Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, leads Arkansas’ only health-sciences university with a mission to educate health-care professionals, perform research that translates to new treatments and deliver exceptional patient care across the Natural State. Patterson, an accomplished cardiologist and health-care administrator, has been chancellor of UAMS since June 2018. He was previously the senior vice president and chief operating officer of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Komansky Children’s Hospital in New York. Patterson has previously held numerous academic and clinical appointments at the University of North Carolina, including as physician-in-chief at the UNC Center for Heart and Vascular Care, and executive director of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute.Â
Patterson, as principal investigator or co-investigator, has received more than $60 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention throughout the course of his career. His work has been published in 323 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He earned his bachelor of arts in psychology from Vanderbilt University, his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and his MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler School of Business.
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