Dermatologist Thomas Jennings, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
| LITTLE ROCK — Thomas Jennings, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a specialist in Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancer.
He sees patients in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Dermatology Cancer Clinic, which offers a full range of treatments for early melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma and other skin cancers.
Mohs micrographic surgery is an outpatient procedure that is a precise way to remove tumors and minimize damage to the surrounding tissue. The procedure has one of the lowest recurrence rates among skin cancer removal techniques.
Jennings also is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Dermatology where he is director of dermatologic surgery.
He earned both his medical degree and a doctorate of philosophy in biochemistry and molecular biology at UAMS. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hendrix College.
After finishing an internship in internal medicine and a residency in dermatology at UAMS, Jennings completed a fellowship in procedural dermatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is certified by the American Board of Dermatology.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###