UAMS Health Women’s Center Opens, Bringing Lifelong Care Under One Roof

The UAMS Health Women’s Center opened today, bringing the best of women’s health services from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to one convenient Midtown location. The new location is at 6119 Midtown Ave., just off Interstate 630 and University Avenue near Target. All women’s health services previously at UAMS Health’s Financial Center Parkway, Freeway Medical Tower and 8th and Cedar clinics have moved to this location.

Comprehensive Services and Specialized Clinics

“We are pleased to offer our patients the added level of convenience of having all of their women’s health care needs served under one roof,” said Nirvana Manning, M.D., clinical director for women’s health services at UAMS Health. In women’s health, the clinical team works closely with patients from birth, to the teen years, middle age, menopause and beyond. From routine exams to the most complex illnesses, they cover it all. The Women’s Center building features 46 exam rooms, eight ultrasound rooms, and a dedicated patient education space.

Available specialized services include:

• Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Services include care for routine pregnancies and high-risk pregnancy care from the only maternal-fetal medicine specialists in Central Arkansas.
• CenteringPregnancy Program: The center offers Arkansas’ only CenteringPregnancy Program, in which groups of women with similar due dates gather for extra prenatal care, education and support.
• Gynecology and Disorders: Gynecology services include routine checkups, labs, ultrasounds and a uterine fibroid clinic. The UAMS Vulvar Clinic provides women with vulvar and vaginal disorders the latest treatments.
• Gender Clinic: The center includes the UAMS Health Gender Clinic, which provides hormonal and surgical treatment to transgender and gender-nonconforming patients.
• Arkansas Fetal Diagnosis and Management Program: This program provides coordinated, compassionate, and evidenced-based care for pregnancy and newborn cases complicated by congenital birth defects or genetic disease.

Women’s Mental Health Support

The integration of mind, body and spirit is an important goal for women’s health, yet various life events may negatively affect your ability to achieve such balance. Located at 4224 Shuffield Drive, the Women’s Mental Health Clinic is a self-referral clinic serving women who are pregnant and struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues, or those having difficulty getting pregnant. Postpartum depression, miscarriage, loss, and major transitions may overwhelm your ability to cope and may place you at risk for emotional responses that disrupt daily living.

Conditions diagnosed or treated at the Women’s Mental Health Clinic include:

• Depression
• Opioid Use Disorder
• Postpartum Depression
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Regional Primary Care in Jonesboro

The UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Jonesboro provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages at 311 E. Matthews Ave. We cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care, while also offering gynecology and obstetric services. The clinic provides treatment for acute medical conditions and ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis.

Clinical Locations and Contact Information

The following table summarizes the key UAMS Health locations for women's care and family services mentioned in this guide:

For in-person visits, COVID-19 precautions remain in place. The center offers virtual visits according to patient preference to ensure that patients and health care workers remain safe.