August 19, 2012
‘People Don’t Just Work Here’
What few details Jean Rugamba knows of the morning of July 20 he has learned mostly secondhand. He was driving alone, and the roads were wet. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a pole at approximately 70 mph. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out a window. In the process,…
August 11, 2012
Varicose Vein Treatment Gives Educator Extra Pep
When many people think of varicose veins, images of enlarged and bulging vessels visible through the skin come to mind. While that is often a telltale sign of the condition, varicose veins can sometimes exist deeper beneath the skin’s surface. “I didn’t have the typical symptoms,” said Lorraine Frazier, Ph.D., R.N., former dean of the…
Surgery Helps Teen ‘Blossom’ after Wreck
For two years, 18-year-old Paige Collins of Harrison thought her fate was to live with a tilted neck following a 2012 car accident — until she came to UAMS. A tilted neck wasn’t her only injury. She endured a broken neck, fractured femur and tibia, internal bruising, and a T6 fracture. But after undergoing surgery…
August 6, 2012
Support from UAMS Helps Ann Elmore Live with Lymphedema
After undergoing surgery for breast cancer in 1997, Ann Elmore knew something wasn’t quite right with her left arm. “My arm would swell, and I would get it treated, time after time,” she said. In 2002, after numerous appointments with her doctors, she was referred to Dr. Reed Thompson at UAMS. Dr. Thompson diagnosed Ann, a retired…
July 11, 2012
UAMS’ Cutting-Edge Skin Cancer Treatment Reverses Sun Damage
Coleen Hyde has fond memories of idyllic days in the sun during her youth. Living in California near the coast, deep tans were in vogue, sunscreen was not widely available at the drug stores and she wasn’t aware of damage from the sun’s rays. After she moved to Arkansas 22 years ago, Coleen began using…
May 17, 2012
Arthroscopic Surgery Puts Duffel Back on the Court
At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. UAMS patient Stephen Duffel, the general manager of…
August 14, 2011
New Device Unclogs Stroke Patient’s Veins in Brain
In the days leading up to Glen Deaton’s emergency trip from Trumann to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), large veins that drain blood from his brain were clotting. Confusion, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision were among his symptoms. An MRI revealed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis – a type of stroke caused by a…
August 6, 2011
Holding On
Solita Johnson-Davis was reeling as she got off the phone. The oncologist had bluntly informed the 27-year-old Little Rock realtor that she had cervical cancer. “I was in such a state I was dizzy. I went to my mom and said, ‘I need a second opinion.’ I wanted a doctor I could easily talk to.”…
October 10, 2010
Double-Knee Replacements Amaze Patient
Sue Cromer of Fort Smith knew it was time for knee replacements when she could no longer baby-sit her two youngest grandchildren at her daughters home. “My daughter has a two-story house, and I couldn’t do the stairs,” said Sue, 64, a retired choir teacher. “I couldn’t walk without pain; if I did anything strenuous…
February 17, 2009
UAMS Doctor Honors Wife’s Career with Nursing Scholarship
Dr. Nicholas Lang establishes a scholarship in honor of his wife, Helen Lang, R.N.
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