June 18, 2009
Two UAMS Doctors in Jones Eye Institute Receive Chairs
The celebration was twofold for family, friends and colleagues as the UAMS Jones Eye Institute awarded two chairs to a pair of its most highly respected ophthalmologists at a June 4 double investiture ceremony.
June 17, 2009
Children’s Psychiatric Unit Opening Marks Milestone at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – The children’s inpatient unit at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute began accepting patients this week, marking the first time in 30 years that UAMS has provided inpatient care to children.<span class=”content”></span>
June 16, 2009
UAMS Receives $94,500 from Arkansas Medical Society Alliance to Endow Scholarships
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A group of Arkansas physician spouses showed support for current and future students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently with a $94,500 gift to endow three scholarships.</span>
June 12, 2009
Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Initiative Raises Match to Total $500,000
LITTLE ROCK – Matching funds necessary to implement a statewide cord blood banking network based at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been reached to total $500,000 for the trailblazing program. <span class=”content”></span>
June 23, Science Café – ‘Researching Arkansas History’
LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, “Researching Arkansas History,” on June 23. Panelists will discuss Arkansas history, Civil War medicine, how research is carried out, and how artifacts are identified, authenticated and preserved.<span class=”content”></span>
June 10, 2009
UAMS Names Knight Chairman of Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Daniel A. Knight, M.D., with more than two decades of experience in family medicine, has been named the new chairman of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine.</span>
June 9, 2009
McKelvey Becomes Inaugural Recipient of Chair in Clinical Genetics
Kent McKelvey, M.D., receives the medal and chair as the first Winthrop P. Rockefeller Chair in Clinical Genetics from UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., (left) and College of Medicine Dean Debra H. Fiser, M.D. Dr. McKelvey, seated, is joined by Lisenne Rockefeller, wife of the late Lt. Gov. Winthrop P. Rockefeller, and sons, to celebrate his investiture…
McKelvey Becomes Inaugural Recipient of Chair in Clinical Genetics
Bringing “vision of a primary care physician to the latest science in genetics,” Kent McKelvey, M.D., on May 14 became the inaugural recipient of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Chair in Clinical Genetics.
June 4, 2009
UAMS Aging Institute Receives $33.4 Million From Reynolds Foundation
Reynolds Foundation Chairman Fred W. Smith received standing ovations when he announced gifts totaling $33.4 million to the UAMS Institute on Aging. Reynolds Institute Director Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., reacts during the announcement ceremony. John Schlereth, a former Reynolds Foundation trustee, after learning that a walkway between the Reynolds Institute on Aging and the…
UAMS Aging Institute Receives $33.4 Million From Reynolds Foundation
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today received $33.4 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, the second-largest gift ever awarded to UAMS.
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