Dr. Curtis Hedberg lived and practiced medicine in northwest Arkansas until his unexpected death on June 3, 2024. After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology at Saint Louis University, he attended medical school at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia. Upon his graduation from medical school, he joined UAMS for his internal medicine residency, which […]

Dr. Pillow was a beloved and devoted physician who touched the lives of many at UAMS and in his hometown of Helena, Arkansas, where he cared for patients until his death on February 3, 2024. After earning a degree in microbiology at Mississippi State University, Dr. Pillow obtained his medical degree at UAMS in 1999. He then […]

Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., joined UAMS and the Department of Internal Medicine in June 2021. She served as Executive Vice Chancellor, Dean of the College of Medicine, and Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine until her death on December 31, 2022. She was a renowned and accomplished cardiologist, educator, scientist, and mentor whose impact […]

We were saddened to learn of the death on Friday, September 29, of Joseph Bates, M.D., M.S., who served on our faculty and at the veterans’ hospital for over three decades, including twenty-one years as Vice Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Bates went on to make remarkable contributions as a leader at the Arkansas Department of Health and in the UAMS College of Public Health over the next twenty-five years.