Endocrinologist Bursey Joins UAMS
| LITTLE ROCK — Endocrinologist Deborah Bursey, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients with endocrine, diabetes, and metabolic conditions.
She also is associate director of the Endocrinology Fellowship Program and an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the College of Medicine
Bursey was formerly in private practice in Little Rock for 15 years. She is board certified in both endocrinology and internal medicine. She is a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Clinical Endocrinologists, Endocrine Society and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry.
Bursey has completed several clinical investigations on type 1 and type 2 diabetes. She has also had a number of publications on her diabetes research.
She earned a Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics and her medical degree at UAMS. She also completed her residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She had a three-year fellowship in adult endocrinology with extra training in pediatric endocrinology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
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.###