Obstetrics and Gynecology

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UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative

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By David Wise

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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas.

Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating in this new initiative, which started in January and will run for six months.

“Syphilis is an infection that we used to rarely see,” said William “Sam” Greenfield, M.D., MBA, a professor in the UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, medical director for Family Health with ADH and medical director of ARPQC. “Unfortunately, it’s making a resurgence, not just in Arkansas, but across the United States and globally. We need to update our clinical practices to address this problem.”

UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative

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Efforts underway to reduce Arkansas’ high maternal mortality rate

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by Roby Brock (roby@talkbusiness.net)

Arkansas leads the nation in maternal mortality rates although nearly every state in the union struggles with the issue. However, a review committee that is raising visibility and eyeing policy changes believes the trend can be reversed.

According to the most recent statistics assembled from 2018-2020, Arkansas averages 40 maternal deaths per 100,000 births, ranking the state 50th among 50 states.

Dr. Nirvana Manning, chair of obstetrics and gynecology at UAMS, said southern states are particularly vulnerable in this area for a variety of reasons with access being crucial.

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/2023/june/06-06-2023-ark-new-faculty-cengiz-koparan.aspx

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UAMS College of Medicine Names Lindsey Sward, M.D., as Assistant Dean for Clinical Education

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By Linda Haymes

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine appointed Lindsey Sward, M.D., associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, to serve in the newly created position of assistant dean for clinical education.

In her new role, Sward will work to continue and improve the college’s work of producing highly skilled, compassionate physicians for the state.

“With the recent expansion of the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, the addition of a three-year accelerated M.D. track working to produce more primary care physicians, and our growth across Arkansas, this position will help ensure that we provide consistent and excellent clinical instruction for all of our medical students,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D. “Dr. Sward brings exceptional teaching skills and a strong commitment to our educational mission to her new post.”

https://news.uams.edu/2022/08/01/uams-college-of-medicine-names-lindsey-sward-m-d-as-assistant-dean-for-clinical-education/