Our ministry has announced several key leadership changes as it transitions to address the shifting healthcare industry environment. Shawn Barnett expands role as chief operating officer. Dr. Doug Ross becomes president of our Hot Springs market.

Hot Springs Total Joint Replacement Program has officially earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement (THKR).

The Infirmary has been awarded accreditation from the American College of Cardiology for Chest Pain Center.

Joseph M. Beck, MD, a medical oncologist with a long history of private practice, has joined the CHI St. Vincent Medical Group in our Oncology Clinic in Little Rock.

Margaret Clark, a patient of Arkansas Neuroscience Institute (ANI) program director and surgeon Dr. Ali Krisht, is making a $500,000 gift to support the construction of the new CHI St. Vincent Education and Research Center.

Dr. Konstantinos Kossidas joins our team of leading cardiologists at the CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute. Dr. Kossidas specializes in Cardiac Electrophysiology and is now seeing patients at CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas at 10100 Kanis Road in Little Rock, Arkansas.

CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs has been awarded the 2018 American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) Program Certification.

CHI St. Vincent Infirmary earned the award for specific quality improvement measures, including quick and appropriate treatment through emergency procedures to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries in heart attack patients.

Dr. Joe Elser opens new Pediatric Headache Clinic at CHI St. Vincent West.

The Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) is a new type of heart device, approved for Medicare reimbursement, that provides patients with the most advanced pacing technology at one-tenth the size of a traditional pacemaker. The first procedure was performed by Dr. Srinivas Vengala on September 26, 2018.

CHI St. Vincent Medical Group, a physician led, multi-specialty clinic network with locations in Central Arkansas and Hot Springs, announces the addition of Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic, effective September 22, 2018.

Dr. Peter Emanuel comes to CHI St. Vincent from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he was director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The internationally renowned oncologist is a leading researcher of adult and pediatric forms of leukemia.

Our ministry is the only central Arkansas Catholic health system to host the beautifully illustrated Bible. The Bible will be available for viewing now through Oct. 31 in the lobby of the Infirmary in Little Rock. Read story for specific hours of availability.

Clark Trapp, M.D., is the newest physician at CHI St. Vincent Primary Care – Morrilton.

Nathan Littlejohn, M.D., has joined the CHI St. Vincent Urology Clinic-Hot Springs and is welcoming new patients.

Ashish Tikotekar, MD, has joined CHI St. Vincent and is welcoming patients at CHI St. Vincent Pulmonology Clinic in Little Rock.

Newest cardiologist joins Little Rock-Kanis and Heber Springs offices of the CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute.

The CHI St Vincent Hot Springs Senior Center will re-open on Monday, Aug. 13, at “The Warehouse” at 301 Broadway in Hot Springs. The building will be a temporary location for the center while a new, permanent location is being planned.