September 1, 2018

Arkansas faith leaders, community leaders, students, educators, healthcare providers, social workers, and researchers are invited to the FAITH Network Summit on Sept. 14 to address health disparities in the state.

September 1, 2018

Dr. Gunter Cain, whose specialty is pain management, recently joined the staff at Baptist Health Spine Center.

Originally from Mississippi, Cain earned a medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center and completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Afterward, Cain finished a fellowship in pain medicine at the University of North Carolina.

September 1, 2018

People with sickle cell disease, their families, healthcare professionals, and the public are invited to the 2018 annual Sickle Cell Symposium at 6 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The symposium is free.

The topic of the symposium is “Sickle Cell: Mind, Body, and Soul.”

Meeting on the 12th floor of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Sickle Cell Symposium is presented by Future Builders Inc. and Arkansas Black Nurses Association in collaboration with the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.

September 1, 2018

CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs announced that Nathan Littlejohn, MD, has joined the CHI St. Vincent Urology Clinic-Hot Springs and is welcoming new patients.

Littlejohn, a urologist, specializes in urological care and treatment of such conditions as bladder disease, kidney stones, bladder cancer, urinary disorders, and urinary incontinence.

September 1, 2018

Emmanouil Giorgakis, MD, MSc, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant surgeon.