December 18, 2019

UAMS Sets Quarterly Computer Classes for Adults

Linda Haymes

LITTLE ROCK –Several computer classes for adults will be taught January-March by the Little Rock Digital Learning Center. One class will be held at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the others at Second Presbyterian Church. The January and February classes will be at Second Presbyterian…


November 12, 2019

Drag Racer, Specialty Mechanic Praises Treatment at Myeloma Center

Linda Haymes

"I was determined to find the best place I could go for treatment," said drag racer and specialty mechanic Brian Macy, 49, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, pictured here with wife Heather.

Drag racer and specialty mechanic Brian Macy, 49,was diagnosed with myeloma in June 2016. Just a little more than a year later, he was back on track, literally. Macy, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, owns Horsepower Connection, an automotive customization shop that specializes in electronic fuel injection programming and conversions of older domestic cars and…


Bhawna Jha, M.D., Joins UAMS as Interventional Pain Management Specialist

Linda Haymes

Bhawna Jha, M.D.

LITTLE ROCK — Interventional pain management specialist Bhawna Jha, M.D., has joined the Department of Neurology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute. She also is an assistant professor in UAMS College of Medicine Department of Neurology.   Before coming to…


November 5, 2019

International Myeloma Foundation Partners with UAMS for Regional Workshop

Linda Haymes

Carolina Schinke, M.D., of the Myeloma Center and Kelly Cox with the International Myeloma Foundation took part in the recent regional workshop for patients in Little Rock.

UAMS Myeloma Center patients, caregivers and staff from across Arkansas and surrounding states spent a recent Saturday learning more about myeloma, a rare blood disease, and how to live successfully with it. “Knowledge truly is power,” said Kelly Cox, of the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF), in welcoming the crowd of nearly 60 attendees to the…


October 14, 2019

Leslie Harrell, D.O., Joins UAMS as Radiation Oncologist

Linda Haymes

Leslie Harrell, D.O.

LITTLE ROCK — Radiation oncologist Leslie Harrell, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients at the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. She also serves as a professor in UAMS College of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology. Harrell, who previously served as a radiation oncologist in Oklahoma City, specializes in…


September 25, 2019

Research Induction Ceremony Launches Graduate Students’ Path to Ph.D.

Linda Haymes

Twenty-five UAMS Graduate School students from seven programs received white lab coats Sept. 16, signaling their readiness to begin doctoral research.

Twenty-five UAMS Graduate School students from seven programs received white lab coats Sept. 16, signaling their readiness to begin doctoral research. The donning of new research coats embroidered with their name to celebrate their pursuit of doctoral degrees may seem like a transformative moment happening in an instant. In reality, a lot of work took…


September 24, 2019

Employees at UAMS Take Time to Share, Celebrate Kindness

Linda Haymes

Medical student Dhruba Dasgupta receives a Kind bar from Stephanie Gardner, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs & Provost, during Kindness Week.

Watch out; it is highly infectious. It began when one person shared it with another and it appears to be on the rise. Few, from employees to patients, seem to be immune as it continues to increase. What is ‘it’? Good will toward others. There has been an outbreak of kindness across UAMS and it…


September 23, 2019

Little Rock Volunteer Uses Love of Knitting to Give to UAMS Cancer Patients

Linda Haymes

“I knew there was a need so I began by making 50 or more hats a year,” said Ferren, 54, a former elementary school teacher who is legally blind.

Carolaina Ferren uses her knitting needles, crochet hooks, and bundles of yarn to share her empathy with those who are battling cancer. “I knew there was a need so I began by making 50 or more hats a year,” said Ferren, 54, a former elementary school teacher who is legally blind. “A lot of knitting…


September 9, 2019

Psychiatrists Gokarakonda, Reeves Join UAMS Child Study Center

Linda Haymes

  LITTLE ROCK — Psychiatrists Srinivasa Gokarakonda, M.D., and Molly Reeves, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and see patients in the outpatient Child Study Center. The Child Study Center provides consultation, assessment and management for children with psychiatric conditions such as trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, behavior problems and psychosis….


Psychiatrists Victoria Flynn, Amy Grooms Join UAMS

Linda Haymes

  LITTLE ROCK — Psychiatrists Victoria Flynn, M.D., and Amy Grooms, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and see patients in the Walker Family Clinic in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. The Walker Family Clinic provides outpatient mental health services to adults, ages 18 and up. Flynn also sees patients…



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