Retina Specialist Bradley Hughes Joins UAMS Faculty

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LITTLE ROCK – Bradley Hughes, M.D., has joined the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology.


 


A fellowship-trained retina specialist, Hughes will see patients at the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute at UAMS and at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.


 


Hughes received his medical degree in 2000 from UAMS and served his residency at the Jones Eye Institute. He recently completed a surgical/medical retina fellowship in the Department of Ophthalmology at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va.


 


Hughes is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.


 


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 2,320 students and 690 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 $4.3 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 & Neurosciences Institute.