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UAMS Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Improve Stroke Treatment

Sept. 22, 2021 | The Comprehensive Stroke Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association for the seventh consecutive year for excellence in treating stroke patients. The program received the AHA’s Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Quality Achievement Award in the Gold...

Linda Satter
Event Chairs Natalie and Win Rockefeller and Emcee KATV’s Renee Shapiro welcome viewers to the telethon.
Myeloma Center

Be a Part of the Cure Telethon Raises $400,000

Sept. 21, 2021 | The 2nd annual Be a Part of the Cure Telethon to benefit the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s research and treatment programs raised nearly $400,000 despite a second year of pandemic challenges. “Cancer has affected us all, and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute continues to see patients, provide treatment and take care of...

Marty Trieschmann
Sherri Youngblood, R.N., takes a break from the ICU.
College of Medicine

UAMS Opens Rejuvenation Room for Clinical Workers

Sept. 20, 2021 | You walk through a nondescript wooden door halfway down the fourth-floor hallway outside the Intensive Care Unit. Suddenly, you’re free from the glare of overhead lights and the cacophony of phones, loudspeakers and beeping machines. You are removed, albeit temporarily, from the all-encompassing, heartbreaking reality of patients you’ve come to know who are fighting to...

Linda Satter
Members of an Army medical team get fit-tested for personal protective equipment. The Army arrived on campus Sept. 10 to help provide COVID-19 patient care in the UAMS Medical Center.
Inside News

Army Medical Team at UAMS to Help Care for COVID-19 Patients

Sept. 13, 2021 | Each speaker who spoke Sept. 9 to the Army personnel in the Lobby Gallery at UAMS chose different words to deliver the same message: We need you, and we are so very glad you’re here. Including nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians, the 20-person Army medical team arrived Thursday on the main campus for orientation.

Ben Boulden
Thanks to knee replacement surgery at UAMS, Mimi Evans is back out on the links, enjoying working on her golf game.
Orthopedics

Knee Replacement Puts LR Golfer Back in the Swing of Things

Sept. 10, 2021 | The gradual increase of pain in Melissa “Mimi” Evans’ knees was subtle. In 2015, her co-workers pointed out to her that she was limping, favoring her left knee. She recognized it was more of a struggle to do everyday tasks, but she was able to live with it.

Katrina Dupins
Terry Harville, M.D., Ph.D., consults with John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., in the UAMS Pathology Lab.
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UAMS Research Team Finds Potential Cause of COVID-19 ‘Long-haulers’

Sept. 9, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — A UAMS research team has identified a potential cause of long-lasting symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, often referred to as long-haulers. The findings were published in the journal, The Public Library of Science ONE (PLOS ONE). At the heart of the team’s findings is an antibody that shows up weeks after an...

David Robinson

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Paige Dailey, M.D., and Morgan Sweere

UAMS Team Named National Emergency Medicine Interest Group of the Year

Sept. 22, 2021 | The Emergency Medicine Interest Group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received top honors nationally from the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association  (EMRA). The UAMS group was named the EMIG of the Year. EMRA is the largest and oldest independent resident organization in the world and has a membership of more than...

Linda Satter
The Physician Assistant Program Class of 2021 stand Aug. 27 in Smith Auditorium for a final group photo after their Valediction ceremony.

UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2021 Evokes Tears, Smiles

Sept. 15, 2021 | As he brought the UAMS Physician Assistant Class of 2021 Valediction Ceremony to a close Aug. 27, Edward Williams wiped his eyes, and with a sad smile, he joked that his “eyes tend to sweat” when it’s warm. Williams, MPAS, PA-C, is chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies in the College of Health...

Ben Boulden
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UAMS Outpatient Therapy Clinic Receives Parkinson’s Grant

Sept. 15, 2021 | FAYETTEVILLE – Parkinson Voice Project has named the UAMS Outpatient Therapy Clinic in Fayetteville as a recipient of its 2021 SPEAK OUT! & LOUD Crowd Grant Program. SPEAK OUT! is a therapy regimen tailored to people with Parkinson’s disease to improve their voicing, and in turn, their swallowing. SPEAK OUT! is usually completed in 12...

David Wise

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Seen here in early 2019, Mildred Randolph, DVM, seated, is director of SEED at UAMS and Marlo Thomas, standing, is the program's coordinator.
Inside News

SEED Grows Understanding, Empathy at UAMS

Sept. 22, 2021 | In a time of division in American society, the SEED program at UAMS cultivates understanding and empathy among the university community’s students, faculty and staff to erase those dividing lines.

Ben Boulden
Announcements

Chancellor’s Town Hall Slated for Noon, Sept. 23

Sept. 21, 2021 | A Chancellor's Town Hall meeting will be held at noon, Sept. 23 on Zoom. The focus will be on COVID-19 and recent news. A panel of UAMS physicians will be on hand to answer questions, which you can submit online through the Q&A function in Zoom.

Ben Boulden
Announcements

AMP Best of 2021 Voting Now Open

Sept. 21, 2021 | UAMS Health has been named a finalist in the AMP Best of 2021. Winners will be published in the November issue of AMP.  Online voting is live now through Oct. 3.

Ben Boulden
Announcements

East Lane of Cedar Street to Close Oct. 4

Sept. 21, 2021 | To facilitate work on the Pine/Cedar streets project,  the east lane of Cedar will close Oct. 4 and remain closed for about one month. The closing will only affect the area of the east lane of Cedar Street closest to the intersection of Cedar and Plateau streets.

Ben Boulden

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