The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), founded in 1879, is the only medical college and academic medical center in the state of Arkansas. As such, it provides primary and specialized medical care for the entire state.

Besides the University Hospital, training also takes place at the adjacent McClellan VA Hospital and at the Arkansas Children's Hospital.

The campus is continuing to grow. In the Spring of 2006, construction on the hospital expansion began and the grand opening occured in January 2009.. The 10-level hospital expansion includes 174 adult beds, with space for growth that would bring the total capacity to 390 private adult patient rooms and 64 neonatal beds between the new facility and the hospital’s existing Ward Tower. The expansion includes a new emergency department, clinical lab and radiology department along with room to expand other services.

UAMS opened the Psychiatric Research Institute in December 2008. The five-story, 110,000 square-foot building offers inpatient and outpatient services, with 40 beds dedicated to psychiatric patients. The Walker Family Clinic is home to the majority of PRI’s outpatient clinics, including individual, group and family therapies utilizing evidence-based practice techniques for mental health and addictive diseases. Located on the structure’s second floor, it will provide specialty programs, including treatment for addictive, eating, anxiety, depressive and post-traumatic stress disorders.

Currently, construction is underway on the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, a 300,000-square-foot, 12-story expansion. The expansion will add more space for clinical, research, education and community outreach programs.

Please visit the Campus Expansion Page for more information.