Help Shape Your Profession: AMS Seeks Candidates for Board of Trustees Positions
To nominate, see the form below. Qualified candidates are being sought for district trustee positions on the AMS Board of Trustees. The Board consists of the major officers (i.e. president, secretary, treasurer, etc.) and at least two trustees representing 10 geographic areas of the state. Candidates are elected…
Viswanathan Joins AMS Board of Trustees
Dr. Nisha Viswanathan, a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, has joined the AMS Board of Trustees, representing District 2. She is currently a hospitalist and core faculty member of the IM residency program at White River Medical Center in Batesville. Dr. Viswanathan attended UAMS for medical school and trained…
New Bylaw Changes, House of Delegates Merged with Board of Trustees
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…
Arkansas Radiologist and former State Legislator Elected to AMA Board of Trustees
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 and autonomy, patient protections and the physician-patient relationship,” said Dr. Ferguson. “As a…
Physicians from across the state representing their patients
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 to continue the association’s mission of improving health care in our state through…
Board of Trustee Election Results
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 MD, Jonesboro; District 2: Seth Barnes, MD, Batesville; District 3: James DeRossitt, MD,…
UAMS Announces Arkansas’ First Radiation Oncology Residency Program
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 Arkansas. This program will offer Arkansas medical students the opportunity to stay in…
AMS Announces New Partnership With LendKey
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 2.56%) for free. LendKey is not a bank, but a service that packages…
AMS Sponsors “Doctor of the Day” Program at the State Capitol
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 9:00 a.m. The daily session usually concludes about 2:30 p.m. (or sometimes earlier.)…
The Seventh Rule
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 I asked Charlie to get it for me. He came back saying that Mrs.…
Arkansas in Top Five Best States to Practice
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 by other publications, but an important one nonetheless. With rising rates of physician…