LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Urology, the state's largest and most innovative urology practice, is pleased to announce and welcome Ashley Lawhon of Little Rock as their new chief nursing officer.

Lawhon, who graduated from Baptist Health School of Surgical Technology in 2002 as a surgical tech, went on to graduate from Baptist Health School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 2006.

She then became a perioperative services charge nurse at OrthoArkansas and then an operating room charge nurse at Arkansas Surgical Hospital. Most recently she has been with Pain Treatment Centers of America as an administrator and chief operating officer where she oversaw daily operations for 10 clinic locations and seven ambulatory surgery centers.

Lawhon will oversee all clinical nursing operations along with managing ancillary services and clinic-based surgical and procedure services at Arkansas Urology's Little Rock campus and North Little Rock campus.