Psychiatrist Peter S. Jensen Joins UAMS

By Spencer Watson

 
Peter S. Jensen, M.D.

| LITTLE ROCK – Peter S. Jensen, M.D., has joined the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a professor and acting director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 

A graduate of George Washington University Medical School, Jensen most recently served as vice chair for research in the Department of Psychiatry & Psychology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He previously served as the associate director for Child and Adolescent Research at the National Institute for Mental Health and was the Ruane Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York.

Jensen is also the president and CEO of the REACH (REsource for Advancing Children’s Health) Institute, which he founded in 2006. Based in New York, the non-profit organization develops tools and techniques to help physicians, teachers, counselors, and parents dealing with children with emotional and behavioral disorders.

“We look forward to working with Dr. Jensen and the REACH Institute to establish a unique model of care,” said Pedro L. Delgado, M.D., chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. “With Dr. Jensen’s help, we expect to create a division that significantly increases our national visibility and an environment that is very attractive to future faculty members.”
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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