

Associate of Science in Emergency Medical Sciences

  • Joshua Paul Hetzel — Alexander
  • Miranda S. Phillips — Alexander

Associate of Science in Medical Radiography

  • Kristin Nicole Alberson — Little Rock
  • Kristen Nicole Billings — Nashville
  • Heather Nicole Blizzard — Atlanta, Texas
  • Zeke Robert Bryant — Benton
  • Dale Alan Campbell — Jacksonville
  • Terri Lynn Carlile — Texarkana, Texas
  • Shirley Ann Casey — Russellville
  • Aimee Michelle Christman — Bella Vista
  • Jamie Joe Clayton — Texarkana
  • John M. Cooley — Bryant
  • Robert Andrew Empty — Ashdown
  • Robin Gaye Finkbeiner — Roland
  • Kendra Danielle Fortune — Springdale
  • Hugh Daniel Harton — North Little Rock
  • Inge G. Hill — Rogers
  • Brandi Laurel Jennings — Jacksonville
  • Gina Marie Johnson — Bauxite
  • Samantha Gayle Jones — Lockesburg
  • Samantha Suzanne Kennedy — Benton
  • Ashley Raeann Moore — Magnolia
  • Heather Renae Nicholas — Avery, Texas
  • Rachel Christina O’Shields — Augusta
  • Garry Thomas Quam — Pea Ridge
  • Roxanna Stephanie Ramey — Little Rock
  • Christina M. Redfearn — Maud, Texas
  • Kaylee Ann Reed — Texarkana, Texas
  • Mariel Elizabeth Roberts — Springdale
  • Robert Virgil Sabatini — Tontitown
  • Amanda Danielle Smith — North Little Rock
  • Leslie Gudrun Starkey — Texarkana
  • Tracy Lynn Stevens — Texarkana
  • Michael John Taylor — North Little Rock
  • Ashley Nicole Teafatiller — White Hall
  • Brandon Lee Wallace — Benton
  • Tonya Lanell White — Nashville
  • Kelly Leann Williams — Fayetteville
  • Benny J. Woods, Jr. — DeKalb, Texas

Associate of Science in Medical Record Technology

  • Gregory James Liles — Austin
  • Debra Sue Moore — Sherwood
  • Jessica Lynn Peairson — Bryant
  • Hattie Pearl Strickland — Morrilton
  • MaryAnne Taylor — Paragould
  • David Richmond Thompson — Little Rock
  • LaShonda Shuntae Wert — Conway

Associate of Science in Surgical Technology

  • Christina Lane Adams — Cabot
  • Nicole Dawn Baker — El Paso
  • Ashley Reanee Blair — Redfield
  • Richard Blake Boles — Greenbrier
  • Ronald Howard Casados, Jr. — North Little Rock
  • Sarai Beth Fureigh — Greenbrier
  • Alexandria Louise Pollard — Little Rock
  • Miranda Carroll Richardson — Sherwood
  • Kimberly Ann White — White Hall

Bachelor of Science in Cardio Respiratory Care

  • Nyesha Lasheanda Amos — Little Rock
  • Jamie Sue Ayers — McCaskill
  • Kaci Jane Apple — Batesville
  • Melissa Brooke Baldwin — Lonoke
  • Jenna Lea Bolin — Cabot
  • Michelle Renee Caudle — Maud, Texas
  • Amber Michelle Crockett — Conway
  • Brandon Scott Dean — North Little Rock
  • Cicely Diann Greer — Little Rock
  • Cody Howard Hodges — Texarkana, Texas
  • Rachel Danielle Holmes — Conway
  • Kathryn Michelle Houston — Paragould
  • Rickey Lee Hughey — Magnolia
  • Hailey Michelle Ivester — Searcy
  • Jacob Howard Kirkendoll — Clinton
  • Willie L. Lockett, Jr. — Clarksdale, Miss.
  • Molly Elizabeth MacPeek — Alma
  • Audrey Nicole McEuen — McRae
  • Brittany Nicole Patterson — El Dorado
  • Karla Renee’ Payne — Batesville
  • Joshua Neal Peace — El Dorado
  • Amanda Maxine Price — Batesville
  • Shannon Lee Rinke — Little Rock
  • Zachary Marc Settle — Sherwood
  • Marcia Louise Simmons — Ashdown
  • Meredith Ann Smith — Star City
  • Kelly Glenn Thompson — Little Rock

Bachelor of Science in Cytotechnology

  • Katie Ann Austin — Stuttgart
  • Ephraim O. Balagtas — Fort Smith
  • Alfred Lee Brown, Jr. — Sherwood
  • Michael William Franks — Pearcy
  • Mary Elizabeth Meadows — Cabot
  • Elizabeth Jaclyn Moore — Benton
  • Kristyn Leigh Steele — Van Buren
  • Einstein Yang — Knoxville

Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene

  • Audrey J. Ames — Conway
  • Lindsey Dawn Bailey — Cave City
  • Holly Michelle Bartlett — Conway
  • Jennifer Leigh Brooks — Austin
  • Monica Leanne Campbell — Nashville
  • Jana Elizabeth Cannon — White Hall
  • Katie Failla Cooper — Little Rock
  • Courtney Layne Day — McGehee
  • Denisa Alice Donahou — Combs
  • Tia Renee’ Fitzgerald — Hensley
  • Lindsey Anne Floyd — North Little Rock
  • Lydia Carroll Green — Magnolia
  • Jordan Olivia Hetrick — Benton
  • Courtney Jane Hirons — Wynne
  • Kelli Diane Kimbro — Little Rock
  • Lauren Kimberly Lemieux — Benton
  • Elise Nicole Martin — Fort Smith
  • Kacie N. Metzger — Little Rock
  • Lucas Cain Moore — Little Rock
  • Maegan Danielle Murdock — Sherrill
  • Stacey Danelle Rodriguez — Little Rock
  • Jamie Lin Scrimshire — Malvern
  • Jessica Michelle Siler — Searcy
  • Tarsha Naomi Rose Smith — Alexander
  • Julie Denise Stone — Little Rock
  • Kristen Leigh Strohl — Little Rock
  • Lilly Mae Tompkins — North Little Rock
  • Katie Ann Webb — Columbus

Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

  • Alison Beth Balderree — Heber Springs
  • Brion Dawn’te Doyle — Jacksonville
  • Cara Elise Gray — Clarksville
  • Paula Kay Hackney — Texarkana, Texas
  • Chassity LeeAnne Harper — Texarkana
  • Sara Ellyn Howard — Cabot
  • Jennifer J. Hughes — Hot Springs
  • Kathy F. Hutson — Bella Vista
  • Joshua Blanton Jacobi — Plumerville
  • Theresa Adria Jacquin — St. Charles, Mo.
  • Sandy Sithay Sayseng Mattingly — Little Rock
  • Kayla Denise McAfee — Springdale
  • Tessa Lynn Ray — Nashville
  • Katie Marie Revels — Hope
  • Kelly Renee Roseberry — Bryant
  • Jenna LeAnne Simas — Tontitown
  • Wendi Kyle Simpson — Sherwood
  • Tracey A. Smith — Atlanta, Texas
  • Micah Elizabeth Vaccaro — White Hall

Bachelor of Science in Medical Dosimetry

  • Vance Paul Keeling — Sherwood
  • Wazha Nthoiwa — Bryant
  • Bridgette Dawn Walters — White Hall

Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

  • Holly Marie Brucks — Little Rock
  • Shannon M. Cain — Little Rock
  • Matthew Dale Clark — Fayetteville
  • Marvella LaTrice Compton — Pine Bluff
  • Robyn Jan Copico — Little Rock
  • Natasha Lynn Densberger — Wynne
  • Samuel Dale Evert — Van Buren
  • Lynn Edward Fisher — Hot Springs
  • Teresa D. Jackson — Pine Bluff
  • Morgan Dwight Joseph — Pine Bluff
  • Lorraine E. Kopp — Conway
  • Marshall Porting Landrum — Hot Springs
  • Sharie Latreece Leavy — Little Rock
  • Aubre Suzanne Liles — Little Rock
  • Shawn Aaron Little — Clarksville
  • Ann A. McEntire — Waldron
  • Shilpa S. Prabhudesai — Springdale
  • Ashley Ann Thomas — Texarkana
  • Dawn Marie Williamson — Hot Springs
  • Jessica Lynn Young — Hot Springs

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology

  • Christopher Robert Ankeny — Baton Rouge, La.
  • Mallory C. Brenner — McKinney, Texas
  • Joy Denise Carroll — Boulder, Col.
  • Kristal S. Courtney — Camden
  • Sarah D. Dauback — Little Rock
  • Laila Mayari Floodstrand — Little Rock
  • Heather Nicole George — Little Rock
  • Christy Lynn Gidden — Longview, Texas
  • Edgardo B. Harrow — Little Rock
  • Zmairius Contrell Jenkins — Sherwood
  • Jeremiah Jones — Tulsa, Okla.
  • Patricia Ann Maguire — North Richland Hills, Texas
  • Megan Michelle Munday — Dry Prong, La.
  • Veronica Renee Nickerson — Searcy
  • Mallory Krysten Poe — Athens, Texas
  • Ashley Kay Poppe — Lonoke
  • Katrina Margaret Purcell-Gilpin — Thibodaux, LA.
  • Sherry Lou VanLandingham — North Little Rock
  • Matthew David Wilson — Fort Smith

Bachelor of Science in Ophthalmic Medical Technology

  • Megan Michelle Downs — Little Rock
  • Brandon Tyrone Tillman — Little Rock
  • Katherine Anne Wilson — Greenbrier
  • Dana Marie Wolford — Searcy

Bachelor of Science in Radiation Therapy

  • Dabnei Lee Holbrook — Fort Smith
  • Katrina Lynne McAnally — Arkadelphia

Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Imaging Sciences

  • Lindsey Rae Chamblee — Jacksonville
  • Jeffrey Scott Cochran — Benton
  • Temisha Teniel Daniel — Fordyce
  • Jessica E. Jarvis — Springdale
  • LaQuinta Antwanette McHerron — Bryant
  • Carmen L. Ridgell — Warren
  • Melissa Ann Seusy — Bella Vista
  • David C. Shackelford — Little Rock
  • Lashanda Evette Smith — North Little Rock
  • Gerald Juit-Cody Wilkerson — Mabank, Texas
  • Tammy Wilson — Jacksonville

Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Dietetics and Nutrition

  • Jessica Lynn Barker — North Little Rock
  • Amanda Marie Bell — Russellville
  • Abigail Leigh Cain — Hot Springs
  • Rachel McKinzie Conley — Searcy
  • Janet Ann Dance — Conway
  • Erika Michelle Davies — Sherwood
  • Mary Elizabeth Day — Little Rock
  • Chris Ann Fahrenbruch — Joplin, Mo.
  • Charlotte Ann Filla — Houston, Texas
  • Tara Danielle George — Conway
  • Carol Marie Kiehn — Little Rock
  • Natalie Nicole Sanders — Sherwood
  • Jennifer Ann Spore — Maumelle

Advanced Certificate in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

  • LaToya R. Knight — Moscow

Master of Imaging Sciences Radiologist Assistant

  • Regina Joanne Huck — Poplar Bluff, Mo.
  • Melody Lynette Runkel — Benton
  • Jason W. Smith — Calhoun, La.

Doctor of Audiology

  • Lindsey Allison Anderson — Paron
  • Keshunna Latriece Biddings — Little Rock
  • Andrea Michelle Dean — Little Rock
  • Richard Paul Delk — Magnolia
  • Whitney Alice Hall — Little Rock
  • Amber Nicole Mosley — Maumelle
  • Kevin Joseph Tripp — Ward
  • Ashley Renee Trotter — Mineral Springs

UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

The following graduates are listed by degree program.

Doctor of Public Health

  • Charlotte Lewellen Williams — Jonesboro
  • Letitia Una deGraft-Johnson — Cape Coast, Ghana

Master of Public Health

  • Jennifer Nicole Bentley — Memphis, Tenn.
  • Rebekah L. Craig — Lake City
  • Michelle Elizabeth Dover — Jonesboro
  • Kimberly S. Enoch — Little Rock
  • Karen J. Farst — Little Rock
  • Melanie Elise Goodell   — Little Rock
  • Heather L. Hambrick-Dickson — Jonesboro
  • Sarah A. Harvey — Conway
  • Richard H. Hughes, IV — Manila
  • Holly R. Jones — Murfreesboro
  • Micheal Knox — Hot Springs
  • William Lee Mason — Little Rock
  • Herbert Stewart Matthews — Little Rock
  • Charles R. McGee — Little Rock
  • Philip K. Mwangi — Benton
  • Murry Ellen Newbern — Little Rock
  • Sylvana Niciteretse — Pine Bluff
  • Carla A. Norris — Sheridan
  • Olabode Olumofin — Pine Bluff
  • Pratik V. Pandya — Little Rock
  • Sarah Elizabeth Pitman — Little Rock
  • Austin Porter, III — Little Rock
  • Jenifer G. Prather — Cabot
  • Emily A. Salmon — Little Rock
  • Laura Lee Sisterhen — Collierville, Tenn.
  • Maria Jeannette Winters — Mitchell, Ind.

Master of Health Services Administration

  • Daniel Taylor Driggers — Conway
  • Clarissa Yvonne Grant — San Diego, Calif.
  • Edward Bibb Hill — North Little Rock
  • Sujay Kola — Little Rock
  • Martha A. Nixon — Little Rock
  • Jacob Johnson Stover — Little Rock
  • Megan Corinne Tomlinson — Eureka Springs
  • William W. Young — Maumelle

Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Public Health

  • Joel Don Adams — Texarkana, Texas
  • Mariama Laouali Balla — Zinder, Niger
  • Stephanie  M. Lopez-Neyman — Abilene, Texas
  • Veronica Ann Martin — Little Rock
  • Neldia Lorrine Preston — Cabot
  • Andrea D. Ridgway — Benton

UAMS Graduate School

The following graduates are listed by degree program.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  • Karthik Arumugam — Little Rock
  • Anca Gabriela Bene — Vaslui, Romania
  • Venkata Kasyap Bhogaraju —Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Lauren Paige Blair — Jonesboro
  • Donna  Mechelle Burge Bowren — Batesville
  • William Maxime Buron, III —Rogers
  • Dana Lynn Carthron —Flint, Mich.
  • Wassim El Jouni — Ghobeiri, Lebanon
  • Carol A. Enderlin — Clarksville
  • Laura K. Briant Evans —Warren
  • Gautam Kanu Gandhi — Little Rock
  • Jun Gao — Wuhan, China
  • Melodee Lee Harris — Searcy
  • Jonathan Hubbard — Cincinnati
  • Thomas Allen Jennings — Little Rock
  • Yulia Koryakina — Russia
  • Balasubramanian Manickam — Pondicherry, India
  • Shankar Munusamy — Tamilnadu, India
  • Barbara Pate — Jordan
  • Sarika Saraswati — Allabahad, India
  • Katie Fields Seely — Trenton, Ohio
  • LaTasha Monnea Smith — Lafayette, La.
  • Swapnil Sonkusare — Maharashtra, India
  • Ying Su- Guangzhou — China
  • Cagdas Tazearslan — Istanbul, Turkey
  • Sheeno Thyparambil — Chennai, India
  • Jacy Lee Wagnon — Fordyce
  • Yiying Wang — Xuzhou, China
  • Sarah Jane White — Paris
  • Meijun Ye — Mianyang, China

Master of Science

  • Lavanya Amuluru — Little Rock
  • Christi Nicole Arreguin — Corpus Christi, Texas
  • Jessican Leigh Beatty — Sherwood
  • Carla Albera Bell — Conway
  • Kelly Jo Benson — Gurdon
  • Amit Bodhani — Pune, India
  • Ashley Gibson Bonkofsky — Crossett
  • Lindsay Bradshaw — Little Rock
  • Andrea Brockman — Lamoni, Iowa
  • Katherine Denise Cobb — Monticello
  • Nicholas Spencer Collins — Emporia, Kan.
  • Jessica Lee Conn — Marion
  • Frances Christina Crawford — New Albany, Miss.
  • Matthew J. Forestiere — Little Rock
  • Kristina E. Fortner — Sherwood
  • Kyndall Blaire Garner — Rogers
  • Kristen Leigh Givens — Hamburg
  • Anna Lea Glenn — Searcy
  • Eric Paul Hamilton — Little Rock
  • Brooke Nicole Harris — Jonesboro
  • Mallory Pettigrew Hindsley — Austin
  • Alicia Nadine Howard — Conway
  • Danielle L. Johnson — Chadron, Neb.
  • Jennifer Marie Johnson — Sherwood
  • Ashley Deshea Kelnhofer — Monticello
  • Tiffany Lepard — Lindsey, Ohio
  • Ashley Cockrill O’Neill — Little Rock
  • Timothy Blake Palculict — Beaumont, Texas
  • Kejal Parikh — Maharashtra, India
  • Jetta Chere Perry — Benton
  • Christopher Daniel Purnell — Jonesboro
  • Nicole Rose — Bismarck, N.D.
  • Anne Elizabeth Rae Simmons — Bryant
  • Katie Steed — Redfield
  • Crystal Diane Washington — Little Rock
  • Casey White — Bentonville
  • Misty Brooke Williams — Rison
  • Heather Yoder — Searcy

UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a new 540,000-square-foot hospital, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,652 students and 733 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 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. Visit uams.edu or uamshealth.com.

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