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Ozark Guidance provides a comprehensive approach to the treatment of mental health. Our multi-disciplinary medical team includes a staff of psychiatrists and nurses who are experts in these medical conditions and the management of medications. These physicians have completed internships and residencies in either adult or child and adolescent psychiatry.
Lance Foster, M.D. Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Foster is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and also Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Kansas City, Missouri. He completed his General Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia where he was chief resident before serving as an Attending Psychiatrist at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Foster is professionally affiliated with the American Psychiatric Association, Arkansas Psychiatric Society, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American College of Physician Executives.
Travis Jenkins, M.D. Chief Medical Officer Emeritus
Dr. Jenkins is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is an adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas psychology department in Fayetteville.
Dr. Jenkins is professionally affiliated with the American Psychiatric Association, Arkansas Psychiatric Society and the American College of Physician Executives. He is also associated with the Area Health Education Center in Fayetteville.
He was the recipient of an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. In April 1999 the American Board of Forensic Medicine awarded Dr. Jenkins Diplomat status.
Robert Demski, M.D.
Dr. Demski is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and also Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He earned his Doctorate in Medicine from Georgetown University Medical School and served in the U.S. Air Force retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1984.
Dr. Demski has a variety of professional experience in child psychiatry in San Antonio, Texas, where he has lived for the past 30 years. He has served as a consultant and been appointed to serve on numerous boards and organizations including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Demski received the Distinguished Life Fellow from the American Psychiatric Association in 2003.
Ardell Diessner, M.D.
Dr. Diessner is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. He practiced General Medicine for 20 years before completing his residency in Psychiatry. This was after he served as a Captain in the U.S. Army M.A.S.H. unit during the Korean War. Dr. Diessner was in private practice in psychiatry for 20 years in Stillwater, Minnesota.
For the last several years he has been working and traveling across the country serving in a variety of mental health and treatment centers. He has served as a Locum Tenens in centers across Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Maine, Kansas and Arkansas. Dr. Diessner recently settled in Bella Vista.
THeresa Farrow, M.D.
Dr. Farrow is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She earned her medical degree at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center in Tulsa. In 1991, she won a national American Psychiatric Association award for Excellence in Medical Student Education.
Dr. Farrow has served as Student & Residency Director in Psychiatry at OUHSC-Tulsa, as President of the Oklahoma Psychiatric Association, Director of the St. John Child & Adolescent Inpatient & Residential Unit and was Attending Physician at a number of Tulsa area hospitals. Most recently, Dr. Farrow maintained a private practice in Tulsa. She treats children, adolescents, adults and geriatric clients. Dr. Farrow works in Ozark Guidance’s Siloam Springs and Bentonville offices.
Edwin Jones, M.D.
Dr. Jones is Board Certified in General Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where he also completed his internship and residency. Dr. Jones has extensive experience working with serious and persistent mental disorders. He has served patients and their families in Northwest Arkansas for more then 25 years.
Dr. Jones has received the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. He is professionally affiliated with the American Psychiatric Association and the Arkansas Psychiatric Society.
Catalina Melo, M.D.
Originally from Colombia, Dr. Melo received her medical degree from the Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud CES in Medellin, Colombia where she was awarded Best Intern of her class. She completed her psychiatric residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, a highly respected psychiatric training program. Dr. Melo is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Her command of two languages offers a distinct advantage for the growing population of Northwest Arkansas.
Ester Salvador, M.D.
Dr. Salvador earned a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of Texas in Houston and graduated from the University of Stanto Tomas in Manila, Philippines. She completed her internship and residency in general psychiatry at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Salvaldor is a board eligible staff psychiatrist.
Dr. Salvador is professionally affiliated with the American Psychiatric Association, Arkansas Psychiatric Society and the American Medical Association.
Diane Lyddon, Advance Nurse Practitioner
Diane Lyddon earned her nursing degree at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and received her Advanced Practice Nursing certification in 1995 through the University of Arkansas Medical School College of Nursing. She works closely with our Ozark Guidance psychiatrists serving adults, children and families.
She is nationally certified by the American Nursing Credentialing Center.
Mary Dale Bassett, Director of Nursing
Mary Dale Bassett has many years of experience in a variety of nursing settings, including leadership and management. She is responsible for the supervision, training, and quality of care delivered by nursing personnel, as well as for ensuring nursing practice compliance with state, federal and Joint Commission accreditation standards.
