regional programs


May 26, 2022

Stacy Zimmerman, M.D., Joins UAMS to Oversee Physician Residency, Fellowship Programs

David Wise

Stacy Zimmerman, M.D.

LITTLE ROCK — Stacy Zimmerman, M.D., will join the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the Regional Centers Designated Institutional Official (DIO) overseeing physician residency and fellowship programs, effective Aug. 1. Zimmerman will have responsibility for the accreditation of existing regional residency programs and will be responsible for oversight and growth of statewide…


September 28, 2017

UAMS Regional Campuses Awarded $4.2 Million for Professional Education, Faculty Development, Recruitment

Ben Boulden

Sept. 28, 2017 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Campuses has been awarded a five-year grant of $4.2 million for professional education, faculty development and recruitment. The federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce, Health Careers Pipeline Branch awarded the grant. The eight Regional Campuses are UAMS Northeast…


August 28, 2017

Sterling Moore Named UAMS Vice Chancellor for Regional Campuses

Ben Boulden

Sterling Moore has been named vice chancellor for Regional Campuses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He was previously assistant vice chancellor for administration for Regional Campuses. Moore succeeds Tim Hill who on July 1 was named chief operating officer of UAMS Health System. Regional Campuses, originally called the Area Health Education…


February 7, 2017

UAMS Family Medical Centers, Clinics Participating in Public-Private Partnership to Strengthen Primary Care

Ben Boulden

Feb. 7, 2017 | Five regional Family Medical Centers of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and four UAMS primary care clinics in Little Rock are joining more than 2,900 primary care practices nationwide in a partnership between payers and providers. Called Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+), the partnership is designed to provide access…


November 30, 2016

New UAMS West Building Combines Local Ideas, Builders

Ben Boulden

Nov. 30, 2016 | Construction crews, most of them from western Arkansas, are wielding tools to take the ideas gathered from local patients, health care providers and design experts and shape them into the new UAMS West Regional Campus clinic building in Fort Smith they imagined. By spring, those physicians, nurses, staff members and area patients…


March 7, 2016

UAMS Center for Health Literacy Awarded $2.9 Million by National Institutes of Health

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Health Literacy has received a four-year grant of $2.9 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test the effectiveness of a diabetes education and health literacy program in patient-centered medical homes at UAMS regional centers across Arkansas. A patient-centered medical home…


March 3, 2016

UAMS West Breaks Ground On $10.5 Million Building in Fort Smith

Ben Boulden

March 3, 2016 | More than a dozen golden shovels turned dirt today marking the start of work on a $10.5 million UAMS Family Medical Center at the corner of South 12th and South E streets in Fort Smith. State legislators, local dignitaries, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., and UAMS…


January 15, 2016

UAMS Celebrates New Texarkana Family Medical Center Space

Ben Boulden

Jan. 15, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Southwest today celebrated the move of its Family Medical Center to a new, more accessible location at 3417 U of A Way in Texarkana, Arkansas. The Family Medical Center recently began serving patients, moving from its previous location at 300 E. Sixth St. …


October 23, 2015

UAMS Awarded Nearly $1 Million for Medicaid Savings

Ben Boulden

Oct. 23, 2015 | UAMS today demonstrated it is leading the state in improving patient care while also saving money as Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., accepted $927,642 from Medicaid for its part in helping Arkansas avoid $34 million in Medicaid costs in 2014. UAMS received the largest amount of the $5.3 million that Medicaid and…


July 30, 2015

Tim Hill Named UAMS Vice Chancellor for Regional Programs

Ben Boulden

July 30, 2015 | Tim Hill has been named University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) vice chancellor for Regional Programs effective Aug. 1.



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