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by Casey L. Penn
Awards
2019
LUNCHEON
Board of Trustees Meeting
David C. Jacks, MD Honored with Asklepion Award
The Asklepion Award, named for the Greek god
of medicine, honors an AMS member who promotes
the art and science of medicine and the betterment
of public health; embodies the values of the medical
profession through leadership, service, excellence,
integrity and ethical behavior; and serves the commu-
nity through dedicated medical practice.
T
his year’s Asklepion Award win-
ner was David C. Jacks, MD,
FACS, from Pine Bluff. Dr. Jacks
received his medical degree from and
completed his residency in urology at UAMS College
of Medicine, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, and John L.
McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital. He is certified
by the American Board of Urology and is a fellow of the
American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Jacks practices at South Arkansas Urol-
ogy, the clinic he founded in 1981. He is married to
Donna Schwab Jacks, and they have three children.
Active in many roles as a physician, Dr. Jacks is a
member of the medical staff at Jefferson Regional
Medical Center in Pine Bluff, where he has served as
chief of staff, chief of surgery, and other capacities
throughout his career. He serves as clinical assistant
professor of urology at UAMS in Little Rock and the
UAMS-South Central Family Medicine Residency
Program in Pine Bluff.
David Jacks, MD, celebrating with friends and family.
A 34-year member of the Society, Dr. Jacks is a
past president and has served on several committees
and in several roles on the Board. He is also a former
member of the Arkansas State Medical Board, where
he served in multiple leadership roles. In addition, Dr.
Jacks has served on the Arkansas State Legislative
Oversight Committee on Prostate Cancer since 2001
and is active in the Arkansas Urological Society, Arkan-
sas Caduceus Club, Arkansas Foundation for Medical
Care, Southern Medical Association, and the American
Urological Association.
In introduction of Dr. Jacks, colleagues Drs. Wilk-
erson, Bell, and Wilson shared fond words of apprecia-
tion for the encouragement and mentorship Dr. Jacks
has provided to colleagues, students, and patients
throughout his career.
friends who were in attendance in support of him that
day. “I really couldn’t be here without all of them.”
In addition Hunter Cochran was recognized as
the winner of the AMS Student Membership Award.
Cochran will be presented her award during the
UAMS White Coat Ceremony in August. She was
chosen as a student that embodies the values of
the medical profession through leadership, service,
excellence, integrity, and ethical behavior, and en-
courages other students to be community servants
and/or political activists in addition to being dedi-
cated students.
In answer to such recognition, Dr. Jacks said, “I
don’t want to talk about David Jacks. I want to talk
about you all. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I thank the Arkansas Medical Society for allowing me
to grow up in the Society. I would be remiss if I didn’t
thank Dr. Atiq as well, who is out of the country.
John Redman, MD; David Jacks, MD;
Blake Jacks, MD
“The product is only the sum of the parts, and
these are my parts,” he said, as he began to recog-
nize and celebrate the contributions of family and dear
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Dr. Jacks receiving the Asklepion Award
presented by Danny Wilkerson, MD.
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