Dale M. Carter, M.D., Joins UAMS as Headache Specialist
| LITTLE ROCK — Dale M. Carter, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a neurologist specializing in headaches.
She sees patients in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute’s Neurology Clinic.
She also serves an educational role as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Neurology.
“Headaches affect many people and can have a serious impact on quality of life. Dr. Carter brings many years of experience working with a wide variety of patients. We are happy to offer her expertise to the public through our Neurology Clinic, and she will be a valuable teacher for our neurology residents,” said Robert L. “Lee” Archer, M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology.
Carter earned an M.A. in counseling psychology in 1976 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She obtained her medical degree in 1984 from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, where she received the Frederick Hesser Award for Academic Excellence in Neurology. She completed her Neurology Residency at Albany Medical Center.
Carter is board certified and holds memberships in the American Academy of Neurology and American Medical Association. Before joining the neurology team at UAMS, Carter lived in Portland, Oregon, where she had a private practice specializing in headaches.
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 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 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.###