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

UAMS Hosts Oct. 24 Spinal Neurosurgery Lecture

LITTLE ROCK — Nicholas Theodore, M.D., a nationally recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injury, will discuss advances in spine surgery in a free, public lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Theodore is a professor of neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery and biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of…

Johnathan Goree, M.D., left, who directs Interventional Pain Management Services at UAMS, and Rohit Dhall, M.D. , chair of the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Neurology, talk with Keefe while he signs copies of his books after the lecture.

“Empire of Pain” Author Draws Large Crowd to UAMS for Lecture

The 335-seat Fred W. Smith Auditorium was bursting at the seams April 26 as physicians, pain management experts and members of the community gathered to hear author Patrick Radden Keefe recount his investigative reporting into the origins of the opioid crisis in America. A livestream of the presentation attracted nearly 100 viewers from such states…

Jacques Morcos, M.D., stands outside the lecture hall in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute with the institute's director, T. Glenn Pait, M.D. a fellow neurosurgeon.

Renowned Neurosurgeon Praises UAMS Emeritus Professor M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., at Lecture

The Fred Smith Auditorium at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) became a classroom for neurosurgeons, neurosurgeons-in-training and others Feb. 23, when Jacques J. Morcos, M.D., presented a lecture on cerebrovascular and skull base surgery as part of the M. Gazi and Dianne C.H. Yasargil Lectureship, “Advances in Neuroscience.” Using videos of surgeries…

Rohit Dhall, M.D., is the new chair of the Department of Neurology, effective July 1.

UAMS Names Rohit Dhall, M.D., as Neurology Department Chair

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Rohit Dhall, M.D., as chair of the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine, effective July 1.

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