FAYETTEVILLE — Internal medicine specialist Thomas K. Schulz, M.D., has been named director of the internal medicine residency program under development at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.

Schulz has been appointed an associate professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the UAMS College of Medicine. As director of the regional residency program, he will prioritize seeing the new program through the accreditation process as well as direct activities of the Northwest Arkansas Graduate Medical Education Consortium, a professional committee of area medical center directors and residency coordinators.

Upon accreditation, the postgraduate program hopes to admit eight physicians annually for a three-year specialized residency. During the residency, those physicians strengthen their skills caring for patients in hospitals and clinics in the region under supervision of experienced physician specialists.

Schulz practices hematology and medical oncology and is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology. In addition to his appointment with the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, Schulz has an appointment in the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville.

He instructed medical residents and students and also served as associate director for the Internal Medicine Program. While at the university, he earned the KU Faculty Teaching Award and the Resident Teaching Award.

Schulz earned a bachelor’s degree at Newman University in Wichita. He earned his medical degree in 1991 from the University of Kansas School Of Medicine – Wichita, where he then completed his residency in internal medicine.