UAMS Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children’s Hospital Announce Statewide Working Collaborative

The Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Board of Directors and the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees have approved a statewide working collaborative between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Pediatrics and ACH.

The UAMS/ACH Center for Children in Lowell, for which UAMS broke ground on March 20, is expected to be completed this spring and will be added to the collaborative along with 24 existing clinics throughout the state.
 
The UAMS College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics regional clinics will be known as the UAMS Department of Pediatrics and ACH regional clinics, which are located in El Dorado, Fort Smith, Harrison, Helena/West Helena, Jonesboro, Mountain View and Texarkana.  The Center for Children, a 40,000-square-foot, two-story building located at 519 Latham Drive, will house the Schmieding Developmental Center, the Schmieding Kids First program and various regional clinics, all previously located in Fayetteville and Springdale. 

The two institutions will establish this statewide working collaborative to improve access to pediatric subspecialty care, support education and training of UAMS medical students and residents, and strengthen and expand the current regional clinics. 
 
“This collaboration between UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital will allow us to create a statewide system of health care accessibility for children needing subspecialty and developmental care,” said Debra Fiser, M.D., dean of the UAMS College of Medicine.

Services now provided off the ACH campus by ACH or the UAMS Department of Pediatrics will become components of this statewide working collaborative. 


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The new UAMS/ACH Center for Children in northwest Arkansas is expected to open in April.

Annual Aromatique Sale Raises $90,000 for UAMS Medical Center

When the doors opened at the 12th annual holiday Aromatique sale at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the shoppers were waiting.

The sale of candles, home fragrances, decorative items and bath products was held Nov. 17 and is made possible through the donation of merchandise by Patti and Dick Upton, owners of the Heber Springs-based company. The merchandise is then sold to UAMS employees, students and volunteers at a discount. A second sale of remaining merchandise was held Dec. 8.

This year’s sales raised about $90,000 for patient support projects of the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary. The events have raised about $900,000 during the past 12 years. Peggy Harris, director of publicity at Aromatique, has served as a key coordinator of the sale since its beginning.

“The Aromatique sale is an amazing fund-raiser for the Medical Center,” said Gloria Wright, director of volunteer services. “The sale has made it possible for us to provide so many important programs and services for our patients. We can’t thank the Uptons enough for their continued dedication to making this sale possible.”

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