Infectious Disease Specialist Kristine Patterson, M.D., Joins UAMS
| Kristine Patterson, M.D., an infectious disease specialist and well-known expert on HIV in women, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Patterson is an associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, UAMS College of Medicine. She sees patients through UAMS’ Infectious Diseases Clinic.
She earned her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, followed by residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and subspecialty training in infectious disease at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Patterson comes to UAMS from Columbia University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital. She previously spent 14 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where her clinical, research and teaching portfolios were directed towards the prevention and treatment of HIV in women.
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.###