UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine

April 24, 2026

UAMS Holds Topping Out Ceremony for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale

David Wise

A metal i-beam, signed by attendees at the topping out ceremony for the UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale, is ready to be hoisted in place by a crane.

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted a topping out ceremony today for the UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Hospital, which will be the new home of world-class orthopaedic and sports medicine care providers serving Northwest Arkansas. Attendees were invited to sign a beam, which was then hoisted by crane…

January 16, 2026

UAMS Celebrates Grand Opening of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Location in Bentonville

David Wise

Dr. Lowry Barnes cuts the ribbon at the new UAMS orthopaedics and sports medicine clinic in Bentonville, as clinic staff and providers, Bentonville community leaders, the Bentonville High School cheer squad look on and applaud.

BENTONVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the grand opening of the new UAMS Health Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Bentonville.

July 3, 2025

UAMS Welcomes 3 New Sports Medicine Physicians to Northwest Arkansas

David Wise

Group photo of primary care sports medicine physicians Kyle Arthur, M.D., Jake Martin, M.D., and Jacob Smith, M.D., MPH

FAYETTEVILLE — Primary care sports medicine physicians Kyle Arthur, M.D., Jake Martin, M.D., and Jacob Smith, M.D., MPH, recently joined UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Northwest Arkansas, bringing sports medicine expertise to enhance patient care in Northwest Arkansas. Arthur, who was the very first graduate of the UAMS sports medicine fellowship program in…