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UA Board Approves Selection of Dr. Lowry Barnes to Lead UAMS
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas approved the selection of C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the next chancellor of the state’s only academic health sciences center. Barnes, founding director of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at UAMS (TOSH), became interim chancellor of UAMS in July and was selected as one of four finalists in a national search for the position in December. The UA Board approved University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria’s recommendation of Barnes during a specially called meeting Feb. 5.