UAMS Offers Free Skin Cancer Screening May 2

By todd

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LITTLE ROCK – In observance of Melanoma Monday and National Skin Examination Day, a free skin cancer screening for the public will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, May 2, on the sixth floor of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


 


Appointment times are still available from noon to 3:30 p.m. To make an appointment, call (501) 296-1505, extension 1021.


 


Parking will be available for a reduced fee in the Outpatient Center parking deck on the corner of Cedar Street and Capitol Avenue. Visitors should expect a brief wait. The screening is courtesy of the UAMS Departments of Dermatology and Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.


 


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 more than 2,200 students and 660 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 $4.1 billion a year.


 


UAMS centers of excellence are the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute.