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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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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!
Latest News from the College of Medicine
UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2026
They walked into the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock as fourth-year medical students, and less than three hours later, after reciting the Hippocratic Oath before family, friends, mentors, and university leaders assembled in a sprawling conference hall, they walked out as doctors. Equal parts somber and giddy, the May 15 event marked the…
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Emergency Medicine Residents Experience Mass Casualty Simulation
Emergency medicine residents at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received hands-on training in handling a mass casualty incident when the emergency room was suddenly inundated May 13 with standardized patients from an imagined collision between a bus and a pesticide-hauling 18-wheeler.
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Venkat Kalapatapu, M.D., Returns to UAMS as Chief of Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Venkat Kalapatapu, M.D., has rejoined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), this time as professor and chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.
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UAMS Neurologist Lee Archer, M.D., Honored for 40 Years of Care and Research
Veteran neurologist Lee Archer, M.D., was honored for his contributions over 40 years to neurological research, clinical care, and patient access to care in a ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that also highlighted an endowed research fund established in his and his late wife’s names.
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