Jamie E. Mar, APRN-CNP

Science was always my favorite subject in school. And I'm certainly more of an extrovert than an introvert. I didn't want a desk job sitting behind a computer. That's why I came to internal medicine. Internal medicine covers the whole body. I'm pretty nerdy. I like to know what's going on in the body from head to toe. Thanks to my training, I can typically figure out what's going on and how to help that patient moving forward. My favorite part of the job is getting to know people and their families beyond their medical history. I love the continuity of care aspect of my job, building relationships with patients over many visits and interactions. I want to know about them from a medical standpoint, obviously, but also personally. Patients shouldn't be surprised if I ask what's going on in their lives, how their spouse is, their kids, even their pets. I want us to have a working relationship.

Dr. Grammer is fellowship trained in advanced joint reconstruction and is the director of the Mercy Northwest Arkansas Joint Replacement Center.

I completed my fellowship on orthopedic sports medicine at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas. I strive to get people back to the level of activity they want to be. My clinical interests include athletic shoulder, knee and hip injuries, hip, knee and shoulder arthroscopy, fractures and other injuries and orthopedic sports medicine. Procedures I routinely perform include hip arthroscopy and labrum repair, knee arthroscopy for ligament and meniscus injuries, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, hip, knee and shoulder replacement and fracture surgery of the upper and lower extremities.