UAMS Clinic in El Dorado
College of Medicine

UAMS Earns Initial Accreditation for Family Medicine Residency Program in El Dorado

June 19, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a family medicine rural track residency program in El Dorado. The new residency program will focus on full scope family medicine with a unique emphasis on obstetrics. Recruiting for the program will...

Philip Allison
University of Arkansas System, Message from the President
University News

Message from UA System President Jay B. Silveria to UAMS

June 19, 2025 | Lt. Gen. (Retired) Jay B. Silveria, President of the University of Arkansas System, recorded a special message for Team UAMS about the search for the next chancellor of our university. In his message, President Silveria discusses the process and names the chair of the search committee. Please tune in to watch the video message. A transcript is included with the video post.

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Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., speaks during the playoff round of the competition as Victoria Bourgeois, MBA, stands by.
College of Medicine

UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology

June 18, 2025 | Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John...

David Robinson
Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, is the new vice chancellor for the UAMS Division of People and Culture.
Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships

UAMS Names Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, Vice Chancellor of the Division of People and Culture

June 17, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, the vice chancellor for the Division of People and Culture, effective June 16. Gittens has been serving as interim vice chancellor since March 14, while continuing to lead the Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships. “With more than 11,000 employees,...

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Tyler Priddy stands outside in a UAMS garden in May, after a follow-up appointment.
Medical News

UAMS Performs Groundbreaking Epilepsy Surgery as Part of FDA-Approved Clinical Trial

June 16, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Surgeons from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have performed the first transplantation in Arkansas of interneuron cell therapy, called NRTX-1001, into a patient with non-lesional epilepsy as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial under way at multiple locations across the United States. Four months later, the 33-year-old patient, who...

Linda Satter
Father’s Cancer Battle Inspires Son’s Research
Cancer Patient Stories

Father’s Cancer Battle Inspires Son’s Research

June 13, 2025 | When Don Tackett learned that he had prostate cancer, his first call was to his son, Alan. “It was difficult to hear,” said Alan Tackett, Ph.D., a leading UAMS cancer researcher whose life’s work collided with his father’s health that day. “I’m used to researching cancer, but not my father being a cancer patient,” said...

Marty Trieschmann

University News

Professor M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D.

UAMS Mourns Death of Famed Neurosurgeon M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D.

June 12, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was saddened to learn of the June 11 death of M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D., an internationally renowned pioneer in neurosurgery who is often referred to as the “Father of Modern Microneurosurgery.”  

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Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, speaks to employees during a town hall meeting in May.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Stepping Down

June 10, 2025 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, announced today that he will step down as leader of the state’s only academic health sciences university once a transition plan is in place.

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Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

College of Public Health Alumna Works to Prevent the Spread of Diseases

June 10, 2025 | Zuakernah Belo, MPH, finds her duties for the Arkansas Department of Health challenging, yet highly rewarding. An alumna of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Belo is an HIV prevention program manager in the health department’s infectious disease branch. Informing Arkansans on the dangers of diseases...

Kev' Moye
A doula and a pregnant women practice breathing exercises
News Release

UAMS and University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Partner to Offer College Credit to Doula Trainees

June 9, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Participants in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation’s doula training program are now able to receive college credit, thanks to a continued partnership between UAMS and the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT). By coupling this program with the state’s passage of the Healthy Moms, Healthy...

David Wise
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Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Kari Weber, Ph.D., MHS, Grateful for Her Path to Becoming a Public Health Professional

June 17, 2025 | Kari Weber, Ph.D., MHS, is an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology. Whenever she reflects on her route to obtaining a career in public health, Weber is filled with gratitude. “I’ve learned to love people,” she said. “I think everyone...

Kev' Moye
COP Jessica Binz, Morgan Streett and Michelle Hernandez
College of Pharmacy

Three New Faculty Members Join College of Pharmacy

June 11, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy has added three new members to its faculty: Jessica Binz, Pharm.D., Morgan Streett, Pharm.D., and Michelle Hernandez, Pharm.D. Jessica Binz, Pharm.D. Binz rejoins the faculty as an assistant professor of pharmacy practice. Previously she was on faculty from 2015-2023 before spending two years with...

Benjamin Waldrum
The PA Class of 2027 recites the Professional Oath before the conclusion of the White Coat Ceremony.
College of Health Professions

Physician Assistant Class of 2027 Don White Coats

June 10, 2025 | The Class of 2027 Physician Assistant students began their studies a month ago, and on May 23 they donned their white coats for the first time in a ceremony marking the formal start of their professional education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The ceremony represents a rite of passage as students...

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