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UAMS and Arkansas Children’s say state PANS/PANDAS clinic opened; DHS officials back program
Summary
Dr. Rick Smith told the Senate committee Arkansas is one of eight PACE Foundation multidisciplinary clinics; a soft opening at Arkansas Children’s has seen one pediatric patient, weekly clinic capacity is planned at 4–6 children, and DHS and the PACE Foundation are coordinating on staffing and trials including an IVIG study.
Little Rock — Dr. Rick Smith, acting head of child psychiatry at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital, briefed the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee on the new statewide clinical resource for pediatric acute‑onset neuropsychiatric syndromes (PANS/PANDAS).
Smith said ACH/UAMS are the fifth of eight planned multidisciplinary clinics nationwide working with the PACE Foundation consortium to diagnose, treat and…
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