UAMS Names Paul Stover, MBA, Vice Chancellor for Institutional Support Services
| LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Paul Stover, MBA, as its next vice chancellor for Institutional Support Services, overseeing the institution’s Campus Operations and Department of Public Safety.
“Paul will do a wonderful job in this new role,” said C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chancellor of UAMS. “I have worked closely with him since the day I arrived at UAMS 12 years ago, and I hope to work with him as long as I am here.”
Stover joined UAMS in 2000 as a patient representative and has served in many roles since then, including as a clinical director, a department administrator, and the College of Medicine’s assistant dean for administration. For the past five years, he has been assistant vice chancellor for clinical operations, providing oversight for several areas including The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at UAMS; musculoskeletal, spine, and women and infant clinical services; the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation; and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Stover earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Services Administration and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Arkansas.
In 2019, Stover received the College of Medicine Staff Excellence Award for Administration. His achievements before and after receiving that award are many.
He helped with the planning and design of the UAMS Health Women’s Center in midtown Little Rock. He also had a key role in the planning, design, and opening of various orthopaedic clinics in the metro area.
He was deeply involved in the planning and design of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital. Since it opened in 2023, he has been actively involved with the operations of the four-story hospital, which has more than 158,000 square feet dedicated to orthopaedic surgery, spine care, and pain management.
Stover also played a vital role in the expansion of orthopaedics in Northwest Arkansas. That included UAMS assuming the lease on the clinic on Van Asche Loop in Fayetteville, and the development and opening of a second clinic location in Lowell, which just moved to an even larger facility in Bentonville. He has been instrumental in planning The Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale, which is slated to open in 2027.
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 3,553 students and 1,015 medical residents and fellows. It is the state’s largest public employer with about 12,000 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.###