UAMS to Host Breastfeeding Symposium Aug. 8
| LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites physicians, nurses, dieticians and other health care providers who support and promote breastfeeding to attend the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition Symposium on Aug. 8, in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building on the UAMS campus.
Presented by the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition and the UAMS Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education and Learning System (ANGELS), the day-long symposium will cover a range of topics from pharmacology in breastfeeding patients to the baby-friendly hospital initiative and includes a lunchtime panel discussion. Other sponsors include the Arkansas Department of Health and the UAMS Center for Distance Health.
Keynote speakers are Miriam Labbok, M.D., one of the world’s leading experts in breastfeeding, and Thomas Hale, Ph.D., author of numerous books on how medication affects lactation. Both speakers will be on hand for a meet and greet and book signing the evening prior to the symposium from 5-7 p.m. at 9500 Kanis Road, Suite 201.
Registration for the symposium is $50 and is available through http://breastfeedingsymposium2014.eventbrite.com. The evening meet and greet requires a separate admission fee of $15, which is tax deductible and benefits the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition. For more information, visit www.arbfc.org.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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