Shane Speights
NYITCOM Dean Shane Speights on Rural Medicine & AI in Health Care
Speights on growing Arkansas’ physician workforce, osteopathic training, and how AI can fix a broken health system. read more >
Officials Warn of Tuberculosis in Northeast Arkansas
Public health officials are warning individuals and health care providers to be aware of a cluster of tuberculosis cases in northeast Arkansas. read more >
Number of Osteopathic Residents in State Growing with New Medical Schools
Arkansas has 160 more doctors in residency than it did just a few years ago thanks to the creation of two osteopathic medical schools in the past decade. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Osteopaths Look to Cure A Shortage
Arkansas’ two osteopathic medical schools are flexing their young muscles, sending hundreds of graduates into new residency programs and starting to ease a long-term physicians shortage. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
ASU, NYITCOM Find Plenty of Reasons for Renewal
Arkansas State University and the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine have decided to re-up for the long haul. read more >
by Todd Traub -
NYITCOM to Provide Contact Tracing for ASU System
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine has reached an agreement with the Arkansas State University System to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing for each of the system’s campuses across the state. read more >
NYIT at ASU Celebrates 1st Graduating Class
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University bid farewell to its first graduating class on Thursday, with a virtual commencement ceremony. read more >
Arkansas’ ‘Firstborn’ Osteopaths Near Graduation
One-hundred at New York Institute of Technology’s College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro to walk in May; ceremony set for next year at Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Baptist Memorial, NYIT Partner to Train Doctors in A-State Program
Baptist Memorial Health Care of Memphis is partnering with the New York Institute of Technology's College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro to train future doctors. read more >
Arkansas Osteopathic Colleges Line Up Students
The two new osteopathic medical schools in Arkansas are being flooded with applications from students who want to be doctors. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Medical Students to Serve Rural Arkansas in Mobile Clinic
An $828,748 federal grant will pay for a mobile medical clinic aimed at delivering health care to rural areas of the Delta region, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University administrators said recently. read more >
by Associated Press -
Osteopathic School At A-State Receives $828K Grant for Mobile Clinic
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University has been awarded a $828,748 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to develop a mobile medical clinic. read more >
Asa Hutchinson: Arkansas Leads Nation in Foreign Direct Investment
Gov. Asa Hutchinson, speaking at the Arkansas Delta Conference, said Arkansas leads the nation in foreign direct investment. read more >
by Todd Traub -
Jonesboro Business Leaders Talk Health Care, Manufacturing
Northeast Arkansas has experienced a "robust economic expansion" and "some optimism is in order," economist Michael Pakko told business leaders at the second annual Regional Economic Forecast in Jonesboro. read more >
Asa Hutchinson Among Speakers at 2nd Conference on Delta’s Future
Gov. Asa Hutchinson will be the featured luncheon speaker at a conference on the future of the Arkansas Delta on May 19 at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. read more >
Barbara Ross-Lee: Arkansas Can Support 3 Medical Schools
Arkansas "absolutely, positively" needs doctors and can sustain three medical schools, Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee tells the Little Rock Rotary Club. read more >
Shane Speights In as New Dean at Osteopathic School in Jonesboro (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Shane Speights has been hired as dean of the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) College of Osteopathic Medicine’s site at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. read more >
$200K Grant Aims to Lure Doctors to Delta
To address the shortage of primary care physicians, the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University is using a grant to establish residencies in Delta-area hospitals. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
St. Bernards Makes Leadership Changes
St. Bernards has announced changes involving its executive leadership team. read more >
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