Inside News


May 25, 2021

Town Hall Provides Updates on Construction, Growth

Ben Boulden

Provost Gardner at Team UAMS Town Hall

Spotlighting construction, new programs and initiatives, Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, provost and chief strategy officer. led a Team UAMS Town Hall virtual meeting May 18 from the Fred W. Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jackson Stephens Neurosciences & Spine Institute.


May 19, 2021

Integrated Medicine Service Line, Farquhar and Erickson Honored at Awards of Excellence Ceremony

Kate Franks

Among those who on May 13 received Awards of Excellence were Barbara McDonald, left, Deb Hutts, Rose Farquhar and Ruth Fissell.

The Integrated Medicine Service Line, Rose Farquhar, SW, and Susan Erickson, RN, were honored May 13 at the Awards of Excellence Ceremony, an event sponsored by the UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary.


Professional Nursing Awards Honor Outstanding UAMS Nurses

Kate Franks

Deonna Wissler, left, Richard Ekborg, Kayla Harrington, Renee Joiner and Tim Vandiver hold the Professional Nursing Awards each one received May 12.

The UAMS Center for Nursing Excellence held its ninth annual Professional Nursing Awards on May 12. The ceremony was available for viewing on Zoom and Facebook Live.


May 18, 2021

Rhee, Tilford Receive Chancellor’s Teaching Awards

Spencer Watson

Mick Tilford, Ph.D., Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, and Sung Rhee, Ph.D.

Sung W. Rhee, Ph.D., and J. Mick Tilford, Ph.D., are the recipients of the 2021 Chancellor’s Teaching Awards, a program established in 2004 to recognize excellence in teaching among UAMS faculty. “Sung and Mick are tremendous assets to UAMS, respected by colleagues and students alike, who advance scholarship and the academic mission of UAMS every…


May 7, 2021

May MVP — Lisa Lack

Ben Boulden

Lisa Lack, May 2021 MVP

Congratulations to Lisa Lack,  our May MVP of the month. Lisa is a Medicare specialty billing manager. Here is what her nominator wrote: We are proud Lisa Lack is our manager. Lisa is a great supervisor! She is understanding, kind, and a very hard worker. She goes over and beyond her job duties. Lisa has…


April 22, 2021

Art from the Heart Virtual Exhibit Spotlights UAMS Artists

Ben Boulden

Pandemic Waves was just one of several works of art influenced by the pandemic and shown at the virtual Art from the Heart exhibition.

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked introspection and creative expression in many artists who work and study at UAMS. The pandemic and social-distancing measures meant the third annual Art from the Heart exhibition, held April 15, was virtual. (View the artists and their artwork). “How does it impact our lives to take time to look at…


Two UAMS Employees Selected for Arkansas Business’ 2021 40 Under 40 List

Linda Haymes

Johnathan Goree, M.D., and Ayoola Carleton

Johnathan Goree, M.D., and Ayoola Carleton have been included in this year’s class of Arkansas Business’ 40 Under 40, a group of rising young professionals who will be honored with an in-person luncheon and an interactive virtual event on June 17 in Little Rock. Honorees, all under the age of 40 years old as of…


April 21, 2021

Town Hall Highlights Importance of Philanthropy, Day of Giving

Ben Boulden

Chancellor Patterson and Whit Hall, M.D.

Names of donors and benefactors are on buildings, lecture halls, programs and endowed chairs throughout UAMS. With its focus on philanthropy and the UAMS Day of Giving, the Chancellor’s Town Hall meeting April 14 was in one of those examples of giving, the Fred W. Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jackson Stephens…


April 9, 2021

April MVP — Rose Farquhar

Ben Boulden

Rose Farquhar

Congratulations to Rose Farquhar, our April MVP of the Month. Rose is a social worker in the Internal Medicine Clinic. This is what her nominator has to say: Rose sets the bar when it comes to patient-centered care. Since Rose joined our Team UAMS in 2019, she has been a breath of fresh air.


April 6, 2021

Mehta Awards Ceremony Honors First Creative Writing Winners

Ben Boulden

The participants in the April 1 presentation of the first annual Mehta Awards gathered on Zoom for the virtual ceremony. The winners photos are numbered: 1- Timothy Muren; 2- Susan Van Dusen and 3- Sara Shalin.

What Paulette Mehta called a “cultural renaissance” at UAMS reached another milestone on April 1: the presentation of the first annual Drs. Paulette and Jay Mehta Awards in Creative Writing. The awards are the result of a $50,000 gift by Drs. Jay and Paulette Mehta and is administrated by the College of Medicine’s Department of…



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