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UAMS Partners with Nationwide Program to Use Statistics on Orthopaedic Outcomes to Help Determine Care

July 2, 2020 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is now a partner site in a nationwide effort to improve care for orthopaedic conditions by using statistics on outcomes that can help monitor a response to surgery and maybe help determine if a procedure is right for them. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) was...

Amy Widner

College of Medicine

UAMS First in Arkansas to Use ExcelsiusGPS for Robot-Assisted Spinal Surgery

July 1, 2020 | UAMS Medical Center is the first hospital in Arkansas to operate with the ExcelsiusGPS robotic spine navigation system that helps improve accuracy and reduce the invasiveness of spinal surgery. Both the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery use the new spine robot for patients needing spine surgery. Noojan Kazemi, M.D., an associate professor...

Amy Widner

Participation in the Juneteenth celebration averaged around 125 people throughout the hour and a half event.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Juneteenth Online Chat, Website Provides for Shared Experiences

June 22, 2020 | Juneteenth, the anniversary of the final 1865 emancipation of all enslaved Americans, was celebrated June 19 at UAMS hosted by the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. “This year especially we want people to ‘Celebrate, Educate and Connect,’ which has been our theme,” said Odette Woods, senior director of diversity at DDEI. A special...

Spencer Watson

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

DDEI Hosts Virtual Healing, Discussion Chats

June 17, 2020 | In the wake of nationwide protests concerning systemic racism in American society, the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted a series of online safe spaces the week of June 8 for students and employees to discuss current events. “This period of extended protest has stimulated a long overdue conversation,” said Brian Gittens, Ed.D.,...

Spencer Watson

Research

Research Finds Inflammatory Connection for High Cholesterol, Suggests Possible Combo of Medications

June 17, 2020 | New research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the affiliated VA Medical Center suggests a combination of drug therapies – one that already exists and a second that would need to be developed to target a specific inflammatory response – could be effective for managing high LDL-cholesterol and atherosclerosis, and the...

Amy Widner

Phillip Sanders, right, with his wife and young son, has been cured of sickle cell disease as a patient at UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.

Patient Stories

Cured: Arkansas Man’s Sickle Cell Disease Eliminated by Bone Marrow Transplant

June 15, 2020 | While Phillip Sanders’ journey to a cure for his sickle cell disease was ultimately successful, it was a path with peaks and valleys and struggles and challenges. It’s beginning was relatively undramatic and took place during a conversation in October 2017 just after the conclusion of the Sickle Cell Symposium organized by the UAMS Adult...

Ben Boulden

Gloris Richard-Davis, M.D., MBA, speaks at the White Coats for Black Lives event, taking a stand against systemic racism.

University News

UAMS Students, Employees Stand Against Racism

June 12, 2020 | Standing against systemic racism, hundreds of UAMS students, faculty and staff surrounded the Dolores Bruce Fountain in front of UAMS Medical Center at noon June 11. The event, White Coats for Black Lives, was organized by Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D., MBA, executive director for the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion collaboratively with the UAMS...

Spencer Watson

University News

Working at the COVID-19 testing drive-thru at Shorter College in North Little Rock, a UAMS nurse takes a minute to enter some patient information into an iPad.

COVID-19 Testing Draws Hundreds to North Little Rock Drive-thru

July 2, 2020 | The UAMS Mobile Triage team offered COVID-19 testing to anyone who came to their drive-thru June 30 at Shorter College in North Little Rock, and hundreds of people showed up in response. For a brief time before police could reroute the vehicles, cars and trucks were backed up onto the nearest Interstate 30 off ramp....

Ben Boulden

Kendrea Jones, Pharm.D., left, and Mark Granberry, Pharm.D., listen to graduating resident Julianne Mott as she speaks from her home via a live video connection.

College of Pharmacy Residents, Fellows Graduate Despite Challenging Year

July 1, 2020 | Mark Granberry, Pharm.D., opened the 2020 graduation ceremony June 26 for the UAMS College of Pharmacy residents and fellows with an apology to his ninth-grade English teacher. The teacher, Michael Moran, taught him never to use the phrase “more unique” because “unique” means one of a kind, and nothing can be more than one of...

Ben Boulden

The FCC recently awarded UAMS funding for new purchases of new, digital health technology as well as to reimburse the university for the cost of digital technology like this iPad it already has bought in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UAMS Awarded $940,000 by FCC to Help with COVID-19 Response Across the State

June 30, 2020 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $940,000 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for digital health technology to treat patients for COVID-19 and deliver medical information to patients and providers across the state.

Ben Boulden

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Over The Counter Drugs

July 2, 2020 | These programs were first broadcast the week of July 6, 2020.

Tim Taylor

Fred Prior, Ph.D., is leading UAMS' part of the statewide cyberinfrastructure project.

News Release

UAMS to Aid $20 Million Statewide Effort to Build on Data Science Strengths

June 29, 2020 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help the state establish a cyberinfrastructure platform that will improve on Arkansas’ existing data science strengths and competitiveness. The money is part of a five-year $20 million grant from NSF’s Established Program to Stimulate...

David Robinson

News Release

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing June 30 in North Little Rock

June 26, 2020 | LITTLE ROCK – A community drive-thru testing clinic for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., June 30 at Shorter College, 604 N. Locust St. in North Little Rock. There will be no out-of-pocket cost to the patient. The clinic will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)...

Ben Boulden

Here's To Your Health

Barotrauma

June 25, 2020 | These programs were first broadcast the week of June 29, 2020.

Tim Taylor

Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Elects New Board of Advisors Members

July 1, 2020 | The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announces the election of new members to its Board of Advisors.

Susan Van Dusen

College of Medicine

Students, Educators Transfer Teaching to Virtual Learning

June 26, 2020 | When UAMS sent students home March 13 for the rest of the school year to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the College of Medicine quickly transitioned classroom instruction to online learning.

Katrina Dupins

George and Linda Gleason (at left) chat with G. Richard Smith, M.D. (center), David Ashmore and R. Lee Archer, M.D., prior to the presentation of a $100,000 check to be split equally between the Psychiatric Research Institute and Department of Neurology.

News Release

George and Linda Gleason Foundation Gives $100,000 for UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurology

June 26, 2020 | The George and Linda Gleason Foundation has given $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), split evenly among the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine and the Psychiatric Research Institute. The Gleasons were on hand Friday, June 19 to present a check to R. Lee Archer, M.D., chair of the...

Benjamin Waldrum

Jordan Weaver, M.D., uses a digital health video connection to talk to a colleague. Weaver helped lead the digital health effort at the UAMS Family Medical Center in Batesville.

Patient Stories

Digital Health Visits Help Regional Campuses Meet COVID-19 Challenges

June 25, 2020 | Brittnay Hall, 39, was at an impasse: COVID-19 worries were making worse her pre-existing problems with anxiety. Also, thinking of having an in-person visit with her physician about her anxiety medications made her feel unsafe. Digital health technology resolved her dilemma. Hall, of Newark, had a more-than-20-year patient-physician relationship with Julia Roulier, M.D., a family...

UAMS Partners with Nationwide Program to Use Statistics on Orthopaedic Outcomes to Help Determine Care

UAMS First in Arkansas to Use ExcelsiusGPS for Robot-Assisted Spinal Surgery

Juneteenth Online Chat, Website Provides for Shared Experiences

DDEI Hosts Virtual Healing, Discussion Chats

Research Finds Inflammatory Connection for High Cholesterol, Suggests Possible Combo of Medications

Cured: Arkansas Man’s Sickle Cell Disease Eliminated by Bone Marrow Transplant

UAMS Students, Employees Stand Against Racism

University News

COVID-19 Testing Draws Hundreds to North Little Rock Drive-thru

College of Pharmacy Residents, Fellows Graduate Despite Challenging Year

UAMS Awarded $940,000 by FCC to Help with COVID-19 Response Across the State

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Over The Counter Drugs

UAMS to Aid $20 Million Statewide Effort to Build on Data Science Strengths

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing June 30 in North Little Rock

Barotrauma

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Elects New Board of Advisors Members

Students, Educators Transfer Teaching to Virtual Learning

George and Linda Gleason Foundation Gives $100,000 for UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, Department of Neurology

Digital Health Visits Help Regional Campuses Meet COVID-19 Challenges

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