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UAMS College of Medicine

A first year medical student shakes the Dean's hand after receiving her white coat at the White Coat Ceremony, August 2025

White Coat Ceremony 2025

The UAMS College of Medicine welcomed 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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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 2025 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!

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  • AY Magazine’s 2025 Best Healthcare Professionals

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Langford Investiture

UAMS Invests Tim Langford, M.D., in Steven K. Wilson Endowed Chair in Prosthetic Urology

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Tim Langford, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Urology in the College of Medicine, in the Steven K. Wilson Endowed Chair in Prosthetic Urology during an Oct. 28 ceremony. “This is a tremendous honor for me, and I…

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More than 200 participants in UAMS’ inaugural Parkinsonism Walk begin their 0.3-mile route through the Little Rock Zoo.

UAMS’ Inaugural Parkinsonism Walk Holds Special Meaning for Many Participants

More than 200 people convened on a Saturday morning at the Little Rock Zoo to raise awareness and funding for programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that support those who are living with Parkinson’s disease and related neurological conditions. Participants in UAMS’ inaugural Parkinsonism Walk, held Nov. 1, followed a 0.3-mile…

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Interventional Radiology

Marcia M. Smith Gives UAMS $250,000 to Create Fund for Excellence in Interventional Radiology

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $250,000 gift from Marcia M. Smith to create the Phillip Lance Smith, M.D., Fund for Excellence in Interventional Radiology for the benefit of the UAMS Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine. The gift was made in recognition of Smith’s late…

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Arkansas Native and Liver, Pancreas Cancer Specialist Chad E. Cragle, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Arkansas Native and Liver, Pancreas Cancer Specialist Chad E. Cragle, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS

Arkansas native Chad E. Cragle, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a surgical oncologist specializing in the treatment of cancers of the liver, pancreatic and biliary system. A board-certified surgeon, Cragle also serves as assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine….

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