Dr. Linda Worley
Dr. Linda Worley, a nationally recognized psychiatrist who has worked at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for more than 20 years, has been appointed associate dean of its College of Medicine for northwest Arkansas.
Worley relocated to Fayetteville in late 2012 to work part time, and she has worked full time in the region since early 2014. She has served as the physician mental health chief officer for the South Central United States Veterans Integrated Services Network since 2016.
As regional associate dean, Worley will oversee initiatives to strengthen and grow the college’s burgeoning education, clinical and research programs. She will work with UAMS’ clinical partners to support high-quality training experiences for medical students and residents while addressing the growing health care needs of northwest Arkansas communities.
Worley first joined UAMS’ College of Medicine faculty full time in 1992 and rose through the ranks to full professor of psychiatry with a secondary appointment in obstetrics and gynecology in 2007.
She founded the Women’s Mental Health Program and authored guidelines for the state of Arkansas under the UAMS ANGELS (Antenatal & Neonatal Guidelines, Education & Learning System) program. Worley also founded the Student Mental Health Program and the Faculty Wellness Program.
She is board certified in psychiatry and subspecialized in consultation-liaison psychiatry (psychosomatic medicine).
Worley is a past president of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and she has served since 2010 as an adjunct professor of medicine in the Center for Professional Health at Vanderbilt University.
She chairs the American Psychiatric Association Scientific Program Committee and is a past president of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, which awarded her its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.
Worley has also received numerous accolades at UAMS for her teaching, mentoring and clinical achievements.
She earned her medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Oklahoma City, where she also completed her residency in general psychiatry, including one year of fellowship training in child psychiatry.
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