Craighead County

Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Lena Awar Joins St. Bernards HeartCare Center

JONESBORO, Ark. – Interventional Cardiologist and Jonesboro native Lena Awar, M.D. has joined the medical team at St. Bernards HeartCare Center. Dr. Awar arrives at St. Bernards after practicing Cardiology in southern California since 2015, including an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship and Cardiovascular Fellowship at the University of Southern California and [read more…]

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NYITCOM at A-State Hosts ‘Stop The Bleed’ Training for Students, Local Dispatchers

Jonesboro, AR – Medical students at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University joined members of the medical school’s faculty and staff and local 911 dispatchers for invaluable life-saving training Wednesday. The Stop the Bleeding Foundation led approximately 125 participants through instruction and hands-on [read more…]

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Speights named chair-elect of AACOM executive board

Jonesboro, AR – Shane Speights, D.O., dean ofNew York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State), was recently named Chair-Elect of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Executive Board. Speights will serve a two-year term in the position and then [read more…]