November 18, 2019

Mercy’s new hospital tower includes enhanced cardiac services, an expanded neonatal intensive care unit, and additional hospital beds.

Mercy invested $141 million in the seven-story tower as part of a $277 million expansion announced in April 2016 that also included Mercy Springdale, a multispecialty clinic with a 24-hour ER, and six other new clinics.

Visitors to the 279,000-square foot addition on the hospital’s west side will enter through the new 9,500-square foot gallery space.  

Some important features of the new tower include:

November 18, 2019

Tim Baty, a fourth-year medical student at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been named Arkansas’ Community Star for National Rural Health Day, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) recently announced.

November 18, 2019

Steven Barger, PhD — a researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) — has entered the national spotlight for showing how the mechanism that brings sugar to the brain malfunctions in people with Alzheimer’s disease, highlighting a potential target for treatment.

November 18, 2019

Alok Surana, MD, pulmonologist, has joined the team at Conway Regional Health System. Surana is practicing alongside Rachana Yendala, MD, hematologist/oncologist at the Conway Regional Multispecialty Clinic.

November 18, 2019

Children with rare inflammatory diseases that prevent them from eating many foods will have the backing of an NIH-funded research network on their side, as Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) joins a $7.75 million clinical research project addressing eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases (EGIDs).