White River Medical Center
DRA Awards $2.3M to 6 Projects in Arkansas
The Delta Regional Authority awards more than $2.3 million to six projects in Arkansas through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program. read more >
2 Hired at Cromwell Architects Engineers (Movers & Shakers)
Jamison Mosley will serve as a graphic designer, and Jason Neal joins as a technical writer. read more >
Khan Accepts Role at CHI St. Vincent (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Nasim Khan has joined CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic. read more >
Young, Changose Named to Asian Business Board (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Mark Young and William “Goose” Changose have joined the board of directors of the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses. read more >
White River Medical Center Adds Two Hospitalists (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Jerrod Anderson and Dr. Caleb Oster are the two newest hospitalists at White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >
Duvoor, Conger Join St. Bernards (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Chithu Duvoor has joined St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro as an endocrinologist. Dr. Jacqueline Conger has joined as an Ob-GYN. read more >
Woods Joins FNBC; Paxson Appointed Admin at WRMC (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Chuck Woods has been named controller at FNBC Bank in Ash Flat. Gary Paxson has been appointed administrator at White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >
Pulaski County Medical Society Elects Qureshi as President (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Amir Qureshi has been elected president of the Pulaski County Medical Society for 2018. read more >
Amanda Johnson New Hospitalist at White River Medical Center (Movers & Shakers)
Johnson is a graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock and completed a residency in family medicine at the UAMS Northeast Regional Program in Jonesboro. read more >
Physician Mallory Hurst Hired at St. Bernards Healthcare (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Mallory Hurst has joined the medical staff of St. Bernards Healthcare and is seeing patients at the new St. Bernards Dermatology Clinic in Jonesboro. read more >
UAMS Names Associtate Deans to College of Medicine (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Charlotte Hobbs has been named executive associate dean for clinical and translational research at the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and Richard P. Morrison has been named executive associate dean for research. read more >
Jeff Hart Promoted to VP at E.C. Barton (NEA Movers & Shakers)
Jeff Hart has been named vice president for purchasing at E.C. Barton & Co. of Jonesboro. The read more >
Council Clears Path for White River Medical System Expansion
The Batesville City Council on Tuesday voted to immediately close one block of Broad Street between Sidney and 15th Street and an unused alley between lots the White River Medical System owns to make way for the hospital's planned expansion. read more >
William ‘Skip’ Baker Joins White River Medical Center (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. William "Skip" Baker has been hired as medical director and Dr. Danyale Wallace has been appointed assistant medical director in the emergency department at White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >
White River Medical Center Promotes Two (Movers & Shakers)
Doyle Cockrill has been appointed to director of surgical services, the cardiac catheterization lab and the cardiac observation unit and Samantha Tate has been promoted to medical surgical nursing director at White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >
John Rians Moves Forward as Head of Stepping Stone Unit at WRMC (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. John F. Rians, a fellowship-trained psychiatrist, has been appointed as the medical director and supervising physician of The Stepping Stone, the adult inpatient psychiatric unit at White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >
Health Care Construction Spending in Arkansas Is Climbing
Spending on health care-related construction projects in Arkansas nearly doubled in 2015 compared with the previous year. read more >
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Renee Joiner To Lead Stroke Awareness at UAMS (Movers & Shakers)
Renee Joiner has been named by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as director of the Arkansas Stroke Awareness & Virtual Emergency Support program. read more >
Chaudhary, Singh Join White River Medical Center (Movers & Shakers)
Dr. Jyoti Chaudhary and Dr. Shailendra Singh have joined the medical staff of White River Medical Center in Batesville. read more >
Hospitalist Jobs Growing in Popularity
Hospital physicians are a growing trend in the United States. The Society of Hospital Medicine estimated that there are 44,000 practicing hospitalists in the country, approximately quadruple the number in 2003, and nearly 75 percent of hospitals have some type of hospitalist program. read more >
by Marty Cook -
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