June 22, 2021

UAMS Travel Guidelines Updated

Ben Boulden

On March 30, 2020, in response to the global pandemic, UAMS implemented travel guidelines for all faculty, staff, and students that prohibited University-sponsored travel to countries with a CDC travel advisory of level two or above.


June 21, 2021

UAMS Project SEARCH Interns Complete Program, Many Find Jobs

Ben Boulden

This year's Project SEARCH graduates hold their diplomas after the ceremony at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Little Rock. They are, left to right, Donna Pelle, Unard Bush, Marshall Neal, Jodarious Riggins, Matthew Henley Greenwalt, Joe Randall and Molly Stump.

Even masks and social distancing couldn’t conceal the powerful, positive emotions June 15 among the family and friends at St. Andrews United Methodist Church attending the graduation of seven young adults from Project SEARCH at UAMS.


COVID-19, Cancer Institute’s Growth among Topics at June Town Hall

Ben Boulden

Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, responds to a question asked by Michael Manley, left, who fielded questions from the online audience.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, at the virtual Town Hall meeting June 16 introduced five speakers who each addressed a variety of subjects from COVID-19 research to recruitment, clinical volumes and construction.


June 18, 2021

Wellness Week Returns and Succeeds for Residents

Ben Boulden

Wellness Week in late May included pet therapy, a food drive and a week-long, online contest using the Goose Chase app.

With the resumption of wellness week events, both in-person and virtual, attention returned to the well-being of UAMS residents who are themselves deeply committed to the wellness of others. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of Wellness Week 2020 for residents in the UAMS Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, and it put already hard-working residents…


June 16, 2021

Physician Assistant Class of 2023 Dons White Coats

Ben Boulden

Tiffany Huitt, Ph.D., left, reads off the names of the 40 members of the Physician Assistant Class of 2023 as each in turn puts on their white coat during a partly virtual white coat ceremony.

May often brings graduations and happy endings to the studies of many types of student. But for the Class of 2023 in the UAMS Department of Physician Studies, the month and the department’s white coat ceremony May 28 marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives.


June 15, 2021

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Vaccinations June 18 at Philander Smith College

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 18 at Philander Smith College, 900 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive, in Little Rock. To minimize your wait time, please make an appointment to receive a vaccination by calling…


June 3, 2021

June MVP — Camille Hart

Ben Boulden

Camille Hart -- June 2021 MVP of the Month

Congratulations to Camille Hart, our June MVP of the month. Camille is a program manager in the UAMS College of Public Health’s Department of Health Behavior and Health Education. Here is what her nominator wrote: Camille Hart is the epitome of going above and beyond her job description to improve health in Arkansas.


UAMS Portal Gives Access to About 3,200 Policies and Procedures

Ben Boulden

UAMS currently has about 3,200 active policies and procedures across the institution that are accessible in Compliance 360, our centralized policy management software application.  In order for us to ensure the standards we hold ourselves accountable to, we steadfastly insist that all employees, physicians, volunteers, trainees, faculty and students are aware of our formal policies.


May 31, 2021

June S.A.F.E. Newsletter Available

Ben Boulden

The June S.A.F.E. newsletter is available. The subject is The Joint Commission Survey Readiness. UAMS is in the window for The Joint Commission Survey. Here are some reminders for Team UAMS of some actions and procedures which we need to do every day regardless of whether or not The Joint Commission is here


May 27, 2021

UAMS Speech Pathologists Earn Uncommon NICU Certification

Ben Boulden

Camp and Davis

Years of practical experience and professional education recently earned two UAMS speech pathologists, Carol Anne Camp and Jackie Davis, a certification that is rare in Arkansas. Both became Certified Neonatal Therapists, two of only a few with the certification in Arkansas, according to the Neonatal Therapy Certification Board (NTCB). “It feels good to be certified…



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