Day at the Races April 1 to Benefit UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

By Spencer Watson

Day at the Races is set for 11:30 a.m. April 1 at the Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs. Guests will enjoy lunch and an afternoon of thoroughbred racing with special guest KTHV news anchor Craig O’Neill.

Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased at www.giving.uams.edu/dayattheraces or by calling (501) 526-2277. Seating is limited, and parking is available in the north parking lot near the north entrance.

Honorary chairs for the event are Betty and Buddy Formby. Hosts are Bernard Cluck, Beryl Cumberworth and Elaine Gartenberg.

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute is Arkansas’ only academic cancer center. The institute has more than 140,000 patient visits each year and sees patients from every Arkansas county, all 50 states and more than 40 countries.

 

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 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 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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