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  3. New Faculty and Leaders – February 2019

New Faculty and Leaders – February 2019

Dr. Larry Quang

Department of Pediatrics

Larry Quang, M.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Quang received his medical degree from Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine. He completed his pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and went on to complete fellowships in medical toxicology and pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital of Boston and Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron.

Dr. Mara Wood

Before his recruitment to UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Dr. Quang was an Associate Professor and attending physician in pediatric emergency medicine at Children’s Hospital at Oklahoma University Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he was also a CMRI/Express Employment Professionals Endowed Research Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Mara Wood, Ph.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor at the Schmieding Developmental Center in Lowell in Northwest Arkansas. Dr. Wood received her doctorate in school psychology at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. As part of her doctoral program, she completed a pre-doctoral internship at the Schmieding Developmental Center. She went on to work as a school psychology specialist with the Rogers School District before returning to the Schmieding Developmental Center in January.

Dr. Veronica Raney

Department of Psychiatry

Veronica Raney, M.D., has rejoined the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Child Study Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Raney, who graduated from UAMS in 2011, completed her residency in psychiatry in 2014 and went on to complete fellowships in child and adolescent psychiatry and leadership education in neurodevelopmental disabilities in 2016. Dr. Raney served as Medical Director of the Child Study Center until leaving UAMS in 2017 to take a position with Youth Home in Little Rock.

Posted by Chris Lesher on February 25, 2019

Filed Under: News

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