by - July 18, 2018 3:36 pm
For the third time in less than 10 years, Sparks Health System will have a new owner. Little Rock-based Baptist Health System has agreed to acquire the Fort Smith hospital…
by - August 17, 2017 1:21 pm
Sparks Health System announced and broke ground on a $2 million expansion of the Sparks Regional Medical Center Cardiac Catheterization Lab in Fort Smith, Ark., on Thursday (Aug. 17). A…
by - August 2, 2017 9:08 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated to reflect that Sparks physicians are already out of network with United, with the hospital possibly being out of network by Nov. 1. –––––––––––––––––– Sparks Clinic…
by - August 3, 2016 10:48 am
Drs. Thanh Tan Le and Marc Stam have joined Sparks Health System, with Le working as a family physician at the Alma Family Medical Clinic and Stam a heart surgeon…
by - October 15, 2015 6:12 pm
Sparks Health System in recent days has announced the hiring of a new chief medical information officer and another interventional cardiologist. Dr. Sashikanth “Sashi” Kodali, is the new chief medical…
by - September 4, 2015 12:13 pm
Dr. Satish Gaddam has joined Sparks Neurology Center located at 1504 Dodson Ave. in Fort Smith. Gaddam specializes in movement disorders and neuro-degenerative diseases including Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Alzheimer’s…
by - September 1, 2015 1:33 pm
Dr. Patricia Jumelle has joined the Sparks Clinic Pain Management located at 2010 Chestnut St., Suite C, in Van Buren, and is now seeing patients. Jumelle earned her bachelor degree…
by - August 4, 2015 11:46 am
Dr. Rahim Khorassanizadeh, an endocrinologist, has joined Sparks Health System in Fort Smith. His clinic, Sparks Thyroid and Endocrinology, is located at 4700 N. Kelley Highway. Board certified in internal…
by - July 30, 2015 12:37 pm
Dr. Mohammad Al Madani has joined Sparks Health System and will work as an interventional cardiologist at the Cardiology Center at Sparks. He recently completed his training and fellowship in…
by - July 22, 2015 7:51 pm
Dr. Justin Voris will join SouthPointe Family Practice located at 3808 South Gary St., near Southside High School, in August. As a primary care physician, Voris will help manage and…
by - July 6, 2015 4:14 pm
Dr. Kristi Kindrick has joined Sparks Regional Medical Center’s geriatric-psychiatric unit, SeniorCare Behavioral Health. She will treat seniors who are admitted into the hospital. Kindrick’s primary focus will be caring…
by - May 7, 2015 12:39 pm
Fort Smith native Beth Clark, an advanced practice nurse, has joined the Cardiology Center at Sparks located inside Sparks Medical Plaza on Dodson Avenue, and Jamie Nash has joined Alma…
by - March 10, 2015 3:51 pm
Chasidy McAllister, APN, has joined Sparks Gastroenterology Center located inside Sparks Regional Medical Center on Towson Avenue. McAllister, a Lavaca native, earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University…
by - January 24, 2015 1:28 pm
Dr. Solangel Pollock has joined Dr. Trevor Hodge at Sparks Fort Smith Internal Medicine located at 708 Lexington. Both physicians are accepting new patients. The clinic offers general medical care…
by - January 14, 2015 6:57 pm
Dr. Timothy Maryanov has joined Sparks Neurosurgical Associates located inside Sparks Plaza on Dodson Avenue. Among the diseases he treats are spinal degenerative diseases, spinal cord injuries, spinal and cranial…
by - December 23, 2014 4:02 pm
Lacey Freeman has joined Sparks Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, located at 600 Lexington Ave., in Fort Smith. Freeman earned her master’s degree in nursing from the University of Central Arkansas…
by - November 13, 2014 5:04 pm
Sparks Health System in Fort Smith and Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville have been recognized as a “2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures” by The Joint Commission, the…
by - October 28, 2014 6:58 am
General surgeon Dr. Laurence Lo has joined Sparks Health System in Fort Smith, and Dr, Jason Seiter recently passed a high-level board certification. Lo will work with the Surgical Associates…
by - October 10, 2014 7:16 am
Drs. Randy Brown and German Kamalov have joined Sparks Health System, with Brown working at Sparks Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Clinic and Kamalov affiliated with Sparks’ Cardiology Center. Brown’s work…
by - October 8, 2014 4:59 pm
Dr. Margaret Tremwel, a recognized state and national leader in stroke care and one of the people instrumental in establishing a Fort Smith regional telemedicine network, has left Sparks Health…
