The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Medicine announced leadership changes, effective July 1.
John Spollen, MD, the college’s associate dean for Northwest Arkansas, was named executive associate dean for Academic Affairs, replacing James Graham, MD, who is retiring after 35 years of service to UAMS and Arkansas.
Leslie Stone, MD, MPH, an associate professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, replaces Spollen as the college’s associate dean for Northwest Arkansas.
Spollen, a professor of Psychiatry, has garnered recognition for his teaching, clinical care, and leadership since joining the faculty in 1999. He served as vice chair for education in the Department of Psychiatry from 2004 to 2022 and as interim chair of the department and interim director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute from June 2021 to February 2022. He also held several clinical and administrative posts in the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.
Stone joined UAMS in 2018. He has held several educational leadership roles at UAMS, including associate director of medical student education for the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, director of the Honors Program in Underserved Primary Care, and clerkship director for Family Medicine. His teaching excellence has been recognized by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians, among others.
Stone graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from the University of Central Arkansas before earning his medical degree from the UAMS College of Medicine. He completed a family medicine residency at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville before earning a Master of Public Health degree at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, N.Y.