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Geoffrey Goldsmith, M.D., M.P.H. assumed the Chair of the Department in 1990. He is committed to supporting an excellent residency program that will prepare family physicians to meet the challenges of medical practice in this time of rapid change.  He has a special clinical interest in cancer prevention, quality improvement, and behavioral medicine.  His research involves the use of quality improvement principles to improve outpatient clinical care outcomes.  In this regard, he has ongoing quality improvement projects on diabetes care and colorectal cancer prevention.  He serves on a number of institutional and family medicine boards.  He is the director of research and the director of the preventive/family medicine fellowship for the Department.  In his role as department chair, he is responsible for the overall governance of the Department including strategic planning, faculty supervision, and budget management.  GoldsmithMDGeoffrey.jpg (7850 bytes)
Daniel Knight, M.D., Residency Program Director, joined the faculty in 1999. Dr. Knight is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He was in private family practice for 6 years and was a full time Emergency Physician for 5 years prior to assuming the role of Program Director. Dr. Knight is an active member of the Arkansas Academy of Family Practice, the UAMS GME Committee, the AHEC GME Committee and the UAMS Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee.  He is a member of the American Academy of Family Practice, the Association of Family Practice Residency Directors and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.  He has completed the National Institute for Program Director Development Fellowship and is a question writer for the Core Content Review of Family Medicine course.  KnightMDDaniel.jpg (8174 bytes)

C. Philip Hudson, M.D. 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.

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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. 

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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.  KahnMDArlo.jpg (7617 bytes)

Kent McKelvey Jr., M.D. joined the faculty in 2003.  Dr. McKelvey has completed two residencies.   He completed his Family Medicine residency at the AHEC-Texarkana and his Medical Genetics residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He is board certified in both Family Medicine and Medical Genetics.  In addition to precepting in the clinic and on the inpatient service, Dr. McKelvey is the director of Predoctoral education in Family Medicine.  He is also the Director of Cancer Genetics Services at the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, where he holds clinic weekly.  He is Course Director of the College of Medicine genetics course and teaches in the master's level genetic counseling program at the UAMS College of Public Health.

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.

Sarita Prajapati, M.D., M.P.H. joined the faculty in August 2004. She completed a fellowship in faculty development and public health at UAMS. She is now an Assistant Professor and the Associate Director for Pre-Doctoral Education in Family Medicine. She completed her residency at  Saint Louis University-Belleville Family Practice Program and is board certified in Family Medicine.  Special areas of interest include complementary and alternative medicine and patient education.

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 Medical Director of the UAMS Medical Center.   As a part-time faculty member, he serves as a preceptor in the clinic, attends on the inpatient service, and provides clinical care to his patients in the department.

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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.

 

Staff

 

Residency Program Manager

Diane Jarrett, Ed.D., joined the department in 2008 as the Residency Program Manager.  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, she 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).

Residency Coordinator

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.