Stephan Dehmel, M.D., Joins UAMS as Gastroenterologist
| Sept. 18, 2018 | Stephan Dehmel, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a gastroenterologist and assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine.
Dehmel comes to UAMS with 20 years of experience as a physician and educator in the United Kingdom and Germany. His special interest is in conditions of the luminal GI tract and in endoscopy.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Leipzig School of Medicine in Germany. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in hepato-gastroenterology at City Hospital Karlsruhe in Germany.
At the UAMS Gastroenterology Clinic, Dehmel is a member of the most complete gastroenterology team of specialists in the state. They treat the entire spectrum of GI conditions: GERD and swallowing disorders, stomach ulcers, gastritis, enteritis, inflammatory bowel diseases like colitis and Crohn’s disease, GI bleeds, hepatitis, cirrhosis and conditions affecting the bile ducts and gallbladder. The team has the latest diagnostic tools in endoscopy, laboratory testing and imaging at their disposition. They are part of the multi-disciplinary UAMS liver transplant program, Arkansas’ only liver transplant program.
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.
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