November 6, 2015
UAMS Neighborhood Clinic Opens in Maumelle
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has opened a new UAMS Neighborhood Clinic offering convenient, high-quality primary care services in Maumelle. The clinic, located at 102 Town Centre Drive in Maumelle, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to…
November 3, 2015
Beebe Man’s Leg Pain Gone after Treatment for Artery Disease
Nov. 3, 2015 | When David McAfee showed up in January at a free peripheral artery disease (PAD) screening put on by UAMS, he didn’t know what to expect. All he knew is he had heard UAMS’ Matthew Smeds, M.D., on the news describing the symptoms of PAD, which sounded suspiciously like the debilitating pain…
October 29, 2015
Graduate Students Find Many Career Paths Available
Oct. 29, 2015 | Students pursuing doctorate degrees in the biomedical sciences have a variety of career options from which to choose. That was the central message of the 15th Annual UAMS Graduate School Career Day for Biomedical Sciences on Oct. 22 at the Fred W. Smith Auditorium in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine &…
October 27, 2015
Grateful Sarcoma Survivor Starts Charity to Fund Research
Oct. 27, 2015 | Kristi Rogers is a woman on a mission. Her diagnosis with a rare form of cancer opened her eyes to the need for more research to help doctors better understand cancers that aren’t exactly household names. Cancers like alveolar soft-part sarcoma (ASPS), an incredibly rare type of sarcoma, which is a…
October 21, 2015
Reception Kicks Off Friends of UAMS – Southeast Chapter
Oct. 21, 2015 | Community leaders from across Southeast Arkansas were on hand Oct. 20 for the inaugural reception of the Friends of UAMS – Southeast Chapter. The evening event was held at the Monticello home of UAMS Foundation Fund Board member Mike Akin and his wife, Susan. Co-hosting the gathering were Foundation Fund Board…
October 20, 2015
‘One Health Arkansas’ Conference Nov. 14 Promotes Appropriate Use of Antibiotics
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and Arkansas Department of Health are hosting the 2015 One Health Arkansas conference Nov. 14 for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, veterinarians and other health professionals interested in national efforts to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and promoting the appropriate use of antibiotics….
October 19, 2015
Free Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screenings on Nov. 7
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will provide free abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to noon at the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building. Advanced registration and an eight-hour fast are required. Please call 501-686-6176 to make an appointment. Individuals must meet eligibility requirements for the screening….
October 14, 2015
Surgical Oncologist J. Camilo Barreto, M.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Surgical oncologist J. Camilo Barreto, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He sees patients in the Cancer Surgery Clinic in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Barreto is also an assistant professor of surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. He earned his medical…
October 9, 2015
Clothier Invested as First Holder of Smith Chair in Personalized Medicine
Oct. 9, 2015 | Personalized medicine is not just a term to Jeffrey L. Clothier, M.D., medical director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute and executive vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine. It’s something much more…personal. “Personalized or precision medicine allows us to seek out our patients’ pain,…
October 7, 2015
Oct. 27 Science Café — ‘Novel Cancer Treatments’
LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Novel Cancer Treatments, on Oct. 27. Panelists will discuss promising research avenues and current cancer treatments. Held from 7-9 p.m. at Afterthought Bistro & Bar in Little Rock’s Hillcrest neighborhood, Science Café…
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