HJAR Nov/Dec 2019

20 NOV / DEC 2019  I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS   Healthcare Briefs Radiology Associates, P.A., Announces Three NewPhysicians R. Gaines Fricke, MD, has joined Radiol- ogy Associates, PA, after completing a medical degree, residency, and fellowship in interven- tional radiology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark. He served as the chief resident while there. He will be ser- vicing the company’s central axis locations, which include Little Rock, Benton, Conway, Pine Bluff, and Searcy. Fricke will also perform reading from locations around the state. Micah R. Fritsche, MD, works in the Northwest Arkansas region servicing Bentonville, Spring- dale, and Siloam Springs, and reads for locations across the state. He earned a medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sci- ences in Little Rock, and residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He completed a fel- lowship in vascular and interventional radiology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medi- cal Center in Dallas, Tex. in 2019. Zachary A. Lambertsen, MD, earned a medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medi- cal Sciences in Little Rock, and completed a resi- dency at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He completed a fellowship in vascular and inter- ventional radiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore in 2019. He will be working in the central axis location and servic- ing Little Rock, Benton, Conway, Pine Bluff, and Searcy, as well as reading from locations around the state. Baptist HealthWomen’s Clinic- Fort Smith Adds Physician Anne Bowes, DO, is now taking new patients at Baptist Health Women’s Clinic-Fort Smith. Bowes provides prenatal and postpartum care, as well as general wellness exams and surgical proce- dures for women of all ages. She also specializes in women’s sexual health and wellness, along with hormone therapy. The Oklahoma City native earned a medi- cal degree from Lincoln Memorial University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tenn. She completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Oklahoma State University Medical Center in Tulsa. During that time, Bowes also spent two years at Baptist Health-Fort Smith, then Sparks Regional Medi- cal Center, as part of her training. While Bowes had always been passionate about science and healthcare, it wasn’t until later in life and after she became a mother that she decided to pursue an education to become an obstetri- cian and gynecologist. “The relationship I had throughout my preg- nancy with my physician was phenomenal and now I get to have those same kinds of relation- ships with my patients and be a part of one of the best days of their lives,” Bowes said. In her obstetrics practice, Bowes takes a patient-centered approach to natural childbirth, low medical interventions, and vaginal birth after cesarean section. $100,000 Estate Gift Enhances UAMS College of Medicine Scholarship The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $100,000 gift from the estate of Ambrose T. Walker Jr., M.D. to enhance the A.T. and Gladys Walker Memorial Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. “We are profoundly grateful for the enduring generosity of the late Dr. Walker and his family,” said Christopher T. Westfall, M.D., FACS, exec- utive vice chancellor of UAMS and dean of the college. “Scholarships make all the difference in easing the burden of medical school debt while helping us recruit the very best students. Many outstanding physicians have benefited from the A.T. and Gladys Walker Memorial Scholar- ship over the past 25 years, and this new gift will help make medical school possible for countless more.” The scholarship, awarded to a medical student with financial need and moral character, was established in 1994 in memory of Walker’s par- ents, with an initial gift of $30,000. Walker was a 1946 College of Medicine gradu- ate. He was a family practitioner in Thayer, Mis- souri before retiring to Springfield, Missouri. He passed away in 2018. His mother, Gladys McKamie, taught school in a small rural community near the Red River in Tex- arkana. A.T. Walker was a salesman and worked for a family-owned wholesale grocery company in Stamps, Arkansas. “My parents were very sup- portive of me,” Walker said when the initial gift was established. “They helped me financially the best they could and encouraged me in every way. One of the happiest moments was when I received my M.D. degree. They were proud of me and I am proud of them.” Walker was the eldest of three sons. As a child, he witnessed his brother, Jimmy, die of men- ingitis within a 24-hour period, and soon after, his youngest brother, Billy, became gravely ill. Although the family traveled to Shreveport, Lou- isiana to get Billy the best available medical treat- ment, he died of leukemia. These deaths affected Walker greatly. Although Walker attended college on a musical scholarship, he switched his studies to pre-med and completed his medical degree in three years. After interning at Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland, he was assigned to the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland, for six months. Thereafter his postwar duties took him to the Car- oline Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, where he served for two years. Upon his honorable discharge from the Navy, Walker served an obstetrics/gynecology resi- dency at St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock before beginning his general practice in Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, and then in Thayer, where he practiced for 40 years. “There was no one like him – he was so caring about his patients,” said his wife, Carol. “What Ambrose wanted to do was serve people who needed medical attention, who may or may not have been able to afford it. He accepted peo- ple for who they were and valued them, and they knew it. I hope this scholarship can help students Anne Bowes, DO

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