Practitioners

Eugene Hardeman Abington (1873–1965)
Eugene Hardeman (E. H.) Abington, a physician, practiced medicine and pharmacy in Arkansas and Oklahoma for mo...
William Henry Abington (1870–1951)
William Henry (W. H.) Abington, a physician and a Democratic politician, served as a state senator and a state...
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams (1926–)
Elizabeth Lucille (Betty Lu) Hunter Sorensen Adams was a pioneer occupational therapist at Arkansas Children...
Thomas Dale Alford (1916–2000)
Thomas Dale Alford was a prominent Arkansas ophthalmologist, Episcopalian, radio announcer, civic leader, and ...
Joseph Bates (1933–2023)
Joseph (Joe) Henry Bates—a pulmonologist, epidemiologist, microbiologist, and public health official—pion...
Ruth Olive Beall (1896–1974)
Ruth Olive Beall was superintendent of Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Home from 1934 to 1961. She was larg...
Daisilee Hutchins Berry (1929–1998)
In the 1960s and 1970s, Daisilee Hutchins Berry—a physician, researcher, and educator—pioneered the field ...
Ida Josephine Brooks (1853–1939)
Ida Josephine Brooks was a teacher and early school administrator in Little Rock (Pulaski County). She was amo...
Granville Coleridge Coggs (1925–2019)
Granville Coggs was a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps and was one of the Original Tuskegee Airmen. H...
Eva Francette Dodge (1896–1990)
Eva Francette Dodge was a pioneer physician, educator in obstetrics and gynecology, and advocate for maternal ...
Jonathan Drummond-Webb (1959–2004)
Jonathan Drummond-Webb was the chief pediatric heart surgeon at Arkansas Children’s Hospital from 2001 to 2...
Elias Rector DuVal (1836–1885)
In the late nineteenth century, physician Elias Rector DuVal (sometimes rendered Duval) was a leader in the dr...
Lloyd Charles Elam (1928–2008)
Lloyd C. Elam was a groundbreaking psychiatrist and college administrator who founded the Department of Psychi...
Washington Lafayette Gammage (1828?–1865?)
Washington Lafayette Gammage served as a medical officer with the Fourth Arkansas Infantry Regiment during the...
Harold Virgil Glenn
Dr. Harold Virgil Glenn was an osteopathic physician in Stuttgart (Arkansas County) whose decades-long efforts...
Kathryn Hall-Trujillo (1948–)
Kathryn Hall-Trujillo is a public health expert and advocate who focuses on healthcare for African-American wo...
Harry M. Hallock (1867–1913)
Harry M. Hallock served as the sole medical director of what was known at the time as Hot Springs Reservation....
William Floyd Nathaniel Harrison (1935–2010)
William Floyd Nathaniel Harrison was an obstetrician/gynecologist, abortion provider, congressional candidate...
James Earl King Hildreth (1956–)
James Earl King Hildreth, a leading HIV/AIDS researcher, is dean of University of California–Davis College o...
Thomas L. Hodges (1868–1953)
Thomas Luther Hodges was a noted physician and amateur archaeologist in Hot Spring County in the early twentie...
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When the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, the need for trained medical personnel was great,...
Napoleon Bonaparte Houser (1869–1939)
Napoleon Bonaparte Houser was a prominent African American physician, owner of the Black Diamond Drug Store, a...
George William Stanley Ish (1883–1970)
George William Stanley Ish was a prominent black physician in Little Rock (Pulaski County) who cared for citiz...
David Augustine Elihue Johnston (1878?–1919)
David Augustine Elihue Johnston, also known as D. A. E. Johnston or Elihue Johnston, was an inventor, a succes...
Lewis Harrison (L. H.) Johnston (1880?–1919)
Lewis Harrison Johnston was a physician, surgeon, and wealthy businessman. He was a member of the Negro Busine...
Fred Thomas Jones (1877–1938)
Fred Thomas Jones Sr. was a physician and pioneer in providing insurance and medical care to African Americans...
Wilbert Cornelius Jordan (1944–2023)
Wilbert Cornelius Jordan started the Oasis Clinic in Los Angeles, California, in 1979. This clinic treated som...
Regina Kaplan (1887–1957)
Nurse, teacher, and healthcare innovator Regina Kaplan was the hospital administrator and director of the nurs...
Jimmie Owens Keenan (1963–)
Major General Jimmie Owens Keenan served as the chief of the Army Nurse Corps and the commanding general of th...
Leonidas Kirby (1850–1926)
Leonidas Kirby was the first physician and surgeon in Harrison (Boone County). He was once president of the Ar...
Samuel Lee Kountz (1930–1981)
Samuel Lee Kountz was a physician and pioneer in organ transplantation, particularly renal transplant research...
Michael Nicholas (Mike) Kumpuris Jr. (1927‒2010)
Michael Nicholas (Mike) Kumpuris Jr., a longtime resident of Little Rock (Pulaski County) and later of Br...