Daniel Knight, M.D., Department Chairman and former residency Program
Director, joined the faculty in 1999. Dr. Knight is Board Certified by the American Board of
Family Medicine. He was in
private family practice for 6 years and was a full time Emergency
Physician for 5 years prior to returning to UAMS.
Dr. Knight is a Board member
of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians, formerly served on the
UAMS GME Committee, the AHEC GME Committee and currently is a member
of the UAMS Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee and the
UAMS Council of Department Chairs. He
has completed the National Institute for Program Director
Development Fellowship for residency directors.
He is a member of the
Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the American Academy
of Family Physicians and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
Dr. Knight serves the community as a board member of the Downtown
Little Rock Community Development Corporation, providing safe,
affordable housing to lower-income members of the community.
C. Philip Hudson,
M.D. was named as the residency Program Director on August 1,
2009. He joined the faculty in 2005 after a varied career in family
medicine. Until 1999, Dr. Hudson was a solo practitioner in
the San Antonio, TX area. After closing his solo practice, he
joined a primary care group treating primarily geriatric patients.
As a Clinical Associate Professor at UT-Health Sciences Center, San
Antonio, he was an active medical student preceptor. He
decided to join the department faculty due to his love of teaching.
Dr. Hudson serves as a clinic and inpatient preceptor and resident
advisor.
Jamie Howard, M.D. is
the Medical Director of the Family Medical Center which is the
clinical teaching facility for the residency program. She directs
the Preventive Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division and UAMS
Student and Employee Health Services. She also oversees the clinical
laboratory and is director of the Department's Quality Improvement (QI)
program. Women’s health,
Continuous Quality Improvement, Practice Management
and Medical Informatics are areas of personal interest and
expertise. She is certified by the American Board of Family
Practice.
David A.
Nelsen, Jr., M.D practiced
medicine in rural Arkansas for five years and served on the
faculty at the University of Minnesota before joining the
Department. He completed a faculty development fellowship and a
Master of Science in Family and Community Medicine at the
University of Minnesota. He is an active clinician and is
certified by the American Board of Family Practice. Dr. Nelsen
is the Assistant Medical Director for Clinical Informatics for
the UAMS campus. In this role he is the primary physician
representative for informatics issues relative to inpatient and
outpatient information systems.
Arlo Kahn, M.D.
is professor of Family Medicine and associate professor in the
Health Policy and Management Department of the UAMS College of
Public Health. Dr. Kahn holds the Harold Silberbush, M.D.
Endowed Chair in Family and Community Medicine. His special
interests include nutrition, prevention and health advocacy.
Dr. Kahn, who is certified by the American Board of Family Practice,
has extensive teaching experience in undergraduate, graduate and
continuing medical education.
Martha Lauster,
M.D. joined the faculty of the DFPM in 2005. An Arkansas
native, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Medical School and completed her residency in Family Medicine at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison as well. She practiced in Wisconsin
for 2 years before returning to Little Rock, where she is happy to
be cheering for the Razorbacks again. Special areas of interest
include reproductive health, obstetrical care, lactation, primary
and secondary prevention, and resident education. She is board
certified by the ABFM.
Jorge Rodriguez,
D.O., CAQSM, joined the faculty of the DFPM in 2008. He
received his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the Nova/Southeastern
University of the Health Sciences and then began training to be a
Flight Surgeon. His military experiences took him to Korea, Hawaii,
Germany, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. After being discharged with the
rank of Major, he completed his residency in Family Medicine at the
Duke/Southern Regional AHEC in Fayetteville, NC. Dr. Rodriguez then
completed an additional year of fellowship training in Sports
Medicine at East Carolina University. He has lectured extensively
nationally on sports medicine topics, has received awards at the
national level, and was lead author on a cover article for an
internationally recognized journal. He is Board Certified by the
ABFM and holds a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sports
Medicine.
Charles W.
Smith, M.D., a nationally known family physician, serves as Executive
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs for the UAMS College of Medicine and
Director of the Faculty Group Practice. He serves as a preceptor in the clinic, attends on the
inpatient service, and provides clinical care to his patients in the department.
Voluntary Faculty
Many physicians in the Little Rock area serve as voluntary preceptors in the
Family Medical Center. These physicians are highly motivated to teach family practice
residents about their specialty. In addition, the resident may choose en elective
experience in the preceptor’s office.
Non-Clinical Faculty
Diane Jarrett, Ed.D.,
is the Assistant Residency Director and holds the faculty rank of
Instructor. She joined the residency program in 2008. Most of her professional career has
revolved around higher education, including a long tenure as
Director of Testing Services and Student Life Research at UALR.
Prior to her UALR years, Dr. Jarrett worked at UAMS and at Arkansas
Children’s Hospital. Additionally, she has made presentations
around the U.S. and Canada on topics such as overcoming test
anxiety, earning college credit through nontraditional means, and
maintaining civility in the classroom. Her master’s degree is in
journalism (from UALR) and her doctorate is in higher education
administration (from UA-Fayetteville).
Staff
Stacey Riddling is the Residency Coordinator who provides
administrative support for the residency program. Applicants who
need more information about the program should contact Ms. Riddling.
