May 17, 2018
UAMS Center on Aging-Northeast Receives $5,500 Fighting Hunger Grant from Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation
May 17, 2018 | The Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation has awarded the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center on Aging-Northeast in Jonesboro a $5,500 Fighting Hunger Grant. The grant funds will be used to host the Cooking Matters Store Tours. This project will provide access to education for low-income families on low-cost healthy…
May 16, 2018
Strike Out Stroke Nights Grow as AR SAVES Does
May 16, 2018 | As AR SAVES (Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support) marks its 10th year of operation, the total number of stroke survivors and their families helped by the program expands too, bringing more and more of them to the ballpark for Strike Out Stroke nights. It was the eighth year AR…
Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education to Celebrate Older Americans Month May 31
May 16, 2018 | The Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), invites older adults in northwest Arkansas to a free celebration for Older Americans Month from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. May 31 at the Schmieding Center at 2422 N. Thompson in Springdale. With…
Martin Radvany, M.D., Named Chief of Interventional Neuroradiology at UAMS
May 16, 2018 | Martin G. Radvany, M.D., an internationally known leader in interventional neuroradiology and specialist in vascular disorders of the brain and spine, has joined the Department of Radiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as professor and chief of interventional neuroradiology. Radvany received his medical degree from Northwestern University in Chicago…
May 15, 2018
BioVentures fastPace Course Helps Researchers Grasp Business Basics
May 15, 2018 | Even a classroom full of experienced researchers with Ph.D. and medical degrees still found useful things to learn about business during the fastPace course organized by BioVentures. “We enrolled in the class because we thought we had a good idea, but we didn’t really know how to take it to the…
May 10, 2018
Pain Management Symposium Speaker Discusses Opioid Crisis
May 10, 2018 | Kirk Lane wasn’t pointing a finger at anyone in the audience at UAMS. He was pointing a finger at everyone. Lane, director of the Arkansas Drug Task Force, spoke April 28 at the Arkansas Pain Management Symposium, focusing chiefly on the opioid crisis in the state and nationwide “Inevitably, it all…
Travis Ewing, D.O., Joins UAMS Family Medical Center in Helena as Family Medicine Physician
May 10, 2018 | Family medicine physician Travis Ewing, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients at the Family Medical Center at UAMS East Regional Campus in Helena. Ewing received his doctor of osteopathy degree in 2013 from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie,…
Fred Smith, Reynolds Foundation Legacy Boasts Two Decades of Accomplishment
May 10, 2018 | Fred Smith’s leadership as chairman of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation left a legacy of philanthropy at UAMS matched only by a handful of other generous donors. The foundation is a national philanthropic organization founded in 1954 by the late media entrepreneur for whom it is named. Headquartered in Las Vegas,…
May 9, 2018
C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Inducted into Prestigious Hip Society
May 9, 2018 | C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon, professor and department chair at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been inducted into The Hip Society, a national organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge relating to the hip joint. Its members are recognized thought leaders in the field of…
STOP Alzheimer’s Forum Spotlights Dementia Caregiving
May 9, 2018 | Caregiver training and knowing when to seek outside help can improve the care that one provides a loved one while also lightening the burden on a caregiver. Several dozen people gathered in the Jo Ellen Ford auditorium April 23 at the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging to hear speakers…
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