A shout-out to Dr. Jared Beavers, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and pediatric hospitalist at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s for over 11 years, for recently becoming board-certified in Clinical Informatics through the American Board of Preventative Medicine and a separate certification in safety, quality, informatics and leadership through Harvard Medical School.
Department News
ACRI and Allergy-Immunology Faculty Take Part in Groundbreaking Trial
A recent clinical trial, sponsored and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and partly conducted at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), has discovered a groundbreaking treatment to help children and adults with potentially life-threatening food allergies better handle peanut, milk, egg, wheat, and tree nuts. The OUtMATCH study was published in The New England […]
Allergy and Immunology Faculty Help Advance Food Allergy Therapy
The Arkansas Children’s Food Allergy Program, under the leadership of Dr. Stacie Jones, Professor of Pediatrics, has been a major contributor to advancing therapies for food allergy patients for almost 20 years.
DOP Research Featured in Cancer Journal
Ellen van der Plas, Ph.D. and researchers at the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute took part in a nationwide, multi-center trial to examine the risk factors for neurocognitive impairment, emotional distress and poor quality of life in survivors of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma. Read about their findings here. Read the findings on PubMed.
Clinical Informatics Faculty Publish In Applied Clinical Informatics
The DOP is excited to announce the publication of Dr. Obeid Shafi’s article titled “Defining Electronic Health Record Standards for Child Health: A State-of-the-Art Review” in Applied Clinical Informatics.
Alpha Omega Alpha Adds DOP Alums, Faculty, Residents, Students
The Arkansas Chapter of the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha, inducted six new members from the Department of Pediatrics this year. Congratulations to residents Dr. Devin Cook and Dr. Katie Stahler, faculty members Dr. Rebecca Cantu (Hospital Medicine), Dr. Brendan Crawford (Nephrology) and Dr. Megha Sharma (Neonatology). Dr. Angela Chandler (Neonatology) was inducted […]
Join Us For The Inaugural Dr. Joycelyn Elders Child and Adolescent Health Equity Rounds
Guest speaker Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens of Children’s Hospital of Philidelphia will present “Health Equity is Everyone’s Work” in Chair’s Hall from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2023. AMA Credit Designation: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians […]
Sanders Elected to National Appointments
Ronald Sanders Jr., M.D. has been named Executive Vice Chair for the NutriNet subgroup of the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) network.
Sanders Named Critical Care Chief
Ronald C. Sanders, Jr., M.D., has been named as the Department’s new Chief of Pediatric Critical Care. Dr. Sanders has worked closely with Dr. Steinbach in developing new and innovative strategies and ideas for the section, including new dedicated roles in neurocritical care, surgical critical care, quality and research. Dr. Sanders is taking over from […]
DOP Faculty Awarded Promotion, Tenure
Eighteen faculty members were granted either promotion or promotion with tenure at the annual Dean’s Day event this spring. Faculty members must prove that they have made substantial and outstanding contributions to the institution to be considered for promotion. Faculty members are assessed on a variety of factors— teaching and mentoring students and trainees, providing […]