Fayez Hudefi, MD
Robert Farrell, MD
Richard Livingston, MD

Fayz Hudefi, M.D.

Professional Speciality:
Adult Psychiatry

Academic Background:
Undergraduate Study – University of Damascus
Medical Degree – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City

Residency:
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City

Professional Experience:
President of Medical Staff, Vista Health Services, Fort Smith

Prior to joining Vista Health, Fort Smith, Dr. Hudefi served as Chief resident at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.  He received training in the diagnosis and treatment of a full range of psychiatric pathology and psychiatric aspects of medical and surgical illnesses in adults.

Professional Specialty:
Child, Adolescent & Family Psychiatry
Academic Background:
Undergraduate Study – Hendrix College
Medical Degree – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Residency:
UAMS Little Rock
Professional Experience:
Director of Outpatient Services, Clifton Springs Hospital
Medical Director Rivendell Psychiatric Center
President of Medical Staff, CedarStone Psychiatric Institute, North Little Rock

Richard Livingston, MD

Professional Specialty:
Child, Adolescent & General Psychiatry
Academic Background:
Medical School- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Residency- Washington University, St. Louis MO and UAMS Little Rock, AR
Professional Experience:
Medical Director - Charter Behavioral Services of Little Rock
Professor of Child & adolescent Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School
Associate Professor and Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Professional Associations and Publications:
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Fellow, American Acedameyof Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychiatric Association
Association of American Indian Physicians

One of 33 invited contributors to the new book by internationally famous child psychiatrist Lenore Terr, Magical Moments of Change--How Psychotherapy Turns Kids Around, November 2007, W.W. Norton & Co, Publisher, New York/London.

Author of Impulse: A Handbook for the Moral and Spiritual Challenges of ADHD. Universal Publishers, 2005.

Peer-reviewed research papers: 41. Topics include sexual and physical abuse, ADHD, medications, nutrition, homicidal behaviors, cultural factors, anxiety and depressive disorders, autism spectrum disorders, functional MRI,  infectious diseases impact on psychiatric disorders in kids, dyslexia , Munchausen Syndrome "by proxy."
Textbook chapters: four. (Anxiety disorders, homicidal behavior, somatoform disorders).

Founder and the first President of the Arkansas Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (the State chapter within the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and am a Fellow of the AACAP. Am now Professor of Clinical Psychiatry for UAMS.