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Representatives from Baxter Health accept their platinum banner for their accomplishments during the ARPQC’s recently completed “Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth” initiative.

Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Recognizes 20 Birthing Hospitals, Announces New Initiative

Aug. 21, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Birthing hospitals are being recognized for their quality improvement work by The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), awarding platinum or silver partner banners to 20 birthing hospitals that achieved participation milestones. “We are extremely proud of the effort and accomplishments of the hospitals that participated in the initiative promoting vaginal birth,” said...

Exterior image of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital.

U.S. News Rates UAMS in Top 10% Nationally for Orthopaedics

Aug. 20, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been named in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Best Hospitals edition as a High Performing hospital for orthopaedics. Part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals adult specialty ratings, it places UAMS among the top 10% of hospitals in the nation for orthopaedic care....

Family Medicine Physician Sawyer Sparks, D.O., Joins UAMS Family Medical Center in Jonesboro

Aug. 20, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Sawyer Sparks, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients at the UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Renowned Gynecologic Oncologist Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, M.D., Joins UAMS

Aug. 19, 2025 | Internationally recognized gynecologic oncologist Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), specializing in the treatment of women’s cancers. She also serves as an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic oncology, Bazzett-Matabele brings more than...

Megan Dykema, DPT, Pelvic Health Specialist, Joins UAMS Health Outpatient Therapy Clinic in Fayetteville

Aug. 19, 2025 | FAYETTEVILLE — Megan Dykema, PT, DPT, a licensed physical therapist with specialized expertise in pelvic floor rehabilitation, has joined the UAMS Health Outpatient Therapy Clinic in Fayetteville. Dykema is passionate about improving the quality of lives of both men and women with conditions such as urinary incontinence, pelvic pain and pregnancy/postpartum issues. She most recently...

Mason DeLaMater, a Cabot native and rising sophomore at Princeton University, presents his findings during the closing ceremony for UAMS’ Summer Research Internship program.

Princeton Student Finds Career Path Through UAMS’ Summer Research Internship Program

Aug. 18, 2025 | Seven students from schools across the country came to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for this year’s Summer Research Internship, a nine-week program that gave them an introduction to the possibilities of health care research. For one student, the internship affirmed his passion for health care and offered clarity on his career...

A nurse anesthesist prepares a patient for surgery

UAMS Nurse Anesthetist Program to Expand to Northwest Arkansas

Aug. 18, 2025 | FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today announced a collaboration with the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Heartland Whole Health Institute, Mercy and Washington Regional Medical Center to expand its existing Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program to the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville starting fall 2025.

Maya Peoples (left) takes part in a gall bladder removal simulation during the HCOP Academy’s tour of the UAMS Simulation Center in Little Rock.

UAMS’ HCOP Academy Helps High School Grads Take Next Step Toward Health Careers

Aug. 15, 2025 | Twenty-three recent high school graduates reconvened this year for their second summer in the Arkansas Delta Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Academy, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) initiative that supports students from the Arkansas Delta and South Arkansas as they pursue careers in health care. The HCOP Academy, organized by UAMS Academic...

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Stakeholders in Arkansas Maternal Healthcare Improvements Come Together

Aug. 15, 2025 | Doctors, birthing center administrators, lawmakers and advocacy groups from across the state gathered Aug. 6 in downtown Little Rock for an “honest dialogue” about ongoing efforts to improve maternal health outcomes in Arkansas. The Arkansas Maternal Health Roundtable, hosted by the Arkansas Center for Women and Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical...

UAMS Invests Ashley Norse, M.D., in Reed Professorship in Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Injury Prevention

Aug. 14, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Ashley Norse, M.D., a professor and chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine, in the Stanley E. Reed Professorship in Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Injury Prevention during an Aug. 7 ceremony. “This endowment will support research, education and outreach efforts...