“It had just started to rain, but the dog needed to be walked and that’s something you can’t put off, so we were out on the golf course. It was just after dark and I was coming down a small incline when my right foot flew out from under me. When I fell, my full […]
With more than 41,000 patient visits in the last year, the emergency department (ED) at Jefferson Regional is in constant motion. As a Level 3 Trauma Center, many of those ED visits are traumatic injuries from all across South Arkansas, ranging from automobile accidents to gunshot wounds. Now that a third designated trauma surgeon has […]
December 8, 2021 – Pine Bluff, AR) Spine Surgeon Jason A. Smith, M.D. of Jefferson Regional Orthopaedic and Spine has been named a Top Doctor by healthcare research company Castle Connolly Medical. The announcement was made last week in the December issue of Arkansas Times magazine. Castle Connolly reviews thousands of nominations each year and […]
Christmas Day, 2020, is a holiday Mark Porter will never forget. “I was involved in a motor vehicle accident when another driver pulled out in front of me on Hwy 79.” Mark sustained several traumatic injuries, including some very complicated tibia plateau fractures. Fortunately, the Jefferson Regional team was ready to meet Mark’s needs, even […]
What is SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd? SPEAK OUT! is a therapy program specifically designed for improving voice, and swallowing of patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. This program teaches patients to use INTENT with all automatic tasks; therefore automatic speech is transformed into an intentional task. SPEAK OUT! is completed in 12 sessions within. a […]
When Rose McKinley of Pine Bluff had her annual mammogram in late 2019, she had no reason to be apprehensive. With no previous problems and no history of breast cancer in her family, the exam at Jefferson Regional was just routine healthcare maintenance. Even when she was told something on the image looked suspicious and […]
Joint venture will create a 76-bed hospital in Jefferson County, Arkansas Louisville, KY and Pine Bluff, AR (October 7, 2021) – Jefferson Regional and Kindred Healthcare, LLC today announced a joint venture to build and operate a 40-bed freestanding inpatient rehabilitation hospital that will also include an additional 36 behavioral health beds. The […]
While specialty physicians get a lot of attention these days, finding the right family doctor creates the foundation for a lifetime of good health. And for Todd Firmatura, M.D., Jefferson Regional’s newest family medicine physician, that foundation is the result of building strong relationships. “That’s one of the reasons I’m here,” Firmatura says of his […]
If addiction has a face, you wouldn’t expect it to be that of Akelia Creggett. This Jefferson Regional employee, who is a wife, mother of three and an Army Reserve vet, is unfailingly positive and quick to share a laugh. But she is also quick to share the fact that drugs and alcohol nearly ended […]
Since the 1950’s, pacemakers have been changing the lives of individuals with abnormal heart rhythms. Now, Jefferson Regional is offering the world’s smallest pacemaker – smaller than a vitamin, and with no metal leads – with fewer complications and increased quality of life for patients. Ayman Alshami, M.D. of Jefferson Regional Cardiology Associates is now […]
