NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Baptist Health on Tuesday, Feb. 14, held a ribbon cutting and ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock, near Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock.
The clinic is staffed by faculty and residents from the Baptist Health-University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Education Program:
- Dr. Jane Kang: core faculty for the Baptist Health-UAMS Psychiatry Residency Program and medical director of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock. She is also a board-certified psychiatrist with 17 years clinical experience in adult psychiatry.
- Kristen McGrew, Ed.D, LPC, NCC, BC-TMH: therapist faculty who has practiced psychotherapy for over 14 years, providing individual, family, and marital counseling to patients of all ages and diagnoses.
- Amanda Thompson, LCSW: outpatient therapist and licensed clinical social worker of more than 17 years who provides psychotherapy for individuals and couples using cognitive behavioral therapy, supportive therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
- Resident physicians are Dr. Preetam Reddy who went to medical school at Aureus University School of Medicine in Oranjestad, Aruba, and Thomas Fister, D.O., who went to medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic in Medicine Erie, Pennsylvania.
Arkansas has greater shortages of psychiatrists than the national average, and the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the situation. The Psychiatry Residency Program offered through Baptist Health and UAMS is focused on retaining well-rounded psychiatrists in the state. It is additionally committed to caring for patients of all needs and to working well with other mental health professionals and integrated behavioral health settings.
Services at Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock include personal and family grief/bereavement; addictions/substance abuse; conflict management/resolution, work and career issues; stress management; and psychiatric care.
Baptist Health’s outpatient mental health clinics provide care to individuals and families throughout Arkansas. Our licensed and accredited psychiatrists and therapists currently provide care to adults, but will be expanding in the near future to include children and adolescents.
Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock is located in the Medical Office Building at 3201 Springhill Drive, Suite 400, in North Little Rock. It is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon.
For more information about the clinic, visit Baptist-Health.com or call Baptist Health HealthLine at 1-888-BAPTIST.
About Baptist Health
For more than a century, Baptist Health has delivered All Our Best in health care through Christian compassion and innovative services. Baptist Health is Arkansas’ most comprehensive health care organization with more than 250 points of access that include 11 hospitals; urgent care centers; a senior living community; over 100 primary and specialty care clinics; a college with studies in nursing and allied health; a graduate residency program; and access to virtual care anytime, anywhere. It is also the largest private not-for-profit health care organization based in Arkansas, providing care through the support of approximately 11,000 employees, groundbreaking treatments, renowned physicians and community outreach programs. For more information about Baptist Health, visit Baptist-Health.com, call Baptist Health HealthLine at 1-888-BAPTIST.
Pictured are:
- Keith Owen, vice president of cardiovascular services at Baptist Health
- Callie Parks, vice president of hospital operations at Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock
- Cody Walker, president of Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock
- Troy Wells, president and CEO of Baptist Health
- Jane Kang of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock
- Doug Weeks, chief of strategy and innovation at Baptist Health
- Greg Crain, president of central region at Baptist Health
- Melissa Yandell, associate DIO for admin services with the Baptist Health-UAMS Medical Education Program
- Derrell Hartwick, president and CEO of the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
- Dr. Stan Kellar, chief medical officer at Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock
- Dr. Preetam Reddy of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock
- Dr. Thomas Fister of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock
- Kristen McGrew of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock
- Amanda Thompson of Baptist Health Behavioral Health Clinic-North Little Rock