Cynthia Brown, R.N., to Lead UAMS Infusion Clinics, Outpatient Blood Draw

By Ben Boulden

| LITTLE ROCK – Cynthia Brown, R.N., has been named director of the Infusion/Ancillary Services Division at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She supervises the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s two infusion clinics and blood draw areas in the Cancer Institute and Outpatient Center.

Brown completed her bachelor of science in nursing degree from the UAMS College of Nursing, where she is working toward her master’s degree.

Her nursing career began in the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit, followed by stints in home health and family practice. For the past 15 years, Brown has concentrated on oncology nursing, having served in various positions including director of inpatient hematology/oncology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and chief nursing officer at St. Vincent Rehabilitation Hospital.

While at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Brown received the Care, Love and Hope Award.

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.

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