At the Fall Meeting held on November 2 in Heber Springs new AMS Constitution and Bylaws were approved by the officers, district trustees and members in attendance. The new bylaws eliminated the House of Delegates and transfered its responsibilities to the Board of Trustees and/or general membership. An annual membership meeting will continue to be held and is scheduled for Friday, April 26 at the Doubletree Hotel in Little Rock. You won’t want to miss this day of networking and… Read More

CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, announced the election of Arkansas radiologist Scott Ferguson, M.D., to its Board of Trustees. “I have spent my career fighting to preserve physician choice… Read More

The following physicians will be working together this year to protect the interest of their patients and improve the health of all Arkansans. They will work in various leadership roles within the Arkansas Medical Society… Read More

The elections for AMS district trustees concluded on February 28. The following were elected for two-year terms and will be confirmed at the AMS House of Delegates meeting on May 5: District 1 – Matthew Haustein… Read More

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), College of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology is excited to announce its accreditation by ACGME to offer the first radiation oncology residency program in the state of… Read More

AMS now has a solution for helping physicians manage their student loan debt. Through a new partnership with LendKey, AMS members can consolidate and refinance student loan debt at competitive interest rates (as low as… Read More

The Arkansas Medical Society is seeking a few more physician volunteers for the 2018 Fiscal Session at the State Capitol. The doctor of the day should plan to arrive at the State Capitol Infirmary around… Read More

The day was drawing to an end and Charlie – my third year medical student – and I were struggling to see the last patients when my pager went off. Being involved in examining a patient… Read More

For more than a decade, Physicians Practice has examined practice conditions in every U.S. state, ranking the best states for physicians to either set up their own shop or become employed. It is an often duplicated exercise… Read More

The October 2017 issue of AMS NewsBriefs has been distributed via email and printed mail. Members, if you did not receive a copy, please give us a call to update your subscription preferences at 800-542-1058.… Read More

June 12, 2017 | Pope L. Moseley, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine and executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was formally invested June 8 as the inaugural recipient of the… Read More