College of Medicine


March 21, 2025

College of Pharmacy Honors Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., with Memorial Scholarship

Benjamin Waldrum

Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D.

The UAMS College of Pharmacy has established the Pilar Murphy Memorial Scholarship to honor the beloved alumna and faculty member who died Nov. 2.


UAMS Conference Focuses on Helping Children Thrive After Trauma

Philip Allison

Nikki Edge, Ph.D., director of the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine’s Research and Evaluation Division

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently hosted multidisciplinary professionals from around the state for a two-day conference aimed at helping organizations better support young children who have experienced trauma and their families. The event, “Building a Trauma-Informed Organization,” offered research-based strategies and hands-on training for organizations working directly with children and families…


March 20, 2025

Cathy Cole and Denton Seilhan Pledge $1 Million to Create Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience at UAMS

Andrew Vogler

Seilhan

LITTLE ROCK — Cathy Cole and Denton Seilhan pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Cathy Cole Seilhan and Denton Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience in the College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. “I want to thank the Seilhans for their…


March 19, 2025

UAMS Invests Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., in Inaugural Barlogie Chair for Myeloma Research

Andrew Vogler

Zhan

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D., a tenured professor of medicine and the research director of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Myeloma Center, in the Dr. Bart Barlogie Chair for Myeloma Research during a March 13 ceremony. Zhan is…


UAMS Receives $2.5 Million for Family Medicine Residency Programs in South Arkansas

Philip Allison

UAMS Clinic in El Dorado

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand its residency programs in south Arkansas thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the Arkansas State Legislature. The state’s PEER Joint Budget Committee recently approved a request for $2,550,225 in funding from the restricted reserve fund to support the development of family medicine residency programs…


March 18, 2025

UAMS Honors Famed Neurosurgeon, Nurse at Symposium

Linda Satter

view of Yasargil talking in recorded message on large screen with conference attendees seated and listening.

A recent symposium honored the legacy of M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., an internationally renowned neurosurgeon who is often referred to as the “father of modern microneurosurgery” and who spent nearly 20 years at UAMS, and his wife, Dianne Yasargil, a former UAMS nurse.


March 17, 2025

Julie Windholz, M.D., Joins UAMS Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic

Chris Carmody

Julie Windholz, M.D., is shown on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has welcomed Julie Windholz, M.D., as a new physician at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Windholz also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics. She started in her new roles after…


March 14, 2025

Behind the Scenes

Nathan Tidwell

Wanchai and Zhang

Visanu Wanchai, Ph.D. Visanu Wanchai, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow with the UAMS College of Medicine. He earned his doctorate in biomedical informatics from UAMS in 2020 and joined the Myeloma Center in 2022. His focus is developing leading-edge computational tools and employing high-performance computing techniques for  single cell analysis to investigate key genes and…


Partners in Care: Prevention is the Key for Keeping Infectious Diseases at Bay

Nathan Tidwell

Juan Carlos Rico, Melinda Standridge

Myeloma patients face several issues, one being compromised immune systems that make them more prone to infection. The UAMS Division of Infectious Diseases plays an important role in ensuring patients are in the best position to continue their cancer treatment. Under the direction of Michael Saccente, M.D., the Division of Infectious Diseases is part of…


March 13, 2025

UAMS Joins NIH Effort to Increase Rural Health Research

David Robinson

Physicians at UAMS Regional Campuses, including Jacquelene Childs, M.D., at the UAMS Family Medical Center in El Dorado, will play key roles in expanding rural research as part of the CARE for Health™ program.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has joined a network of institutions funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand research in rural primary care clinics. Through the NIH CARE for Health™ initiative, UAMS will help lead innovative research to address health disparities in Arkansas’ rural areas. UAMS,…



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