Christina Clark Named Vice Chancellor for Institutional Support Services and COO; Amy Wenger Named Chancellor’s Chief of Staff
| Christina Clark, MBA, has been named vice chancellor for institutional support services and chief operating officer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Previously she was interim vice chancellor for administration and before that she served as the chancellor’s chief of staff.
Clark will oversee Campus Operations, Information Technology and the Police Department.
Amy Wenger has been named the chancellor’s chief of staff.
Amy Wenger, who has a master’s in health services administration, has been named the chancellor’s chief of staff. She most recently served at UAMS as administrator of the Women and Infant Health Service Line and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine.
“This institution has already benefitted from Christina’s remarkable leadership skills, and I’m confident she will thrive in this new role,” said UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA. “She and Amy will help us better position UAMS for the future and support our efforts to serve our patients, students and all 3 million residents of the state of Arkansas.”
Clark came to UAMS in 2005 and has served in a variety of roles in the chancellor’s office, the College of Medicine and the Psychiatric Research Institute, where she helped oversee construction of the institute, which opened in 2008. Previously, she was director of training operations at ClearPointe Technology Group and as a conversion analyst and data center manager at Cardinal Systems/Group Data Services.
Wenger, who joined UAMS in 2005, has served as administrator in the Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine and the Surgical Specialties Service Line, as administrator for the nursing department and as clinical services business manager at the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.
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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