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September 3, 2020

Erika Petersen, M.D., First Female Neurosurgeon Named Professor in Arkansas

News Staff

Portrait of Dr. Petersen

Erika Petersen, M.D., didn’t set out to become the first female neurosurgeon to be promoted to the rank of full professor in Arkansas. “If you had asked me to predict a few things in my life, that wouldn’t have been one of them. I would not have predicted being in Arkansas for 10 years. I…


August 18, 2020

UAMS Earns Tree Campus USA Status from Arbor Day Foundation

Ben Boulden

A variety of trees stand near one of the gateway entrances to the UAMS campus, recently recognized for the seventh consecutive year as a Tree Campus USA.

For the seventh consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation recognized the main campus of UAMS as a Tree Campus USA 2019. Penny Talbert, landscape manager in UAMS Campus Operations, said she was grateful for the recognition of the effort she and the team she leads have put into maintaining a health population of trees on…


August 17, 2020

Chancellor Praises Team UAMS at August Town Hall Meeting

Yavonda Chase

Recent accolades, including recognition by U.S. News & World Report for the second year, show that "UAMS is providing top-notch health care and education to the people of Arkansas," Chancellor Cam Patterson says at an Aug. 12 Town Hall.

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, praised Team UAMS for recent accolades awarded the university and Medical Center as he kicked off his Aug. 12 Town Hall in the Spine Institute’s Fred W. Smith Auditorium.


August 14, 2020

UAMS College of Pharmacy Ranked among Top Pharmacy Colleges

Ben Boulden

Best Grad Schools -- U.S. News

The UAMS College of Pharmacy recently was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as having one of the best colleges of pharmacy nationwide, ranking 31st among 134 total colleges in the magazine’s 2020 list. “What makes the College of Pharmacy special is its people. The hard work and passion its faculty and students have…


August 13, 2020

Stocked & Reddie Celebrates One Year of Serving Team UAMS

Yavonda Chase

Calvin Tunstall picks up a gallon of milk at Stocked & Reddie. The food pantry celebrated its first birthday in July.

Stocked & Reddie celebrated its one-year anniversary with cupcakes and the resumption of Thursday hours – all in its new location in the Monroe Building (formerly the Red Cross building).


White Coats Symbolize Hope as Med School Freshmen Start Journey

News Staff

Professor in foreground while student dons white coat on screen behind

The physician’s white coat still inspires hope, even when it’s seen over a screen or during a pandemic – maybe even especially so. Some symbols transcend all else. Charles Matthew Quick, M.D., the keynote speaker for the 2020 College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony held Aug. 7, kept bringing it back to hope as he…


August 11, 2020

Center for Health Literacy Wins APEX Award for Wellness Guide

Linda Haymes

Booklet cover

The UAMS Center for Health Literacy has won an APEX award for its guide to help teens and adults learn to maintain or improve their emotional wellness. The award, sponsored by Communications Concepts Inc., is an annual competition for publishers, editors, writers and designers who create print, web, electronic and social media. More than 1,200…


August 7, 2020

Pinckard-Dover is First Female to Graduate UAMS Neurosurgery Residency

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Dr. Pinckard-Dover and Dr. Petersen pre-op

It doesn’t take long for many young girls to be exposed to messages about what girls “can” and “cannot” do. Thankfully, Heather Pinckard-Dover never got the memo. She is the first female neurosurgeon to complete a residency at UAMS, Arkansas’ only academic health sciences center. “From the time I was little, my parents were always…


August 6, 2020

UAMS Health Rolls Out New Commercials

Yavonda Chase

UAMS Health released two commercials this week reassuring patients that UAMS is open for business.

UAMS Health rolled out two new television commercials this week to assure our patients we are open for business and taking every precaution for their safety – at the Medical Center, at our clinics and at Regional Campuses around the state.


August MVP — Alex Morris

Yavonda Chase

Alex Morris is the MVP of the Month for August.

Congratulation to Alex Morris, our August MVP of the Month!

Morris, an access coordinator at the UAMS Northeast Regional Campus in Jonesboro, is always willing to pitch in wherever needed.



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