September 4, 2014

All UAMS Family Medical Centers Earn Highest Patient-Centered Status

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Three University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) family medical centers recently earned national recognition as Level III patient-centered medical homes, completely the goal of achieving Level III status for all eight UAMS family medical centers statewide.


August 27, 2014

UAMS Myeloma Institute Director Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., Named ARA Scholar

Ben Boulden

Aug. 27, 2014 | Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the University of Arkansas  for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, was named an Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Scholar at a news conference today at the State Capitol.


August 15, 2014

UAMS Medical Student From Gurdon Awarded $10,000 to Choose Primary Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Sarah Franklin of Gurdon, Ark., has been named the first recipient of the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.


UAMS Med Student From Gurdon Awarded $10,000 to Choose Primary Care

Ben Boulden

Aug. 15, 2014 | Sarah Franklin of Gurdon, Ark., has been named the first recipient of the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.


Patients Find Relief from Chronic Pain through New Device

Ben Boulden

Aug. 15, 2014 | Chronic pain had diminished the lives of both Steve Moore and Tony Yocom. Protégé, a new neurostimulation system implanted during surgery at UAMS, has given some of that life back.


August 14, 2014

UAMS Neurosurgeon First in Arkansas to Implant New Spinal Cord Stimulation Device to Alleviate Chronic Pain

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Erika Petersen, M.D., recently became the first neurosurgeon in Arkansas to implant in a patient the Protégé IPG device, the world’s first and only neurostimulation system that can be updated through software rather than surgery.


August 13, 2014

UAMS, Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Expand Affiliation

Ben Boulden

Aug. 13, 2014 | Gov. Mike Beebe joined officials from UAMS and the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs today at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville to announce a plan to provide residents in the Arkansas State Veterans Home on the regional campus improved care.


August 12, 2014

UAMS/UALR-Developed Clot Buster Device Aids in Stroke Treatment

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — A new device developed by a physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a researcher at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) could soon be available to treat stroke more effectively.


UAMS/UALR-Developed Clot Buster Device Helps in Stroke Treatment

Ben Boulden

Aug. 12, 2014 | A new device developed by a physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a researcher at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) could soon be available to treat stroke more effectively.


August 8, 2014

Donation to UAMS Funds New Neurosurgical Robot Acquisition

Ben Boulden

Aug. 8, 2014 | Through a donation of $402,000 by the late Edwin “Brad “Bradberry, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center recently purchased a neurosurgical robot, ROSA, to be used in stereotactic procedures for epilepsy and oncology.



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