Lauren N. Evans, M.D. Emergency Medicine Physician

Clinical Biography

Lauren Evans, M.D., joined the Department of Emergency Medicine in 2019. She grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and attended college at Tulane University where she graduated with a degree in Cell and Molecular Biology and a minor in History. She later attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma and completed her EM residency training at UAMS. While a resident at UAMS she developed an interest in mentorship and co-created the resident mentorship program. In 2019 she won the CDEM Resident Teacher Award.

Dr. Evans currently serves as Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She is actively involved in resident and medical student education, including as a faculty preceptor for the third-year resident teaching rotation and the Practice of Medicine course. In 2021, she completed the ALiEM Faculty Incubator professional development program, further strengthening her expertise as a medical educator. Her academic interests include mentorship, medical education across the undergraduate and graduate continuum, and advising students pursuing careers in emergency medicine.

Beyond UAMS, Dr. Evans is a leader in the specialty through her service with Arkansas ACEP, where she currently serves as Immediate Past President, as well as her active involvement with CORD and SAEM.