Educating the Next Generation of Internal Medicine Specialists
The Department of Internal Medicine is one of the largest departments in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The department is home to approximately 150 full-time faculty members, 81 residents, and 68 fellows serving two residency programs and twelve fellowship programs. Dr. Edward T.H. Yeh, a cardiologist and physician/scientist, is a pioneer in the field of Onco-cardiology. Our vice chairs are Dr. Alice P Alexander, Vice Chair of Education; Dr. Mario Schootman, Vice-Chair of Mentorship and Innovation; Dr. Carol Anderson, Acting Vice Chair and Chief of Medicine at CAVHS and Kelley Suskie, Vice Chair for Department Administrator. Each of our twelve academic divisions is led by a division director who reports to the Chair. Each division also leads their respective services at the John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, which is connected to UAMS Medical Center by an enclosed sky bridge.
News & Announcements
National IM Chief Residents Honor
Congratulations to Dr. Husam Salah, Internal Medicine Chief Resident, on receiving the 2023 American College of Physicians (ACP) Herbert S. Waxman Chief Resident Teaching Scholarship.
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Inspired Giving
Generous donors are an important reason we are able to achieve our mission to train the next generation of physicians for Arkansas – and it is often the outstanding clinical care, teaching and service of our faculty that inspires philanthropists to contribute to our college. A donor who wished to remain anonymous recently gave $100,000 […]
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UAMS is First in Arkansas to Use New Technology to Remove Valve Infection, Debris Without Surgery
A cardiologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first physician in Arkansas to use a new device to remove infectious vegetation from a woman’s heart valve in a 45-minute minimally invasive procedure.
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Dr. Gray Inducted
Dr. Franklin John Gray Jr., Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, was inducted as the 2022-2023 President of the Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Hospital Medicine during the chapter’s spring meeting. Congratulations and kudos to Dr. Gray for his service to UAMS, hospitalists and their patients across the state.
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