Jines Named Director of UAMS Center for Dental Education
| LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently appointed longtime Little Rock dentist Gene Jines, D.D.S., director of the Center for Dental Education, where he has previously served as associate director the past year.
As director since August, Jines leads the center, which includes the Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation Oral Health Clinic and expanding dental education programs, including a recently started postgraduate dental residency. He joined the Center for Dental Education as associate director and as an associate professor in the College of Health Professions, which includes the center, in 2014. He has had a private dental practice in Little Rock since 1990.
Jines succeeds educator and longtime dental college dean William F. Slagle, D.D.S., M.Ed., who served as director since January 2014. Slagle, who is a professor and dean emeritus for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry, will continue to lend his experience and expertise to the Center for Dental Education as associate director.
Jines earned his dental degree in 1975 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry.
His professional affiliations include membership in the American Dental Association, the Arkansas State Dental Association — where he served as president from 2008-2009, and the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners — where he served as president from 2000-2005. He is a fellow in the International College of Dentists and the American College of Dentists. He is now serving as vice president for the University of Tennessee Alumni Board of Trustees.
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 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 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.###