UAMS Hosts Free Parkinson’s Symposium April 16

By Linda Satter

| LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host its eighth annual Parkinson’s Symposium on April 16.

The Sunday afternoon forum is aimed at Parkinson’s patients, their caregivers and family members, and health care professionals, as well as anyone interested in learning about Parkinson’s disease, treatment options and research initiatives.

The event is free and runs from 1 to 3 p.m. in the 12th floor auditorium of the Jackson T. Stephens Neurosciences and Spine Institute on the UAMS campus, but can also be attended virtually through Zoom.

Topics to be addressed include cognitive changes associated with the disease, Parkinson’s disease and exercise, a demonstration of how music can help Parkinson’s patients, legal and estate planning, and the advantages of being treated for Parkinson’s in multidisciplinary facilities.

Registration is required to attend in-person or virtually. To register, go to: https://medicine.uams.edu/neurosurgery/ps2023. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants.

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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