August 25, 2020

UAMS COVID-19 Testing RESCHEDULED; Sept. 2 Drive-Up Testing in El Dorado Postponed from Aug. 27

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Sept. 2 at Medical Center of South Arkansas, 700 West Grove St. in El Dorado. Because of weather forecasts predicting that rainstorms will likely affect the area on Aug. 27, the testing drive-up has been rescheduled to Sept. 2….


August 20, 2020

UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Aug. 27 in El Dorado

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 27 at Medical Center of South Arkansas, 700 West Grove St. in El Dorado. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing.  Up to 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University…


August 19, 2020

Twins Prepare for 2021 Olympics, First-Year as College of Pharmacy Students

Ben Boulden

Lexi Jacobus just before she pole valuts while competing in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.

Twin sisters and pole vaulters Tori Hoggard and Lexi Jacobus are familiar with hurtling through mid-air, but they aren’t used to the feeling like they are suspended in it. Like so many people throughout the world with plans affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic, they had anticipated starting as first-year UAMS College of Pharmacy students…


August 18, 2020

UAMS Earns Tree Campus USA Status from Arbor Day Foundation

Ben Boulden

A variety of trees stand near one of the gateway entrances to the UAMS campus, recently recognized for the seventh consecutive year as a Tree Campus USA.

For the seventh consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized the main campus of UAMS as a Tree Campus USA 2019. Penny Talbert, landscape manager in UAMS Campus Operations, said she was grateful for the recognition of the effort she and the team she leads have put into maintaining a health population of trees on…


August 17, 2020

Patrick Sullins, M.D., Joins UAMS Family Medical Center in Batesville

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Patrick Sullins, M.D., recently joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Batesville as a family medicine physician and is accepting patients. He is also faculty for the Family Medicine Residency Program there. Originally from Weiner, Arkansas, Sullins graduated from Lyon college and earned his medical degree…


UAMS to Provide COVID-19 Drive-Up Testing Aug. 20 in Magnolia

Ben Boulden

Drive-up testing for COVID-19 will be held from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Aug. 20 at Magnolia Regional Medical Center, 100 Hospital Drive in Magnolia. There will be no out-of-pocket cost for testing. The first 200 community members will be tested. The testing will be conducted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)…


August 14, 2020

UAMS College of Pharmacy Ranked among Top Pharmacy Colleges

Ben Boulden

Best Grad Schools -- U.S. News

The UAMS College of Pharmacy recently was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as having one of the best colleges of pharmacy nationwide, ranking 31st among 134 total colleges in the magazine’s 2020 list. “What makes the College of Pharmacy special is its people. The hard work and passion its faculty and students have…


August 12, 2020

Lanita White, Pharm.D., Named to Diversity Task Force of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Ben Boulden

Lanita White, Pharm.D.

LITTLE ROCK — Lanita White, Pharm.D., recently was selected by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) to serve on its ASHP Task Force on Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. White is an assistant dean for student affairs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy. Starting this month, the 18-member…


August 11, 2020

First-in-the-Nation Technology Saves Lab Labor, Testing Time

Ben Boulden

Some of the technologists in the UAMS Clinical Lab stand before the recently upgraded automated testing line. All of them provided input into the planning for the upgrade.

A first-in-the-nation innovative piece of technology installed between two automated lines in a large UAMS lab has shaved turnaround time for test results by 10-15 minutes and allows skilled technologists more time for complex analysis. The new automated arm joins the chemistry line made by Beckman Coulter to the hematology testing line made by Sysmex,…


Timely Treatment Saves 27-Year-Old from Stroke

Ben Boulden

John Jansky, 27, credits the quick responses of the UAMS IDHI Stroke Program and Vital Link EMS of Izard County for his quick recovery from a stroke.

John Jansky was an unlikely candidate for a stroke. He does not smoke, have high blood pressure or any other contributing medical conditions. Jansky was also an unlikely stroke survivor because he lives in rural Pineville, Ark. – several miles from the nearest hospital. One Monday evening in December, Janksy got up from dinner with…



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