LITTLE ROCK -- Stephen "Steppe" Mette, MD, has been named executive associate dean for clinical affairs in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Mette will also continue his role as chief clinical officer for UAMS Medical Center.

In the clinical affairs role, Mette will oversee all aspects of the College of Medicine's clinical mission and work closely with UAMS Medical Center leadership. In his chief clinical officer role, Mette has oversight of the hospital's new service line structure, which groups related clinical care services, such as the various specialties and services related to women's health, within a single clinical organization to improve coordination of services for the patient.

Mette is a professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine. He came to UAMS from the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, where he was chief of the Department of Critical Care for six years and chair of Critical Care Services for nine years.

He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York and completed his residency in internal medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he served as chief resident.