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Registration Now Open for the 4th Annual Baptist Health Neuroscience Symposium
Family Medicine Physician Dylan Fedor, DO, Joins UAMS Family Medical Center in Jonesboro
Arkansas Officials Confident People on Medicaid Expansion will Retain Health Coverage
August 24, 2026
Registration Now Open for the 4th Annual...

The Baptist Health Neuroscience Center announced that registration is now officially open for the fourth annual Baptist Health Neuroscience Symposium, taking place on Oct. 16.

To ensure accessibility for all attendees, this year’s symposium will be a hybrid event, offering both onsite and virtual attendance options. In-person sessions will be hosted at the City Center, 315 N. Shackleford Road in Little Rock.

This annual symposium is designed to provide educational opportunities centered on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of neuroscience patients. 

August 24, 2026
Family Medicine Physician Dylan Fedor, D...

Dylan Fedor, DO, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Jonesboro.

Fedor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., and earned a Doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro in 2023. He graduated in June from the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus Residency Program.

August 24, 2026
Arkansas Officials Confident People on M...

By Tess Vrbin-August 17, 2026  Arkansas Advocate

Arkansas Secretary of Human Services Janet Mann said that she expects the more than 215,000 people on the state’s Medicaid expansion to retain some form of health coverage, despite the Trump administration’s moves to end the hybrid program.

August 24, 2026
UAMS-Based Commission Awards $318,756 to...

The Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence (ACCARDV), a statewide organization based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently awarded $318,755.56 to five nonprofit groups for projects aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect.

August 24, 2026
Vascular Neurologist Abhilash Thatikala,...

Vascular neurologist Abhilash Thatikala, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he mostly treats stroke patients.

Thatikala received an undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery in 2011 from Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India, then stayed at the college to complete a medical degree in 2016, followed by an internal medicine residency.