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Lauren M. Story-Hefta, M.D.
Lauren M. Story-Hefta, M.D., Joins UAMS Division of Vascular Surgery
| LITTLE ROCK — Lauren M. Story-Hefta, M.D., recently joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery.
A Hot Springs native, Story-Hefta graduated summa cum laude in May 2013 from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. She received her Doctor of Medicine from UAMS in 2017 and in June completed her residency in vascular surgery at UAMS.
“Dr. Story-Hefta is one of the most outstanding graduates from our vascular surgery training residency here at UAMS,” said Mohammed Moursi, M.D., chief of vascular surgery at UAMS and program director of the vascular surgery residency program. “She is a native Arkansan who cares deeply about the state’s citizens and the vascular surgical care they receive. She is committed to providing outstanding vascular surgery care to the people of Arkansas.”
Story-Hefta treats multiple vascular conditions including peripheral vascular disease, aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, venous disease and hemodialysis access. She is accepting new patients at the UAMS Outpatient Center, which can be reached at 501-686-6176.
“She, along with other members of the Division of Vascular Surgery and the Aortic Center here at UAMS are available 24/7 to provide world-class vascular surgery care,” Moursi said.
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.###