July 7, 2015
Conference July 10-12 to Focus on Emergency Treatment of Traumatic Injury and Chronic Conditions
LITTLE ROCK – Registration is open for a conference July 10-12 at the John Q. Hammons Conference Center in Rogers to educate the public and health professionals about emergency assessment and treatment of traumatic injury and chronic conditions. The symposium, Improving Critical and Acute care through Regional Education (ICARE), will include updates in evidence-based treatment…
July 6, 2015
North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care
LITTLE ROCK – North Metro Medical Center in Jacksonville has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region. Called AR SAVES (Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support), the program uses a high-speed video communications system to help provide immediate, life-saving treatments…
July 2, 2015
Hand Surgery
Doctors use Telemedicine to save Batesville man’s hand
Scalp replacement surgery
Woman’s scalp reattached to her skull by UAMS surgeon
July 1, 2015
UAMS’ Shorey Receives National Faculty Affairs Award
LITTLE ROCK — Jeannette Shorey, M.D., a professor of internal medicine and the associate dean for continuing medical education and faculty affairs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, received the Carole J. Bland Phronesis Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The award is presented annually based…
Freedom From Smoking Support Group to Begin July 22 At UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK – If you’re ready to quit smoking, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is ready to help. The Freedom from Smoking support group will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. for seven Wednesdays beginning July 22 at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Patient Support Pavilion, located on the first floor. The…
Teaching with Technology Symposium Slated for July 23-24
LITTLE ROCK – Educators from across Arkansas are invited to attend Teaching with Technology, a symposium designed to give educators new tools and ideas for teaching in the classroom or online to be held July 23-24 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The ninth annual forum for educators and trainers at all…
UAMS Stroke Team Provides ‘Miracle’ for DeWitt Man
Shannon Bullock rushed to her husband, David, when she saw him fall on the steps of their family crop dusting business in DeWitt. What happened next speaks to the life-saving power of timely, appropriate treatment that is now available across Arkansas when someone has a stroke. Shannon, an EMT, took the first critical steps: She…
June 30, 2015
Patient Receives Stents and Bypass – a UAMS First
Patricia Ernst questioned her heart surgeon, UAMS’ Gareth Tobler, M.D., when he proposed a unique solution to blockages in three of her coronary arteries. “Do you mean I’m going to be a guinea pig?” Ernst asked before being reassured that her treatments at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences would be in her long-term…
June 26, 2015
UAMS-based Arkansas INBRE Receives $3.9 million for Biomedical Research
June 26, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, Lawrence Cornett, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, and Helen Benes, Ph.D., associate director of the Arkansas INBRE.has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the program.
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