College of Medicine


June 19, 2025

UAMS Earns Initial Accreditation for Family Medicine Residency Program in El Dorado

Philip Allison

UAMS Clinic in El Dorado

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a family medicine rural track residency program in El Dorado. The new residency program will focus on full scope family medicine with a unique emphasis on obstetrics. Recruiting for the program will…


June 18, 2025

UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology

David Robinson

Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., speaks during the playoff round of the competition as Victoria Bourgeois, MBA, stands by.

Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John…


June 6, 2025

First Dual Fellow in Pediatrics Hematology / Oncology and Clinical Informatics Receives Top Honors, Job Offer

Linda Satter

Andrew Tran, M.D., is flanked by Joana Mack, M.D. and Feliciano "Pele" Yu Jr., M.D.

Andrew Tran was halfway through college in Austin, Texas, waffling between a future in biochemistry and astrophysics, when he got a job as a cashier in the gift shop at Dell Children’s Hospital. The cash register was a little difficult to operate, but the job was OK otherwise. Then one day, the hospital was short-staffed…


June 5, 2025

Gifts from Walker Foundation, Jane Lyon Honor UAMS’ Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Create Distinguished Chair

Andrew Vogler

Wei Chair press conference

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received gifts totaling more than $2.1 million to create the Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Geriatric Medicine, an endowed fund in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation made a $1 million donation…


May 28, 2025

UAMS College of Medicine Graduates 168

Linda Satter

Each student was assisted onstage by family, friends or members of the faculty as they received their doctoral hoods.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) conferred degrees on 168 graduates of the College of Medicine on May 16 during a ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The formal transition from fourth-year medical students to physicians began with Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, conferring medical degrees on students just…


May 23, 2025

UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Faculty and Staff at 2025 Dean’s Honor Day

Tamara Robinson

Robert “Lee” Archer, M.D., was the recipient of the 2025 Dean’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award from the UAMS College of Medicine.

The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently celebrated the achievements of faculty and staff at its annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony, presenting awards for teaching, clinical care, research, administration, humanism and service. The college also recognized faculty members who are receiving promotion and/or tenure in 2025.


May 19, 2025

UAMS Graduates 1,186 Health Professionals

Chris Carmody

A graduate receives her hood during the UAMS College of Nursing’s commencement ceremony.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently held commencement ceremonies to confer degrees and certificates to 1,186 students in its five colleges and graduate school. UAMS awarded a total of 1,207 degrees or certificates: 168 to students in the College of Medicine, 183 in the College of Nursing, 643 in the College of…


May 14, 2025

HUPC Program Celebrates Largest Graduating Class to Date

Philip Allison

HUPC logo

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is celebrating its largest graduating class yet from the Honors in Underserved Primary Care (HUPC) program.   HUPC is designed to prepare medical students to care for rural and underserved populations across Arkansas. Upon completion of the program, participants graduate from medical school with an Honors designation.  The…


May 12, 2025

UAMS’ AR ConnectNow Website Connects Families with Mental Health Resources for Assisting Youth

Tim Taylor

The UAMS AR ConnectNow platform offers parents and caregivers extensive information for youth mental health engagement.

LITTLE ROCK — As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has unveiled a comprehensive online hub designed to equip parents and caregivers with resources that empower youth to develop positive mental health skills while fostering the confidence to reach out for support when necessary.


May 9, 2025

UAMS Invests Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, in Hutchins Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology

Andrew Vogler

Webber, Govindarajan and Patterson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, in the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D., Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology…



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