Dr. Mark S. Thomas graduated from University of Massachusetts Medical School
in 1989 and completed his Family Medicine Residency at the University of
Oklahoma at Tulsa in 1992. For one year following his residency graduation
Dr. Thomas was an Assistant Professor and Clerkship Director at his
residency alma mater. From 1993-1996 Dr. Thomas was a Staff Clinician for
the La Familia Community Health Center and Santa Fe Family Health Center in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Also during that time he was the Medical Director of
the Pecos Valley Rural Health Center, and served as a Volunteer Clinical
Instructor for the University of Utah's Physician Assistant Program.
Joining the faculty of the AHEC-NW Family Medicine Residency Program in
1996, Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the UAMS Department of Family
and Preventive Medicine. He currently practices in our residency program's
second Family Medicine center, the Northwest Family Medical Center in
Springdale, Arkansas and maintains an active clinical practice. He serves in
the residency program as the Project Manager for Logician (electronic
medical record) in the Springdale Family Medicine center. Dr. Thomas was the
Principal Investigator for a $300,000 HRSA Training Grant which developed
and implemented a statewide curriculum to train Family Medicine residents in
the use of the electronic medical record. The recipient of the 1999-2000
"Teacher of the Year" award, Dr. Thomas is valued as a fine educator, and is
recognized for his use of Evidence-Based Medicine in his approach to
teaching and patient care.
Originally from New Hampshire, Dr. Thomas received his AB in Economics from
Harvard College in 1982. He was a Research Assistant from 1982-84 at the
Harvard Business and Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Thomas
and his two children live in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AHEC Northwest
2907 E Joyce St., Fayetteville, AR 72703
Director,
Robert R. Gullett, Jr., M.D.
Main Office: 1-800-825-7961
Fax: 1-479-521-8723
Mark Thomas, M.D.