College of Medicine
July 19, 2023
UAMS Performs 1,000th Gamma Tile Brain Surgery in U.S.
UAMS neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and radiation oncologist Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., successfully performed the 1,000th Gamma Tile brain surgery in the United States last month. Gamma Tile is a fairly new surgical procedure in which a thin collagen tile infused with radiation is embedded in the tumor cavity immediately after a brain tumor…
July 12, 2023
American Cancer Society Funds UAMS Study to Understand Treatment Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
Adam Wolfe, M.D., Ph.D., a radiation oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has received a $583,200 grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS) to study radiation resistance in pancreatic cancer, a lethal disease with the highest mortality rate of all cancers. The four-year ACS Clinician Science…
July 10, 2023
UAMS, Arkansas Crime Laboratory Offer Forensic Pathology Fellowship
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has partnered with the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to offer a one-year fellowship in forensic pathology, starting July 1, 2024.
July 5, 2023
Spine Surgeon Wayne Bruffett, M.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Little Rock spine surgeon, Wayne L. Bruffett, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
June 27, 2023
UAMS Bone Research Center Secures Second NIH Grant of Over $11 Million
LITTLE ROCK — A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The $11.5 million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 grant from the National Institute…
June 26, 2023
UAMS Ranks 17th Nationally for Primary Care in Annual U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ colleges of medicine, nursing, public health and health professions were recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best graduate schools in the country. The UAMS College of Medicine continued to climb the rankings, earning 17th place overall in primary care, up from 36th…
June 22, 2023
UAMS Receives $50,000 from Arvest Foundation to Support Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received two grants totaling $50,000 from the Arvest Foundation to benefit the Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence, which will support the UAMS Research Center for Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy. The Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence will provide…
June 21, 2023
UAMS Holds Panel Discussion on Representation of Black Men in Medicine
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) convened a panel discussion that focused on the importance of increasing representation of Black men in the medical field. The “Black Men in Medicine” event featured four panelists from the UAMS College of Medicine. The speakers were Wayne Bryant Jr., M.D., assistant professor in the Department of…
June 19, 2023
UAMS’ Omar Atiq, M.D., Named Leader of American College of Physicians
Omar Atiq, M.D., a medical oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been named president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in the nation. A professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and…
June 16, 2023
UAMS Clinical Informatics Team Goes Overseas to Share Expertise in Streamlining Patient Care
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ Clinical Informatics team recently visited England to help the Royal Marsden Hospital in London transition to the Epic electronic medical record system. Ashleigh Kathiresan, MS.Ed., director of Clinical Informatics at UAMS, said the specialty cancer treatment hospital for adult patients first reached out to Arkansas Children’s, which…
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