UAMS Hosts Oct. 16 Spinal Neurosurgery Lecture
| LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to attend the Flanigan-Boop Endowed Lectureship in Spinal Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) at 5 p.m. Oct. 16.
Andrew Jea, M.D., MBA, a professor and chair of neurosurgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, will present a lecture on advances in neurosurgery on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on the Little Rock campus.
The title of the lecture is “Veritate Duce Progredi: Neuromuscular Scoliosis.”
Jea, who also serves as chief of pediatric neurosurgery, is a nationally recognized complex spine and pediatric neurosurgeon. He specializes in minimally invasive techniques to treat spinal deformities, scoliosis, spina bifida, tethered cord syndrome and brachial plex injuries.
Parking will be available in Parking 3, located at 4030 W. Capitol Ave., near the institute.
A reception will follow the lecture.
The Flanagin-Boop lectureship honors the legacy of Stevenson Flanagin, M.D., former chair of the UAMS Department of Neurosurgery, and Warren C. Boop, M.D., who together built the neurosurgery residency program at UAMS.
The event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. To receive the link to participate virtually, and to learn more about continuing education credits, visit: https://medicine.uams.edu/neurosurgery/events/flanigan-boop/.
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 3,553 students and 902 medical residents and fellows. It is the state’s largest public employer with about 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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