Melissa Yandell is an Assistant Professor at UAMS in the HPM Department. Melissa graduated from UAMS having completed her Master of Health Administration in 2015. She completed her PhD at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS, where her dissertation was on burnout in resident physicians. Before joining as faculty, Melissa worked for Baptist Health for over 8 years, starting as an Administrative Fellow then serving as an Assistant Vice President, Night Administrator and ending her practice career by serving as the Associate Designated Institutional Official where she helped create four accredited physician residency programs on the Baptist Health North Little Rock campus that now are training over 100 physician residents.