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Training Sites

UAMS College of Medicine Northwest Internal Medicine Residency Program has three main training sites:

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas (Rogers, Arkansas)

Site Director: Sonal Bhakta, M.D., MPH, FACP – Chief Medical Officer & Hospitalist Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas

About 20 miles (20 minutes) from UAMS Northwest Regional Campus

UAMS Northwest Campus Department of Internal Medicine (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Program Director and Site Director: Sarah Assem, M.D., Internal Medicine Residency Program

  • Serves as program administrator and oversees accreditation and curriculum implementation
  • UAMS will consistently support administrative needs of all residents and corresponding needs of faculty and staff

Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

Site Director: Drake Rippelmeyer, M.D., Chief of Staff, Veterans Health System of the Ozarks

About 0.3 miles (two minutes) from UAMS Northwest Regional Campus

Contact

UAMS College of Medicine Northwest Internal Medicine Residency Program, 4th floor
College of Medicine, 1st floor, Room M19
1125 North College Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72703-1908

email: nwaimresidents@uams.edu

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