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March 11, 2020

UAMS Medical Center Recognized as Center of Excellence for Childbirth Complication Placenta Accreta Spectrum

News Staff

Group photo of women's team with honor banner

The Maternal Safety Foundation has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center an Accreta Center of Excellence, recognizing its superior care for a life-threatening childbirth complication called placenta accreta spectrum disorder. UAMS Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to receive the designation, which indicates that UAMS has both…


March 6, 2020

March MVPs — Greg Roberts and Tara Bruce

Yavonda Chase

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, presents the March MVP award to Greg Roberts and Tara Bruce in Nutrition Services.

Congratulations to Greg Roberts and Tara Bruce, our March MVPs of the Month!


March 4, 2020

Guest Lecture Addresses Bias toward Health Care Workers

Spencer Watson

Leon McDougle, M.D., M.P.H., chief diversity officer and professor at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, presents at UAMS on Feb. 26.

What should doctors, nurses or other health care providers do when a patient makes a request that seems discriminatory? Leon McDougle, M.D., M.P.H., chief diversity officer and professor at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, was a guest of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to discuss precisely that situation in a…


February 20, 2020

Kindness Week Spreads Thanks to Departmental Champions

Yavonda Chase

Kindness Walls scattered around campus urged employees to take a positive note and leave one in its place.

There is a kindness in the air at UAMS this week as the campus celebrates National Random Acts of Kindness Week with giveaways and other special recognitions.


Chancellor’s State of University Reveals UAMS on Right Track with Finances, Strategic Plan

Yavonda Chase

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, tells employees UAMS has turned a financial corner during his State of the University address Feb. 13.

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, shared a rosy financial picture and plenty of other good news during his State of the University address Feb. 13.


February 19, 2020

UAMS Breast Cancer Survivors Honored at Little Rock Trojans Pink Game

Susan Van Dusen

breast cancer survivors

Kristina Payne wants to show the world there is life after breast cancer. “It’s scary, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Payne, a three-year survivor and access manager at UAMS.


February 18, 2020

UAMS Employees Create Sculpture for Cancer Institute Drive

Yavonda Chase

Eric Hale, Penny Talbert and Kenneth Bailey created this tree sculpture from wrought iron saved from the homes along Pine and Cedar.

For 10 years, Penny Talbert has been trying to get something to grow in a certain spot along the circle drive at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
“I finally realized that the area was too shaded and too windy for anything to thrive in that spot,” the landscape manager said. “What we needed was a sculpture.”


February 13, 2020

First UAMS TEDx Talks Generate Excitement, Appreciation

Yavonda Chase

The 10 TEDxUAMS presenters and some of team that put on the event celebrate on stage at the end of the day.

TED talks focus on “ideas worth spreading.”
That philosophy was on display Feb. 7 as UAMS held its first ever TEDx talks in its Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.


February 10, 2020

February MVP — Penny Talbert

Yavonda Chase

Penny Talbert

Congratulations to Penny Talbert, our February MVP of the Month!


February 5, 2020

Ronald McDonald Family Room Opens at UAMS

Kate Franks

A grand opening celebration was held Jan. 31 for the new Ronald McDonald Family Room on the fifth floor of the Medical Center.

Visitors to the fifth floor of the UAMS Medical Center hospital can’t miss the bright yellow house with a red door and a heart coming out of the chimney. The entrance is just a hint of what lies inside – a warm, inviting, space that looks more like a hotel than a hospital.



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