
Training the Next Generation
As part of the state’s only academic health sciences university, we are proud to train the next generation of physicians in a vibrant region slated to become a premiere health care destination in the Midwest.
About the UAMS College of Medicine’s Northwest Regional Campus
We are excited to offer the opportunity for select medical students to complete their medical degree on the Northwest Arkansas Campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Applicants accepted for admission to the UAMS College of Medicine have the opportunity to complete the standard four-year M.D. track at UAMS Little Rock or to apply for one of the two tracks offered at UAMS Northwest:
- The three-year Primary Care Scholars M.D. track
- The traditional four-year M.D. track
Meet the Associate Dean

Leslie Stone, M.D., MPH, graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from the University of Central Arkansas before earning his medical degree from the UAMS College of Medicine. He completed his family medicine residency at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville before earning a Master of Public Health degree at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York.