
Ranked nationally in pediatric care.
Arkansas Children's provides right-sized care for your child. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Arkansas Children's in seven specialties for 2025-2026.

It's easier than ever to sign up for MyChart.
Sign up online to quickly and easily manage your child's medical information and connect with us whenever you need.

We're focused on improving child health through exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, continuing education, and outreach and prevention.

When it comes to your child, every emergency is a big deal.
Our ERs are staffed 24/7 with doctors, nurses and staff who know kids best – all trained to deliver right-sized care for your child in a safe environment.

Arkansas Children's provides right-sized care for your child. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Arkansas Children's in seven specialties for 2025-2026.

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Find health tips, patient stories, and news you can use to champion children.

Support from the comfort of your home.
Our flu resources and education information help parents and families provide effective care at home.

Children are at the center of everything we do.
We are dedicated to caring for children, allowing us to uniquely shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas.

Transforming discovery to care.
Our researchers are driven by their limitless curiosity to discover new and better ways to make these children better today and healthier tomorrow.

We're focused on improving child health through exceptional patient care, groundbreaking research, continuing education, and outreach and prevention.

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When you give to Arkansas Children's, you help deliver on our promise of a better today and a healthier tomorrow for the children of Arkansas and beyond

Become a volunteer at Arkansas Children's.
The gift of time is one of the most precious gifts you can give. You can make a difference in the life of a sick child.

Join our Grassroots Organization
Support and participate in this advocacy effort on behalf of Arkansas’ youth and our organization.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

Learn How We Transform Discovery to Care
Scientific discoveries lead us to new and better ways to care for children.

When you give to Arkansas Children’s, you help deliver on our promise of a better today and a healthier tomorrow for the children of Arkansas and beyond.

Your volunteer efforts are very important to Arkansas Children's. Consider additional ways to help our patients and families.

Join one of our volunteer groups.
There are many ways to get involved to champion children statewide.

Make a positive impact on children through philanthropy.
The generosity of our supporters allows Arkansas Children's to deliver on our promise of making children better today and a healthier tomorrow.

Read and watch heart-warming, inspirational stories from the patients of Arkansas Children’s.
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Researchers
Advances in pediatric medicine begin with a vision for a future in which all children can grow up to be healthy adults. ACRI’s researchers share this common vision and have devoted their lives to making this vision a reality. Research expertise at ACRI is diverse, ranging from basic science to clinical and community-based research. Researchers are improving the health of children, families, and their communities through clinical, basic science, health promotion, health outcomes, health services, and prevention research. These endeavors range from concise studies to multiyear undertakings providing findings with far-reaching and significant impact.
Over 120 pediatric researchers with expertise and experience that span the breadth of medical disciplines comprise ACRI’s roster of investigators who work to fulfill our mission to champion children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow. Learn more about many of our prominent and outstanding researchers through their research profiles.
- Ashley Acheson, Ph.D.
- Aline Andres, Ph.D.
- Lauren Appell, M.D.
- Ariel Berlinski, M.D.
- Kevin Bielamowicz, M.D.
- Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D.
- Andrew W. Brown, PhD, FTOS
- Marie Burdine, Ph.D.
- Thomas Burrow, M.D.
- John Carroll, M.D.
- Jin-Ran Chen, Ph.D.
- Sree V. Chintapalli, Ph.D.
- Divyaswathi Citla Sridhar, M.D.
- Sherry Courtney, M.D.
- Shelley Crary, M.D.
- Melvin Sidney Dassinger, M.D.
- Diana Escalona-Vargas, Ph.D.
- Jason Farrar, M.D.
- Eva Diaz Fuentes, M.D
- Lawrence E. Greiten, MD, MCMSc
- Larry D. Hartzell, MD, FAAP
- Reza Hakkak, Ph.D.
- Trenesha Hill, Ph.D.
- Aaron Kemp, Ph.D.
- Laura James, M.D.
- Akilah A. Jefferson, M.D., MSc
- Stacie Jones, M.D.
- Praveen Juvvadi, Ph.D.
- Colin D. Kay, Ph.D.
- Joshua Kennedy, M.D.
- Mikki Kollisch, M.D., FACS
- Tim Koscik, Ph.D.
- Linda J. Larson-Prior, Ph.D.
- Maya Liza Lopez, M.D.
- Joana M. Mack, M.D.
- Tiffany Miles, Ph.D.
- Peter Mourani, M.D.
- Thomas Nienaber, MBBS
- Xiawei Ou, Ph.D.
- Tamara Perry, M.D.
- Robert Pesek, M.D.
- Brian Piccolo, Ph.D.
- Ellen van der Plas, Ph.D.
- Craig Porter, Ph.D.
- Konrad Rajab, M.D.
- Gresham Richter, M.D.
- Samrat Roy Choudhury, Ph.D.
- Ronald C. Sanders, Jr., M.D., M.S.
- Michael Schmitz, M.D.
- Amy Scurlock, M.D.
- Megha Sharma, M.D.
- Sarah Sobik, M.D.
- William Steinbach, M.D.
- Graham Strub, M.D., Ph.D.
- Taren M. Swindle, Ph.D.
- Alan Tackett, Ph.D.
- Tomoko Tanaka, MD
- Keshari Thakali, Ph.D.
- Brian Varisco M.D.
- Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, MD
- Marlene Walden, Ph.D.
- Zachary Waldrip, Ph.D.
- Umesh D. Wankhade, PhD
- James Williams, M.D.
- Feliciano Yu, M.D.