LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently held commencement ceremonies to confer degrees and certificates to 1,186 students in its five colleges and graduate school.
UAMS awarded a total of 1,207 degrees or certificates: 168 to students in the College of Medicine, 183 in the College of Nursing, 643 in the College of Health Professions, 85 in the College of Pharmacy, 78 in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and 50 in the UAMS Graduate School. Twenty students earned multiple degrees or certificates.
Degrees and certificates conferred at this year’s commencement ceremonies included doctor of philosophy; doctor of medicine; doctor of pharmacy; doctor of nursing practice; master of nursing science; bachelor of science in nursing; doctor of public health; master of public health; master of health administration; master of science in health care data analytics; postbaccalaureate certificate in public health; and a variety of allied health disciplines, including doctor of audiology, doctor of physical therapy, master of physician assistant studies, master of science and bachelor of science.
Area graduates of the UAMS colleges and graduate school included:
UAMS College of Medicine
The following graduates received their Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree:
- Brinkley — Smit Vipinchandra Patel
- Cabot — Ty Copeland, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell, Charles Denver Mullins, Madison Paige Nichols, Darla Roberts, Vanessa K. Vyas, Jennifer Lynn Wallace
- Dumas — Harrison Grant Chambers
- Pine Bluff — Lauren Clai Elizabeth Morehead
- White Hall — Jordan Taylor Gober
UAMS College of Nursing
The following graduates received either a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree; a Master of Science in Nursing (MNSc) degree; a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree; or a graduate certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.
- Cabot — Megan Elizabeth Elrod, Chloé Ann Hefley, Raegan Danielle Lauderdale, Jessica Nicole Scott, John Hubert Wheatley
- Ward — Elizabeth Conway, Rebekah Marine Prine
- White Hall — Scott Scifres
UAMS College of Health Professions
Bachelor of Science in Cardio Respiratory Care
- Cabot — Lily Mong Huyen Nguyen
Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene
- DeWitt — Sidney Nicole Relyea
- Dumas — Kaylee Nicole Eifling
- Lonoke — Kynleigh Joy Hill
Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
- Cabot — Sabrina Lee Goodson
- McGehee — Lonni Annette Hobbs
- Redfield — Jennifer Nikol Daniel
Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science
- Pine Bluff — Chandra J. Wiley
Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences
- Lonoke — Shelby Dene Smith
Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Imaging Sciences
- Cabot — Hannah Mckenzie Teague
- Des Arc — Kayci Lane Kellar
- Lonoke — Chloe Blair
Master of Physician Assistant Studies
- Cabot — DeShawn Antwoine Cooney, Samantha Leigh Stephens
- Des Arc — Tracy M. Hughes
Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Stuttgart — Connor Hope Konecny
- Ward — Bethanie Nicole Leddon, Savannah Lee Lindsey
UAMS College of Pharmacy
The following graduates received their Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.
- Cabot — Meagan Alexis Wallace
- Carlisle — Hayley Anne Hedrick
- Ward — Jessica Shapard
- White Hall — Austin Gage Stanage
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
Master of Health Administration
- Pine Bluff — Roshuna De’ Sha Harris
Master of Public Health
- Pine Bluff — Khadijah LaDon Jones
- Redfield — Haley Kolen
- Stuttgart — Jayda Williams
UAMS Graduate School
Certificate in Regulatory Sciences
- White Hall — Megan Ramey
Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences
- Cabot — Carol Ann Morris
