$40,000 Grant to Support Geriatrics Education at UAMS

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LITTLE ROCK – An assistant professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded a two-year grant totaling $40,000 to assist in training medical and surgical residents in the area of geriatrics.


 


S. Ashfaq Hasan, M.D., assistant professor in the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, received the grant through the Geriatrics for Specialists Initiative: Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents Program, a project of The American Geriatrics Society and the John A. Hartford Foundation.


 


Hasan also is director of the UAMS Department of Orthopaedics Shoulder and Elbow Section.


 


The initiative is a component of the Hartford Foundation-funded project that aims to increase geriatrics expertise in surgical and related medical specialties.


 


UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has about 2,435 students and 714 medical residents. It is one of the state’s largest public employers with about 9,400 employees, including nearly 1,000 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $5 billion a year. For more information, visit www.uams.edu.