Surgeon Modrall Joins UAMS Vascular Team
| LITTLE ROCK – J. Gregory Modrall, M.D., a board-certified general and vascular surgeon, is now seeing patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Modrall, who is a professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine, most recently was professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He also was chief of vascular surgery and medical director of the Clinical Vascular Laboratory at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Dallas since 2001.
Modrall received his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver. He completed a surgery internship and residency at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. He completed a vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.
Modrall was recertified by the American Board of Surgery in vascular surgery in 2007 and in general surgery in 2005. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, and he has received numerous awards and honors for his clinical and teaching skills.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a statewide network of regional centers; and seven institutes: 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, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Translational Research Institute. Named best Little Rock metropolitan area hospital by U.S. News & World Report, it is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 2,836 students and 761 medical residents. 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 www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.