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UAMS Receives $1.3 Million Grant to Expand Digital Health Access

The South Central Telehealth Resource Center, housed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $1.3 million, four-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to implement and expand digital health services. The grant, part of the HRSA Telehealth Resource Center Program that supports regional and national telehealth resource…

Students across Arkansas learned about health care professions thanks to the UAMS MASH program.

Arkansas High School Students Get Firsthand Look at Health Care Thanks to UAMS

When she first signed up for the summer medical program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Frasier Howard thought that she would be most interested in the neonatal intensive care unit. But after a tour of an emergency room, the fast pace and unpredictability of emergency medicine captured her imagination. “I always…

Mahlon Maris, M.D., completes proton therapy

A Voice Recovered: Physician Fights Larynx Cancer with Proton Therapy

When longtime Harrison, Arkansas, family physician Mahlon Maris, M.D., began experiencing hoarseness in late 2023, he chalked it up to a bad bout of COVID-19 and the lingering inflammation that can sometimes follow. But months passed, and his voice still hadn’t returned. It was the first sign that something more serious was going on. “I…

Headshot of Richard Chastain, M.D.

Richard Chastain, M.D., Joins UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Fayetteville

FAYETTEVILLE — Richard B. Chastain, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a family medicine physician at the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Fayetteville. Chastain brings more than a decade of experience in patient-centered care, clinical education and leadership. A native of Arkansas and an alumnus of the UAMS…

Samantha Ketcher, MVP for August 2025

MVP for August — Samantha Ketcher

Meet Samantha Ketcher, the MVP for August. Ketcher serves as the Graduate Medical Education program manager in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS culture of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.

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