Office of Communications & Marketing Responsible for All Contact with, from Media

By News Staff

All phone calls, emails or other communications from the media or any publication to you in your role as a UAMS employee should be immediately referred to the Office of Communications & Marketing at (501) 686-8998 or by email to Leslie Taylor, vice chancellor for communications, at leslie@uams.edu. That office will coordinate subsequent interviews as needed. Further all news releases and advertising related to UAMS and any of its entities should be overseen by the Office. All requests for information under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act should also be referred to the Office.

The primary purpose of this guideline is to protect patient confidentiality and adhere to privacy laws and to adhere to  a timely, organized, professional and planned system where media relations, media events, news releases, advertising and announcements are concerned.

After hours and on weekends, media should be referred to the media relations staff member on call at pager (501) 395-5989.