Arkansas
Endometriosis care in Arkansas
PelviQuest does not yet have a bookable specialist in Arkansas. Little Rock is the main referral center; Memphis and Dallas are the nearest out-of-state options.
Arkansas has about 3.0 million residents, including about 690,000 women aged 15 to 49 (Census ACS); at the WHO prevalence of about 10% that is roughly 69,000 living with endometriosis, most of them undiagnosed.
Order-of-magnitude estimate: Census ACS women aged 15 to 49, WHO prevalence about 10%.
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Endometriosis care in Arkansas: the facts that matter
The largest metro areas in Arkansas are Memphis, Little Rock and Fayetteville. Arkansas has expanded Medicaid under the ACA (KFF). State programs and clinics: Arkansas health department, women's health (opens in new tab). Little Rock is about 130 air miles from Memphis, the distance behind the usual out-of-state referral.
Facts checked 2026-10-13. Sources: data.census.gov, api.census.gov, en.wikipedia.org, healthy.arkansas.gov, kff.org, kff.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.
Specialist endometriosis care in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock describes itself as the state's only academic medical center. Its endometriosis page lists minimally invasive gynecologic surgery among treatments and directs patients to the UAMS Women's Center in Little Rock, but it does not name a separate endometriosis, minimally invasive surgery, or pelvic pain program, and Arkansas has no site on the AAGL Complex Benign Gynecology Fellowship listing.
Northwest Arkansas is far from that center: Fayetteville is about 140 air miles from Little Rock, and Dallas, another referral option, is about 290. The March of Dimes 2026 report classifies 44 percent of Arkansas counties as maternity care deserts, home to about 78,000 women ages 15 to 44. In the state, 45.3 percent of counties have no obstetric clinician and 62.7 percent have no birthing facility, and women travel 22 minutes on average to the nearest hospital with labor and delivery services, against a national average of 16. Those are maternity figures rather than endometriosis figures, but they map where a gynecology visit of any kind means leaving the county.
Arkansas adopted Medicaid expansion, per KFF's October 2026 status table. The Arkansas Department of Health keeps a women's health page listing state programs.
Checked 2026-10-13. Sources: uamshealth.com, uamshealth.com, aagl.org, marchofdimes.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, kff.org, healthy.arkansas.gov.
Where specialist gynecology is concentrated in Arkansas
Most excision surgeons train and practice at or near academic centers. In Arkansas:
- UAMS Health (Little Rock)
Across the state line: Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis) in Missouri, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville) in Tennessee, University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson) in Mississippi and Ochsner Health (New Orleans) in Louisiana.
Named for where gynecologic surgery is concentrated, not as programs we have assessed.
Travelling for care from Arkansas
Arkansas borders Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma, and a specialist across the state line is often closer than one across the state.
Questions from Arkansas
- Does PelviQuest have an endometriosis specialist in Arkansas?
- Not yet. Physicians join state by state; when one joins in Arkansas, this page and the app will show it.
- Can I use PelviQuest in Arkansas?
- Yes. The questionnaire, trackers, insights and report work in every state; bring the report to any gynecologist.
- Where do most Arkansas patients end up for endometriosis surgery?
- Usually at or near UAMS Health, or with a private excision surgeon trained there. Physicians who treat endometriosis in Arkansas can join the network.
Six things to check before choosing a surgeon in Arkansas
excision experience, clinical diagnosis, not surgery first, pelvic nerve and pelvic floor care, imaging read by experienced hands, a team around the surgeon, time and follow-up. The questions behind each point are on the specialist directory page.
Neighboring states
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