Deanna Stiles, B.A., who has held numerous business leadership positions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) over the past two decades, has been appointed associate dean for finance and administration in the UAMS College of Medicine.
“I was delighted that Deanna accepted this position,” said Steven Webber, MBChB, executive vice chancellor of UAMS and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine. “She has served in administrative and finance leadership roles for over 23 years and has been integral in the success of multiple major initiatives at UAMS.”
Stiles served most recently as department administrator for the college’s Department of Internal Medicine since 2023 and as senior service line administrator for the UAMS Integrated Medicine and the Primary Care and Population Health service lines since 2018. Earlier positions included department administrator for Ophthalmology in 2012-2018 and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 2015-2016. She was the initial UAMS Surgical Services Service Line administrator in 2015 to 2018.
Stiles worked with other leaders to incorporate UAMS Regional Programs into the Integrated Clinical Enterprise in 2020, to transition the UAMS Regional Programs clinics to the EPIC EMR system in 2020-2021, and to establish the UAMS Regional Campus in El Dorado earlier this year. She has served on numerous institutional committees and contributed to the successful expansion of clinical space in the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute and the planning and development of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine Institute.
Stiles earned her bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Central Arkansas.