UAMS To Present Program on Heart Disease
| LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Rural Health Program will bring members of the public the latest information on heart disease and how to prevent it during a real-time interactive television presentation airing at several hospitals and area health education centers (AHECs) throughout the state.
“Take a Look at Your Heart,” will air from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14. Anthony Fletcher, M.D., a Little Rock cardiologist, will share information from a recent statewide cardiovascular conference that featured many prominent physicians within the field. He then will take questions from viewers.
The presentation is free and open to the public at the following locations (with phone numbers):
• Chicot Memorial Hospital in Lake Village (870-265-5351 ext. 257)
• Delta AHEC in Helena (870-338-9100)
• Eureka Springs Hospital (501-253-7400)
• Harris Hospital in Newport (980-523-8911)
• Helena Regional Medical Center 870 (338-5800 ext. 4212)
• Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Walnut Ridge (870-886-4105)
• Marvell Medical Clinic (870-829-2521)
• McGehee Desha County Hospital (870-222-5600)
• Mena Medical Center 501 (394-6100 ext. 7135)
• Ouachita Medical Center in Camden (870-836-1341)
• Piggott Community Hospital (870-269-4144)
• Stuttgart Regional Medical Center (870-673-3511)
• UA Community College in Hope (870-777-5722)
• AHEC Ft. Smith (501-785-2431)
• AHEC Southwest in Texarkana (870-779-6082)
• UAMS (College of Public Health eighth floor auditorium) 501-686-2590
The UAMS Rural Hospital Program is a unique program that allows Arkansans to receive and participate in technology-based health education. Through the interactive television system, health professionals, students and community members can access information and programming from health experts in their own community hospitals and clinics.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, five centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has about 2,170 students and 650 residents and is the state’s largest public employer with almost 9,000 employees. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of about $3.8 billion a year.
UAMS centers of excellence are the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.