The family of skateboarder John Barker—a Little Rock native who died in 2017 after a traumatic brain injury sustained in a skateboarding fall—has developed an initiative with the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Injury Prevention Center to distribute helmets to skateboarders at no cost.
Skateboarders can access the helmets by visiting https://johnbarkerlovesyou.com.
At an event at Little Rock’s Kanis Skatepark, the Barker family encouraged skateboarders to take advantage of the opportunity in their son’s memory.
Arkansas Heart Hospital announced the hiring of a bariatric surgeon, Dr. J.D. Fuller. Fuller is a native Arkansan and most recently served as a surgeon with Arkansas Bariatric Surgery in Little Rock.
Christopher Trudeau, JD, an associate professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and an associate professor of law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) William H. Bowen School of Law, has been tapped to serve a four-year term on the Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee on risk communication.
Arkansas Heart Hospital announced construction to begin on its second hospital in Bryant, Ark. in the coming weeks. The new hospital is located less than 15 miles from its flagship.