Dr. Kelley joined our faculty in 2022 at the rank of Associate Professor. He has extensive teaching experience, including service as clerkship director and division head for education. His multiple teaching awards include the Stanton L. Young Master Teacher Award, the Dewayne Edwards Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Aesculapian Award. In 2024, he received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. Dr. Kelley is an AAFP Fellow and has given numerous national presentations. Originally from Colorado, he graduated from the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago and completed his training at the La Grange Family Medicine Residency. His clinical interests include women’s health, pediatric care, and preventive health across the lifespan. Outside of the office, Dr. Kelley enjoys baking, home improvement, and being active with his family.
Wayne Bryant Jr., M.D., M.S.
Dr. Bryant is the Associate Director of the residency program, having served as Assistant Director since joining the faculty in 2022. His faculty appointment is as Assistant Professor, and he is co-chair/faculty sponsor for the Walk with a Doc program. Dr. Bryant won the UAMS Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2023 and participated in a campus-wide panel on the subject of increasing the number of Black men in medicine. While in our residency program, he served as Chief Resident and won the Outstanding Resident Award, the STAR Professionalism Award, and the 2021 National Institute of Health/National Medical Association Academic Medicine Fellow/Traveling Award. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of South Florida and completed medical school at the American University of Antigua. Dr. Bryant’s clinical interests include improving health literacy and health equity for the underserved and historically marginalized communities, along with women’s health, lifestyle medicine, and preventive medicine. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, watching sports, traveling, and playing pool.
Amber Norris, M.D.
Dr. Norris wears many hats in our department including precepting residents, serving as the Medical Director at Helena East, working with House Calls, and serving as the Family Medicine clerkship director for M4 students. From a clinical standpoint, she is passionate about opioid use disorder and medication assisted treatment. On the personal side, she is married, has 3 children, and loves board games, reading (anything fantasy), and cooking/baking. Dr. Norris was born and raised in Central Arkansas, graduated from UAMS in 2017, and completed her Family Medicine residency at John Peter Smith in Ft. Worth, TX.