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UAMS College of Medicine

A woman is being presented with a medical student white coat by her father and grandfather.

White Coat Ceremony 2025

Join the UAMS College of Medicine as we welcome the incoming Freshman Class into the profession of medicine at the 2025 White Coat Ceremony on Friday, August 8.

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Graduation 2025

Our fourth-year medical students became physicians at the 2025 College of Medicine Graduation Ceremony on Friday, May 16.

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Your Future Starts Here

Get information about our application procedures, admissions timeline, requirements, and more!

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Match Day 2025

It was a great day as our seniors learned where they matched for their residencies.

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The UAMS College of Medicine has educated and trained the vast majority of Arkansas’ physicians since 1879. Our goal is to produce doctors who are leaders dedicated to improving the health, health care and well-being of Arkansans and of others in the region, nation and the world.

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Top Docs

Health care rating concept. The hands show Five Stars against the backdrop of the night city.Congratulations to all of the fantastic College of Medicine physicians who were named on the 2024 Top Docs list by Little Rock Soirée. Over 140 of our faculty practicing at the UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System are on Soiree’s list.

We are equally proud of our faculty who were named to the Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Arkansas list, which was published in the Arkansas Times in October. Kudos to all of these recognized faculty members for providing world-class care while teaching and training the next generation of physicians and scientists for Arkansas and beyond.

Also, congratulations to the UAMS Health Providers Voted AY’s 2024 Best Healthcare Professionals!

  • Soirée Top Doctors 2024
  • Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Arkansas
  • AY Magazine’s 2024 Best Healthcare Professionals

Latest News from the College of Medicine

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Sandra and Robert Connor Give $300,000 to Create Distinguished Scholarship in College of Medicine

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $300,000 gift from Sandra and Robert Connor to create the Sandra and Robert C. Connor Distinguished Endowed Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. The gift was made in recognition of the impact that UAMS will have on Arkansas. It is also…

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Erin Jefferson, M.D.

Erin Jefferson, M.D., Joins UAMS to Lead Women’s Mental Health Clinic in NWA

FAYETTEVILLE — Erin Jefferson, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Women’s Mental Health Program, Northwest Arkansas’s first specialized clinic dedicated to perinatal mental health.

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Arkansas INBRE Cancer Workshop

College Students Explore Cancer Research at Arkansas INBRE Workshop

Undergraduates from 14 schools across the country had the opportunity to explore the field of cancer research at a UAMS workshop sponsored by the Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence). Held May 28 in the UAMS Library, the “Bench to Bedside: Breakthroughs in Cancer Research and Therapy Workshop” attracted nearly 30 students interested in…

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UAMS Names Jorge Saucedo, M.D., MBA, as Next Chair of Internal Medicine

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine has named Jorge Saucedo, M.D., MBA, as chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, effective Nov. 1.

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