Leadership In Its Natural State
We love working together as a team and sharing in the triumphs and trials we face as a team. From our incredible director to every fellow, resident and provider on our team, we know that getting to know each other only enhances our ability to understand and work together.
Take a moment to meet our team!
Fellowship Director
Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Hometown: Augusta, Ga.
- Undergrad: University of Georgia, Biology
- Medical School: Tulane
- Residency: Tulane-Ochsner
- Additional Training: P.H.M. fellowship at UAB, M.P.H. in Tropical Medicine at Tulane
- Work Interests: Faculty development and data analytics
- Work Roles: Acute Care Committee Chair, physician manager of ABP MOC Portfolio, a plateful of other projects
- Non-work Interests: Knitting, cross-word puzzles, reading (I’m really not a grandmother, despite my hobbies)
- Pets: Reggie Hobbes (a cat), Noodle (a leopard gecko), two human children
- Fave: The parks, outdoor trails and the libraries
Faculty
- Hometown: Little Rock, Ark.
- Undergrad: Ouachita Baptist University – Chemistry + Biology, psychology minor
- Medical School: UAMS
- Residency Program: UAMS
- Additional training: PHM Board-certified
- Work Interests: Bronchiolitis, BRUE, vaccines
- Work Roles: Shared clinical time with general pediatrics. Co-Medical Director of 3K. Pediatric Residency Associate Program Director
- Life: I love spending time with family and friends. I love live music and theater. I love puzzles, games, movies, hiking, singing, and flower arranging.
- Pets: 2 rescue dogs, Remy and Tucker
- Little Rock favorites: The restaurant scene is great. There are benefits of city life with the feel of a small town. You can get anywhere in 20 minutes which includes some amazing outdoor scenery and activities.
- Misc: - I renovated a +100-year-old home in the Central High Historic District so now I can walk to work!
- I can juggle.
- I have a really good sense of direction.
- Green is my favorite color.
- Hometown: Bismarck, Ark.
- Undergrad: UCA, Pre-med Biology/Honors Sociology
- Medical School: UAMS
- Residency: UAMS/ACH
- Work Interests: I love teaching students/residents and am in charge of acting intern lecturer on medically complex patients.
- Work roles: Emergency Management Committee; 3K Co-Medical Director
- Life: My wife, Victoria and son, Will.
- Hobbies: I love fishing, hunting and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
- Pets: A black lab named Pete.
- Little Rock favorites: I love that it's a city but has a family-friendly atmosphere. I love all the outdoor activities and restaurant options.
- Hometown: Greenville, Tenn.
- Undergrad: Baylor University, Religion/Chemistry
- Medical School: UAB
- Residency Program: UAMS
- Work Interests: Leadership Development, Trauma, Feedback, and Surgical-Medical co-management
- Work Roles: Trauma council, Feedback QI project leader, and PHM Outstanding Resident award program leader
- Life: Hobbies – art, yoga, traveling, and piano. Family – beloved husband and son.
- Little Rock favorites: I like Little Rock’s small-town feel with a bigger city’s medical and research power. I also like all of the river bridges here. The diversity in Little Rock is nice for a city of this size.
- Misc: I have been to around 20 countries. My first passport photo was when I was 2 years old. I am an officer in Toastmasters International, a leadership and public speaking club.
- Hometown: Rockport, IN
- Undergrad: University of Notre Dame
- Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
- Residency/Fellowship:
- Pediatric residency at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
- Work Interests: Dr. Jeffries' scholarly areas of interest involve reducing disparities in unintentional injuries in childhood. She is actively involved in advocacy efforts to improve child health and uses social media for effective messaging to the general public and other practitioners.
- Hobbies: hiking, traveling, reading, spending time with family and friends
- Little Rock favorites: All the outdoor activities! Hiking at Pinnacle Mountain, exploring the 52 state parks, running with the Little Rock Roadrunners Club.
- Fun Facts: I played in two intramural flag football championships in the Notre Dame football stadium...and won!
- Hometown: Little Rock, Ark.
- Undergrad: University of Arkansas, Biology with Math minor
- Medical School: UAMS
- Residency Program: Penn/CHOP
- Additional Training: SGIM TEACH
- Work Interests: Resident as Teacher, Ultrasound
- Work Roles: APD for Medpeds program
- Life: Water sports
- Pets: Roscoe – greyhound/golden mix, allegedly
- Little Rock favorites: quick access to hiking, biking, fishing, and water of all sorts.
- Hometown: Pocahontas, Ark.
- Medical School: UAMS
- Residency: UAMS
- Work Interests: research, hospital flow, process improvement
- Work roles: Social media chair for our section.
- Life: I have three adorable children, including the newest member born in February.
- Pets: Three dogs
- Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
- Undergrad: University of Tennessee, Biochem & Cell and Molecular Bio, psych minor
- Medical School: Nova Southeastern University School of Osteopathic Medicine
- Residency: University of Kansas, Kansas City
- Work Interests: Quality Improvement, Sepsis, Pathways, Resident and Student Education
- Work Roles: Medical Informatics Subspecialty Leader, Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes Physician Champion, ABP MOC part 2 Reviewer, Admissions Workflow Quality Improvement Committee, Somatoform Disorders Pathway co-lead, Hospitalist Elective Co-lead
- Life: Spending time with my husband, 2 kids, and our dog. I love to hike, work out, eat good food, and travel.
- Pets: 1 dog, Macy!
- Little Rock favorites: There are so many outdoor activities and it’s a city with a small-town feel!
- Misc: I grew up dancing (tap, ballet, jazz) and still love to dance even though it embarrasses my kids! I love food and am also very into food as medicine and disease prevention. I love good coffee and order beans from all over the country.
- Hometown: Chelmsford, MA
- Undergrad: Tufts University
- Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Residency: NYP/Columbia
- Work Interests: Fellowship Development & Complex Care
- Hobbies: Hiking, spending time with family, & trying new restaurants
- Little Rock favorites: Parks & libraries and how friendly everyone is!
- Hometown: Shreveport, La.
- Undergrad: Public Health
- Medical School: Emory
- Residency: UAMS
- Work Interests: Medical student & resident education
- Nonwork Interests: Traveling with my wife Mary, live music and theater, live trivia.
- Fave: Arkansas River Trail; dining at 42 Bar and Table in the Clinton Presidential Center.
- Misc: Spent a college summer break working as an extra on a few movie productions.
- Hometown: Midland, TX
- Undergrad: Texas Lutheran University
- Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
- Residency: UAMS
- Work Interests: Evidence based medicine and throughput
- Hobbies: Traveling
- Little Rock favorites: Convenient airport to go on vacation and I got to give a shoutout for Willy D's
- Fun Facts: I love traveling, live music, and theatre.
- Hometown: North Little Rock, Ark.
- Undergrad: Univ of Arkansas, Chemical Engineering
- Medical School: UAMS
- Residency Program: UAMS
- Life: I have a husband and two kids. While driving my kids around is my biggest pastime, I love to cook, entertain, garden, and work out.
- Pets: I have a three-year-old Australian Shephard, Gus.
- Little Rock favorites: I love the Little Rock skyline, yummy restaurants, river views and lots of outdoor activities.
- Misc: I was invited on stage at a Jimmy Buffet concert when I was in high school.
Fellows
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Hometown: Memphis, TN
Undergrad: Rhodes College
Medical School: East Tennessee State University
Residency: East Tennessee State University
Work Interests: Medical Education, Health Disparities, LGBTQ+ Medicine, Quality Improvement.
Hobbies: Hot yoga, road trips and travelling, NYT crossword puzzles, and trying out new coffee shops!
Little Rock favorites: To be determined! New to the area so still exploring!
Fun Facts: I am a huge dog person. I grew up with anywhere between 2-5 dogs in the house. I got my Australian Shepherd mutt, Amelia, 8 years ago and she's gone through all of my medical training with me. I'll probably show you pictures of her unprompted.
- Hometown: Overland Park, KS
- Undergrad: Case Western Reserve University
- Medical School: Des Moines University
- Residency: Saint Louis University
- Work Interests: I enjoy learning more about and getting involved with medical education. Specifically, I like to focus on making feedback more applicable for learners.
- Hobbies: I love spending time with my husband and son and also enjoy cooking!
- Little Rock favorites: Indian food is my comfort food and my family has enjoyed getting to try the various Indian restaurants in Little Rock!
Our Hospitalist Teams
The Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) section consists of four teams and has an in-house attending 24/7. Our services discharge about 5,000-6,000 patients annually, typically accounting for about 1/3 of all discharges at ACH.
We have three teaching teams comprised of a senior pediatrics or medicine-pediatrics resident, two to three interns, sometimes an acting intern, and medical students, and an attending hospitalist. In addition, our teams include pediatric pharmacists, social workers, dieticians, and case managers. We have one hospitalist-only direct care team covered by two to five hospitalists depending on the time of year and census; this team also provides consults upon request for other services such as PM&R, burn surgery, and other surgical specialties, and provides telephone consultation for and accepts direct admissions from providers throughout the region.
Our hospital endorses family-centered rounding and has active quality improvement projects focused on improving nursing presence on rounds, multidisciplinary team communication, and the use of tools like in-room dry-erase boards to improve team and family communication.
We see patients in our Intermediate Care Unit (IMU) and in medical-surgical units throughout the hospital. The IMU functions as a step-down/step-up unit with continuous cardiorespiratory monitoring and telemetry and smaller nurse-to-patient ratios; it’s also right next to our PICU.