More than eight years into his tenure as president and CEO of Conway Regional Health System, Matt Troup remains flabbergasted that his career path led him to Arkansas, of all places. “I am surprised to be in Arkansas,” he…
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The ‘New Guy’: Troy Wells, Baptist Health
A few minutes into an interview, Baptist Health President and CEO Troy Wells, discussing the health system’s culture, lobs a remark across the table that’s taken as self-deprecating throwaway. Even though he’s been at Baptist Health for 18 years, he…
Omar Atiq, MD, FACP, is a gentle giant of Arkansas’s health care industry. His calm demeanor and unhurried, deliberate way of speaking belie his imposing list of titles and achievements. Atiq is a professor of medicine at the UAMS Winthrop…
- August 2022Health & ScienceHealth CareHealthcareMagazine
Under COVID, Medicine Changed Forever – But Now What? The New Frontier
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaIt’s hard to imagine an industry that has been as singularly transformed by the events of the past two and a half years than medicine. From debates over efficacies and safety of fast-tracked vaccines, to the physical and mental toll…
- EducationHealth CareJanuary 2022Magazine
Filling the Gap: State’s Osteopathic Schools of Medicine Sending Doctors Where They’re Needed
Quality health care is a concern no matter the place of residence. While conventional allopathic medicine remains widely available in urban settings across the state, Arkansas has continued to grow the number of physicians available to serve rural areas by…
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UAMS Physicians Recognized by American Society of Pain and Neuroscience
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe American Society of Pain and Neuroscience presented awards to Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., both physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), at its third annual national meeting in Miami Beach, Florida. …
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View from the Senate: State Battles Opioid Abuse
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffLast year 426 Arkansas residents died from a drug overdose, according to death certificates filed with the state Health Department. That is an increase in fatal drug overdoses from 2017, when 417 people in Arkansas died from drugs. The data…
Physicians and advanced practice registered nurses battle it out over the scope of practice By Gregory Graham Staff meetings at some doctors’ offices across Arkansas might be a little awkward these days. Most family medicine practices employ a team approach to patient…
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Dr. Ali Krisht’s Bold Vision
By Angela Forsyth | Photography by John Pittman After 30 years in the field and 10 years actively working toward opening a stand-alone neuroscience center with a research and education building on campus, world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ali Krisht is finally…