James Andrews to Speak at UAMS
| LITTLE ROCK — World-renowned sports surgeon James R. Andrews, M.D., of Gulf Breeze, Fla. and Birmingham, Ala., will be the featured speaker at the 30th Annual Arkansas Orthopaedic Forum, to be held Sept. 5 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Andrews, whose high-profile patients include Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady and Roger Clemens among others, will speak on “The History of Sports Medicine and Success in Orthopaedics” and participate in an expert panel discussion on the management of sports- related injuries.
There is no charge to attend the forum, which will be 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. However, registration is required. To register or for more information, contact Linda Jones at 501-686-7812 or ldjones@uams.edu.
“We are very excited to have Dr. Andrews as our Carl L. Nelson Distinguished Visiting Professor at this forum,” said C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the College of Medicine.
“He has been an innovative leader in surgery, therapy, research and education in sports medicine for many years. Certainly his reputation is unmatched in the world of sports, from childhood athlete to professional star. Closer to home, he is synonymous with Sports Medicine in the Southeastern Conference,” Barnes said.
Andrews, a graduate of Louisiana State University, has practiced sports medicine for more than three decades. He treats patients from high school athletes to professionals from a variety of sports.
He is a founding partner and medical director for the Andrews Institute in Florida and a founding member of the American Sports Medicine Institute in Alabama. He is also the co-medical director for intercollegiate sports at Auburn University, senior orthopaedic consultant for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Alabama and an orthopaedic consultant for other professional and collegiate teams.
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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