July 2, 2021

July MVP — Patrick Geans

Ben Boulden

MVP Patrick Geans

Congratulations to Patrick Geans, the university’s MVP for July. Patrick is a health screener. Here is what his nominator wrote: Patrick is the ever friendly face and voice in the Cancer Institute lobby where he works as a health screener. He is polite, welcoming and makes everyone feel special. He maintains his smiling and compassionate…


July 1, 2021

UAMS Now ‘Official Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Provider’ for Razorbacks

Ben Boulden

Razorback

UAMS on July 1 became the Official Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine provider for Razorback Athletics. You will start seeing this partnership advertised in UAMS television, print and billboard ads, and on social media. Official UAMS and Razorbacks apparel coming soon as well.


June 29, 2021

Rosalind Abernathy

Ben Boulden

Rosalind Smith Abernathy, M.D., of Durham, North Carolina, died, Thursday, June 17. Rosalind Smith Abernathy served on the faculty in the Department of Pediatrics from 1957 to 2012. She was an early pioneer and known internationally for her clinical care, advocacy and innovative disease management for tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. At her recruitment, Abernathy was only…


June 28, 2021

UAMS Medical Center Earns Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care Designation

Ben Boulden

UAMS Medical Center has been recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. A UAMS sonographer, left, performs an ultrasound on a pregnant mother.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center has been recognized as a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.


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…



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