George J. Fuchs, III, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Section Chief

Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health, College of Public Health

Contact Information

Arkansas Children's Hospital

800 Marshall Street

Little Rock, AR  72202

Phone: (501) 364-1004

Fax: (501) 364-6291

FuchsGeorgeJ@uams.edu

Education

MD - University of Missouri-Columbia, 1980

Training

Internship:  Internal Medicine, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, 1980; Pediatrics, Phoenix Hospital Affiliated Pediatric Program, 1981

Residency:  Pediatrics, Boston Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1981-1983

Fellowship:  Geographic Medicine and Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Tufts-New England Medical Center, 1983-1984; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1985-1986; Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Texas Health Science Center, 1985-1986

Board Certification

Pediatrics

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Hospital Appointments

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Clinical Interests

Diarrheal disease, clinical nutrition, general gastroenterology and hepatology

Research Interests

Diarrheal disease, public health nutrition, micronutrients (vitamin A, iron, zinc), low birth weight, H. pylori infection, malnutrition