Family Physician

Michael S. Cole, M.D.

In 1980 I was granted a license to practice medicine by the Arkansas State Medical Board. From 1987 to 2003 I was also licensed to practice medicine by the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.
From 1983 to 1987 I served as a Medical Officer in the U.S. Navy. Between April 1987 and January 2003 I served as a Family Physician in the town of Roland, Oklahoma (population 2,481). I joined Holt-Krock Clinic as a full partner in December 1991. Our clinic was affiliated with PhyCor, Inc., from 1995 to 1999, when it was acquired by Sparks Hospital. I began working in an outpatient family practice and walk-in clinic in south Fort Smith, Arkansas, in February 2003.
I was on the active staff of Sparks Regional Medical Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas, from April 1987 through May 1997. I served on the Continuing Quality Improvement committee and the Emergency Room subcommittee. I was chairman of the Nursing Liaison/Tissue Donation subcommittee for several years. I was chief of the Family Practice service in 1993. I currently have courtesy staff privileges at Sparks. I was on the staff of St. Edward Mercy Medical Center from 1987 to 2003. I am presently a member of Sparks' Public Advisory/Home Health Care Committee and the Medical Informatics Steering Committee.
Currently I am working as an out-patient clinician with Sparks Medical Foundation, which manages clinics in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
From 1992 to 2000 I was the corporate president of

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