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UAMS
Invests J.L. Mehta as Stebbins Chair of
Cardiology
 APRIL 5, 2001 | The College of
Medicine of the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences (UAMS) formally installed J.L.
Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., as the Howard and Elsie
Stebbins Chair in Cardiology yesterday.
Dr. Mehta joined the UAMS faculty in October,
accepting the endowed chairmanship of the
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Yesterday he
praised the “spirit of academia” at
UAMS and thanked Howard and Elsie Stebbins of
Little Rock for their gifts to UAMS.
“We welcome you with open arms,” Mr.
Stebbins told Dr. Mehta just before Chancellor
Wilson and Dean Shock placed a medallion
representing the endowed chair around Dr. Mehta's
neck. “The addition of you and your
accomplished family to our community” will
benefit all of Arkansas, Mr. Stebbins said.
The Stebbinses
endowed the chair in cardiology in memory of
their late son, A. Howard Stebbins IV.
Dr. Mehta
recognized Thomas E. Andreoli, M.D., chairman of
the Department of Internal Medicine; UAMS
Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D.; John Shock,
M.D., interim dean of the College of Medicine;
and the faculty of his division. He described his
“hopes and dreams” of making the
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at UAMS a “world
class” center for patient care, teaching, and
research.
Dr. Mehta's wife,
Paulette Mehta, M.D., chief of the Section of
Hematology and Oncology at the Central Arkansas
Veterans Healthcare System, attended the ceremony
and a luncheon beforehand, along with several
friends of the Stebbins family and most of the
cardiology faculty. (Click here for more photographs of
the investiture.)
The College of Medicine has 33 endowed chairs. Endowments are private gifts to the
University that provide annual income to support
faculty positions, including chairs and
professorships, as well as research funds,
lecturships, scholarships, and other purposes.
Photo: Drs. B. K.
Singh, A. Shaw, and Lee Davis examine Dr. Mehta's
medallion following Dr. Mehta's installation as
the Howard and Elsie Stebbins Endowed Chair in
Cardiology. (All photos by John Paul Jones)
Links in This Article
Dr. Mehta: www.uams.edu/today/020801/mehta.htm
Chair: http://www.uams.edu/advancement/Stebbins3.htm
World class center: www.uams.edu/today/040501/mehta2.htm
Here: www.uams.edu/today/040501/mehta3.htm
Endowments: http://www.uams.edu/advancement/endowment.htm
04/06/01
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