LITTLE ROCK – Gene Graves, Pharm.D., of Little Rock, has become the first recipient of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy’s Award for Professional Distinction. He received the award for serving as an example of high achievement among pharmacists and for serving with great distinction during his pharmacy career.
Graves teaches part time as a volunteer at the College of Pharmacy and is a nationally and internationally recognized pioneer of home infusion services. He has served as president of the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Home Infusion Association. He also served as president of the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Home Infusion Association.
Graves is a past president of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association and the Arkansas Academy of Consultant Pharmacists. He was selected as the Arkansas Pharmacist of the Year, and is a recipient of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association Community Service Award. In 1994, his company, I Care of Arkansas, was selected as “Arkansas Business of the Year” by Arkansas Business magazine.
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 2,200students and 660 residents and is the state’s largest public employer with almost 9,000employees. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $4.1billion a year.
UAMS centers of excellence are the ArkansasCancerResearchCenter, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, DonaldW. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.