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Since 1995, members of the UAMS Consortium, an advisory council affiliated with the UAMS Foundation Fund Board, have served as ambassadors, advocates, liaisons, advisors and facilitators on behalf of UAMS. They also work to increase community awareness of the fourfold mission of UAMS by building strong relationships between UAMS and the business community.

The consortium is organized to support the charitable, educational and scientific mission of UAMS. As a subsidiary of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board, it assists the board in developing UAMS as an academic medical center characterized by excellence in research, education and treatment, serving the health needs and promoting the well-being of the citizens of Arkansas, the nation and the world.

A Council of Advocates for the Future of UAMS
The four main objectives of the Consortium are to:

  • Facilitate a relationship between UAMS and the business community
  • Increase community awareness of the mission of UAMS: to “teach,” to “search,” to “serve” and to “heal”
  • Develop informed leadership to be aware of health care issues and serve as an advocate for positively changing the state of health care in Arkansas
  • Raise funds to benefit UAMS and various projects supported by UAMS through various events
Consortium Members
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Chad H. Carlson
Matt D. De Luca
JT Ferstl
Brenda Ficklin
Lucas Hargraves
Rick Marendt
 Blake Miller
Chad Oglesby
Darin Shea
Beth Sigler
Trip Strauss
Mallory Taylor
 David Trice
Jeff Voyles
Coleman Westbrook
Wendy Wilson

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