Our Champion of Healthcare!

PAIGE KELLY, BSN, RN

Wright Plastic Surgery

JENNIFER SELLERS

Arkansas Children’s

Children are at the center of everything staff do at Arkansas Children’s, the state’s only hospital system dedicated solely to caring for children. The system includes two hospitals, a pediatric research institute and a foundation, as well as clinics, education programs and outreach programs. Champion Jennifer Sellers, RN, is a certified diabetes educator for Arkansas Children’s.

MEGAN HIGHTOWER WILSON

Arkansas Children’s

With two hospitals, a pediatric research institute and a foundation, along with clinics, education programs and outreach programs, Arkansas Children’s is a driving force for pediatric care in Arkansas. For more than a century, the hospital system has grown to meet the needs of children in Arkansas and beyond. Megan Hightower Wilson, RN, is one of the champions who cares for patients at Arkansas Children’s.

Rural Hospitals

BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER

HOT SPRING COUNTY

Malvern

Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot

Spring County is a 72-bed community hospital with a long tradition of providing great patient care since it opened in 1923. The nationally recognized, faithbased hospital joined Baptist Health in January 2014. The hospital’s Emergency Department is a Level IV trauma center, which means it has demonstrated the ability to provide advanced trauma life support (ATLS) prior to the transfer of patients to a higher-level trauma center. The staff can provide evaluation, stabilization and diagnostic capabilities for injured patients.

CABOT EMERGENCY HOSPITAL

Cabot

DEWITT HOSPITAL

DeWitt

NORTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Harrison

Situated in Harrison, the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center stands out as an exemplary rural hospital. This progressive nonprofit health care organization additionally operates 13 clinics dedicated to serving rural populations across northern Arkansas. Driven by a goal to become the most relied upon and favored healthcare provider in the region, this medical system is committed to delivering comprehensive healthcare while upholding its fundamental principles of safety, quality, integrity and community engagement.

NEA BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Jonesboro

Small Hospitals

ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL

Little Rock

ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL

North Little Rock

Arkansas Surgical Hospital is one of the only 5-star hospitals in the state, ranking in the top 5 percent in the nation for patient experience. The hospital features 41 private patient suites and 13 state-of-the-art operating rooms. The surgeons’ specialties range from orthopedic and spine treatments to breast oncology and interventional pain management. The physicians at Arkansas Surgical Hospital perform more joint replacement procedures than any other hospital in the state while maintaining a lower-than-average infection rate.

HOWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Nashville

LEVI HOSPITAL

Hot Springs

SOUTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL HOSPITAL

El Dorado

Surgeons

C. LOWRY BARNES, MD

UAMS

C. Lowry Barnes is a professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. He is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint replacement surgery and serves as the director of musculoskeletal services at UAMS Health. Barnes completed medical school and his residency at UAMS before pursuing a fellowship in total joints replacement at Harvard Medical School. Widely recognized for his expertise, he lectures nationally and internationally on total joint replacement surgery.

PAT COLLINS, MD

Collins Eye

ALI KRISHT, MD, FACS

CHI St. Vincent Arkansas

Neuroscience Institute

Ali Krisht is the director and lead neurosurgeon at CHI St. Vincent’s Arkansas Neuroscience Institute. He is the 2019 recipient of the international Herbert Olivecrona Award for contributions to the field of neurosurgery, rated among the top 1 percdent of all neurosurgeons in the United States by the rating firm Castle Connolly and editor of the journal Contemporary Neurosurgery. Krisht has delivered more than 170 presentations and lectures around the world and received honorary citizenship in Taipei, Taiwan, for his work in neuroscience education in the Taipei community. He earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut and completed his surgical residency at Emory University in Atlanta.

DOMINIC MAGGIO, MD

Legacy Spine & Neurological Specialists

Dominic Maggio has published more than 30 scientific papers and won numerous national awards. He performs innovative, first-in-Arkansas surgical techniques such as si joint fusions as well as cervical- and lumbar-artificial disc replacements. One of the nation’s leaders in the development and advancement of computer and imageguided micro spine surgery, he delivers life-changing, minimally invasive neurosurgical care at Legacy Spine and Neurological Specialists, one of the most established practices in the state, providing highly-conservative neurological care.

EVAN NEWBOLT, MD, McFarland Eye Care

SCOTT SMITH

Conway Regional

Scott Smith is an orthopedic surgeon in practice at Conway Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Center. As part of his practice, he performs Mako robotic-arm assisted joint replacement procedures. He attended medical school and graduated with honors from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and completed his residency at Campbell Clinic in Memphis. Smith has more than 25 years of experience in his field.