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

Members of the collaborating UAMS and University of Arkansas research teams for the prosthesis with the potential to provide sense of touch are (l-r) UAMS surgeons Mark Tait, M.D., John Bracey, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D.; and UA researchers James Abbas, Ph.D., Ranu Jung, Ph.D., Sathyakumar Kuntaegowdanahalli and Anil Thota.

I³R, UAMS and Health Tech Industry Collaborate to Deliver Innovation for Impact

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) at the University of Arkansas is collaborating with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and health technology companies and providers on a groundbreaking neural-enhanced prosthesis study, one that has the potential to deliver meaningful sensations of touch, grip force and hand opening…

Surgical residents practice skills on a synthetic cadaver during the Green Spine Lab.

UAMS Spine Lab Goes Green with 3-D Printed Cadavers

Feb. 1, 2023 | Faced with rising monetary and environmental costs of obtaining, transporting and storing cadavers for teaching purposes, two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) neurosurgeons believed there had to be a better, “greener” way. Glenn Pait, M.D., director of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute and fellow neurosurgeon Noojan…

Paul Park, M.D., discusses spinal surgery during the annual Flanigan-Boop Lectureship in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine Institute.

Memphis Neurosurgeon Says Surgery Isn’t Always Best Option in Treating Spinal Deformities

| The surgical treatment of spinal deformities such as scoliosis was the subject of a Nov.4 lecture presented as part of the annual Flanigan-Boop Endowed Lectureship in Spinal Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Paul Park, M.D., a Memphis neurosurgeon, addressed a live and virtual audience of primarily physicians during his…

An example of how the brain-imaging technology looks on a computer screen.

UAMS is First in State to Offer Groundbreaking Brain-Mapping Technology

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first hospital in Arkansas to offer Omniscient Neurotechnology’s Quicktome, an FDA-cleared platform that allows surgeons to visualize a patient’s unique brain networks before life-changing surgery. A breakthrough in preoperative imaging, Quicktome uses sophisticated algorithms to analyze millions of data points and build…

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