The Sturgis Foundation Grant program of the College of Medicine is providing $31,146 to support a project titled “Increased Prescription and Utilization of Continuous Glucose Monitoring” and led by Dr. Shashank Kraleti.
His team on this project includes Dr. Stephen Foster, Kodi Liddell PharmD, BCPS, Dr. Lakshmi Menon (IM/Endocrinology), Kanna Lewis PhD, Andrea Hooten APR, MBA, and Marybeth Curtis RN, BSN, WOCN.
Dr. Tatiana T.C. Lino, a PGY1 resident in the UAMS Little Rock FM residency program, won a $1,000 scholarship from the AAFP to attend the Physician Health and Well-Being Conference in May in Arizona.
Dr. Lino says that the conference was a great experience that gave her new ideas to share with the residency’s Wellness Committee, of which she is a member.
This year’s Harold H. Hedges III MD Endowed Scholarships in Family Medicine have been awarded to three UAMS medical students who matched into FM residency programs throughout Arkansas.
The winners are listed below with a sampling of comments from their applications.
KENDALL BOOKER (UAMS Rural Track Program, Crossett): “I love the diversity and flexibility of Family Medicine. I could see myself returning to southeast Arkansas, practicing full scope Family Medicine and pouring back into the same community that built me.”
CHRISTOPHER BRAZEAL (Baptist/UAMS NLR): “I hope to be a Family Medicine doctor in a small town that is helping people live their best lives and maybe teaching future practitioners if things work out that way!”
TONY ROLLER (UAMS Northwest Fayetteville): “With deep-rooted connections to Northwest Arkansas, I am eager to contribute to the wellness of my community and to serve this community long after residency.”
Dr. Shaletha Jones, a 2017 graduate of the UAMS Little Rock Family Medicine residency program, is featured in the Spring 2024 issue of the Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society.
Dr. Jones is a District 5 Trustee for the organization, and she is profiled on page 129 of the journal. Dr. Jones graduated from the UAMS LR FM residency program in 2017.
BTW, Dr. Bala Simon is a District 8 Trustee and a 2013 graduate of the LR FM residency program.
Go to https://www.arkmed.org/about/physician-leaders/ to see all of the Physician Leaders for the society. We are proud of our graduates serving as leaders in Arkansas!
The DFPM was recognized in a big way at the Dean’s Honor Day on April 16.
Jessica Bursk received the Staff Excellence in Education Award, which was presented by Dr. Leslie Stone.
Dr. Tabasum Imran received the Clinical Excellence in Quality and Safety Award, presented by Dr. Shashank Kraleti.
Dr. David Kelley received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by Diane Jarrett EdD.
Lorraine McKelvey PhD received the Excellence in Research Award, presented by Nikki Edge PhD.
We also have five promotions to celebrate. Dr. Sheldon Riklon is being promoted to Professor. Those being promoted to Associate Professor are Dr. Tabasum Imran, Diane Jarrett EdD, Dr. Michael Macechko, and Dr. Julia Roulier. These promotions formally take effect on July 1.
The UAMS College of Medicine invested Shashank Kraleti MD in the Dr. Algernon Sidney Garnett Chair in Family Medicine during an April 10 ceremony. From left: Steven Webber MD (COM Chair), Dr. Kraleti, and Cam Patterson MD, MBA (Chancellor).
Dr. Kraleti is chair of the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine and serves as the director of primary care clinical services, providing oversight for clinical and population health initiatives for Arkansas. Further, he is the senior vice president for UAMS Health. Click for more details.
Congratulations, Dr. Kraleti!
Angie Kyzer, program manager in the DFPM Research and Evaluation Division, is the recipient of the UAMS MVP Award.
G. Richard Smith MD, Interim Dean and Executive Vice Chancellor of the College of Medicine, presented the award to her. Well deserved!
By Tamara Robinson
June 12, 2023 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine appointed Shashank Kraleti, M.D., as chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, effective July 1.
Kraleti will also hold the Dr. Algernon Sidney Garnett Chair in Family Medicine.
“Dr. Kraleti has served in numerous leadership roles since completing his residency training at UAMS and joining the faculty in 2012,” said G. Richard Smith, M.D., interim College of Medicine dean and executive vice chancellor of UAMS. “He has gained national recognition for his outstanding work to enhance the Little Rock Family Medicine Residency Program. He is highly respected by residents and faculty colleagues for his clinical skills and for the passion he brings to training outstanding family physicians.”
Kraleti has served as director of the department’s family residency program since 2016 and previously held other leadership roles in the program. He assumed the role of clinical informaticist in 2019. Since May 2022, he also has served as director of primary care services, a position he will continue to hold.
“I am excited for the opportunity to continue to serve and lead my family medicine and UAMS family that I have been a part of for more than a decade,” Kraleti said. “I look forward to working towards our vision of improving the health of Arkansans by providing relationship-centered and equitable care, while training the best and brightest family physicians, and conducting pioneering research in primary care.”
He has received many honors at UAMS and the national level. Kraleti was invested as the Jack W. Kennedy Chair in Family and Preventive Medicine at UAMS in 2013. He received the College of Medicine Residency Educator-Program Director Award in 2019. Recent national honors include the 2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors Program Director Silver Recognition, also this year.
Kraleti succeeds Richard Turnage, M.D., vice chancellor of Regional Campuses, who has served as interim chair since July 2020.
Kraleti earned his medical degree at Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India, in 2005. He came to UAMS for his family medicine residency in 2009 and served as chief resident in his final year of training. He completed the National Institute for Program Director Development Fellowship in 2013-2014 and more recently completed a practice pathway Clinical Informatics Fellowship at UAMS in 2022. He also completed the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) Leadership Education for Academic Development and Success (LEADS) fellowship in 2023.
He has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP) since 2017. He is active in several other national professional organizations, including the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine, for which he serves on the Family and Behavioral Health Collaborative and the Global Health Educators Collaborative. He is a board member of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and seven institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute and Institute for Digital Health & Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,240 students, 913 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram.
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