Staff Member

Staff Member Details

  • Medical Director
  • MD
  • 14 years at CNC
  • years in healthcare

Dr. Leslye McGrath

Dr Leslye McGrath began serving as a physician for Craighead Nursing Center during her family medicine residency training in 2007. She continued her training as a family medicine resident at UAMS Northeast, where she served as co-chief resident in 2010. She remained on staff at CNC after completing residency and joined Dr Maglothin as co-medical director of the facility in 2014. She is a board certified family physician and is employed at NEA Baptist Clinic, where she works in Family Medicine and Urgent Care at their Paragould location. She also serves as medical director for Dierksen Hospice and the David Puryear Center. A native of Monette, Arkansas, Dr McGrath currently resides in Paragould. She enjoys reading, travel, and watching sports in her spare time.