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July 3, 2018

UAMS Telemedicine Program in Magazine School District Reduces Obesity

Ben Boulden

Students in the Magazine School District play during HealthyNow field Day.

July 3, 2018 | More than half of obese fifth through eighth graders in the Magazine School District reduced their obesity in the last year after participating in a program by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health. The program is part of the School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) program…


July 2, 2018

Pharmacy Students Create Drug-Counseling Videos for YouTube

Yavonda Chase

College of Pharmacy students Zach Smith (center) and Matt Garner (right) played major roles in the creation of dozens of YouTube videos containing pharmacist-level drug counseling for patients. Seth Heldenbrand, Pharm.D., (left) the college’s associate dean of experiential education, conceived and oversaw the project.

July 2, 2018 | It all started with a visit to a local pharmacy.

Seth Heldenbrand, Pharm.D., the College of Pharmacy’s associate dean of experiential education and an associate professor, was picking up a new prescription and noticed that with a simple click of a box he had opted out of drug counseling by the pharmacist.


June 19, 2018

Laura Hutchins, M.D., Appointed Interim Director of UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Susan Van Dusen

Laura Hutchins, M.D., has been named interim director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

June 19, 2018 — Laura Hutchins, M.D., a hematologist oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who has devoted her medical practice and research to fight breast cancer, melanoma and brain cancer, has been appointed interim director for the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute effective immediately.


June 15, 2018

Chancellor Patterson Welcomed by UAMS Northwest Regional Campus

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Chancellor shaking hands

June 15, 2018 | UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, met today with employees of the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus, thanking them for their work to improve the health and health care for the people of Arkansas. Patterson’s first day as chancellor was June 1. He traveled to northwest Arkansas for the morning reception held…


UAMS Cheers on Crohn’s & Colitis Walk

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As patients with inflammatory bowel disease and their families and friends walked to raise awareness and funding for the disease, UAMS was there to cheer on their efforts at the Take Steps Walk on May 19 in Little Rock. More than 265 participants, volunteers and sponsors took part in the event for Crohn’s and ulcerative…


June 7, 2018

Susan Long, Ed.D., Named Dean of UAMS College of Health Professions

Ashley McNatt

Susan Long

June 7, 2018 | Longtime educator and administrator Susan Long, Ed.D., has been named dean of the College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Long, a UAMS faculty member since 1992, had been serving as interim dean since the retirement of Douglas L. Murphy, Ph.D., on Dec. 31, 2017. She…


June 6, 2018

Extending a Hand: Chancellor Patterson Greets UAMS Employees, Staff

Benjamin Waldrum

Chancellor Patterson met several hundred UAMS employees. many who stood in long lines to say hello.

June 6, 2018 | UAMS employees arrived in droves at the Lobby Gallery on June 5 to meet new UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, who welcomed them with open arms – and selfies. Patterson, whose first day at UAMS was June 1, stood in the middle of the gallery and greeted each employee in…


June 1, 2018

UAMS Welcomes New Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA

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Dr. Patterson at desk

June 1, 2018 | Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, a renowned cardiologist and health care administrator, began today as chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the state’s only health sciences university. Patterson comes to UAMS from Weill-Cornell Medical Center and Komansky Children’s Hospital/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York, where he was senior vice…



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