Franscesca (Chesca) Miquel-Verges, M.D. is a Tenure Professor in the Neonatology section at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Miquel-Verges is also the Medical Director for the Emergency Medical Technicians ACH Transport, Medical Director for the Neonatal Transport, and the Associate Neonatology Division Chief for Clinical Affairs.
Dr. Miquel-Verges has gained international recognition with her poster presentations, journal publications, and research in Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). She has also been awarded the Ruth Olive Beall Award and nominated for the UAMS Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.
Dr. Miquel-Verges serves as the Course Director for the Neonatal ECMO Simulation, the Neonatology Faculty & APRN Bootcamp/ECMO Course, and the Course Director for the Transport Team Education Neonatal Transport.