UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute

World-class care for your brain and spine, close to home.

Welcome to the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute. Our institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first building in Arkansas dedicated to the advancement of research, education and clinical care for disorders of the brain, spine and central and peripheral nervous systems.

We are leading Arkansas in brain and spine health.

First and only Comprehensive Stroke Center in the state.
Only multidisciplinary center for movement disorders.
Only Partner in MS Care with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
First to create a dedicated neurosciences institute with 29 fellowship-trained neurosurgeons and neurologists, plus 25 residents.
Only adult Level 4 Epilepsy Center,
Only Multidisciplinary team of fellowship-trained Neurosurgeons, Neurologists and Interventional pain physicians in one outpatient Neurosciences Institute

News & Announcements

image of Dacre Stoker , next to a big screen with the words 'Bram's vampire traits,' speaking before an audience packed into the auditorium.

Dacre Stoker Tells UAMS Audience About Medical Influences that Shaped ‘Dracula’

Back in the 1890s when Bram Stoker was writing “Dracula,” he didn’t rely solely on his own imagination to come up with a storyline that would intrigue generations of readers and filmmakers to this day.

Hillary Williams, M.D., discusses the use of dietary supplements to help with Parkinson's symptoms.

UAMS Experts Discuss Complementary Therapies, Exercise, Research at Parkinson’s Symposium

While she’s open to Parkinson’s disease patients using dietary supplements alongside conventional medicine to ease their symptoms, neurologist Hillary Williams, M.D., a movement disorders specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), encourages patients and their caregivers to have “a little bit of healthy suspicion” about claims made by the makers of some…

UAMS neurologist Robert "Lee" Archer, M.D. (right) visits with Lizzy East Couch, who shared her story of her life with MS at the 2025 MS Symposium.

UAMS to Hold Free MS Symposium March 14

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is holding a free 2026 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on Saturday, March 14, to discuss treatment options and research initiatives and to hear from Arkansans living with the disease.

Author Jack El-Hai entertains a crowd at the Jack T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at UAMS.

Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’

May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…

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