College of Medicine
April 7, 2025
Looking Toward the Future: Myeloma Center Celebrates 35th Anniversary
The Myeloma Center, located in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has firmly established itself as an international leader in myeloma treatment. From its beginnings in 1989, UAMS’ myeloma program is recognized for detailed patient care, groundbreaking research and pioneering advances in the management of myeloma…
April 4, 2025
UAMS Residency Fair Connects Arkansas Medical Students with Training Programs
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently hosted its second annual Residency Fair, an event aimed at connecting medical students with primary care residency programs across Arkansas. The event provided students with a unique opportunity to explore residency training options in a casual setting. Unlike traditional residency…
April 2, 2025
Cardiothoracic Surgeon Mark O. Hardin, M.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Mark O. Hardin, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgeon with a focus on adult cardiac surgery, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Hardin received his medical degree from UAMS in 2007 and has returned after spending several years as a general surgeon in the…
April 1, 2025
UAMS Health Weight Management Clinic Adds Bariatric Surgery to Weight Loss Offerings
LITTLE ROCK — Effective today, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has added bariatric surgery to the weight loss options offered at the UAMS Health Medical and Surgical Weight Management Clinic.
March 31, 2025
NIH Awards UAMS Nearly $3 Million to Study DNA Structures that Could Impact Cancer Treatment
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Kevin Raney, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, $2.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study unusual DNA structures called quadruplexes, which may act like natural drugs by binding to key proteins involved in disease. The grant from the NIH…
March 28, 2025
UAMS College of Medicine Applauds 168 Seniors Heading to Residencies in 30 States and Washington, D.C.
The tension at the Statehouse Convention Center was palpable just before 11 a.m. March 21, as 160 senior medical students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) sat waiting at large round tables to open the sealed envelopes they had just been handed. As the countdown clock on a large screen at the…
March 26, 2025
Overcoming a Disease Inspires College of Public Health Student to Address Population Health
Brandyn Young is grateful for the opportunity to earn a dual degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). After surviving a life-altering health scare, Young vowed to help others attain, or maintain, good health. A student in the UAMS M.D./MPH Combined Degree Program — a collaboration between the Fay W. Boozman College…
UAMS Brings Together Patients, Caregivers and Providers for First MS Symposium
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted its first Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on March 15, bringing together patients, caregivers and health care professionals to discuss the oft-debilitating neurological disease.
March 25, 2025
Hip, Knee Specialist Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., Returns to UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
LITTLE ROCK — Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint-related conditions, has returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) after a year in an endowed professorship in orthopaedics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Mears specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery and taking…
March 24, 2025
UAMS Invests Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, in Inaugural Thomas McGill Chair in Otolaryngology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, an associate professor of otolaryngology and epidemiology and founding director of the UAMS Center for Hearing Health Access, in the Thomas McGill Chair in Otolaryngology during a March 18 ceremony. Emmett is the inaugural holder…
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