College of Medicine
February 26, 2025
Visitors Get Look at New, Full-Service UAMS Plastic Surgery Center
Sunlight streamed through full-length glass windows into the sixth-floor reception area of the new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Plastic Surgery Clinic in the Freeway Medical Tower, adding an element of warmth on an otherwise cold day. It was Feb. 13, the perfect day for a three-hour Open House that provided members of…
February 25, 2025
UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas. Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating…
February 19, 2025
Three UAMS Researchers Awarded BioVentures LLC Accelerator Grants
BioVentures LLC at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has announced three researchers as recipients of grants from the 2025 AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA), a program that supports the development of innovative drugs, diagnostics and devices. The 2025 grant recipients are: John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., a professor and chief of the Division…
February 18, 2025
Radiation Oncologist, J. Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine. A board-certified radiation oncologist and Arkansas native, Cordova specializes in the treatment of gynecologic, genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers, as well as soft tissue sarcomas. Cordova…
February 13, 2025
Hall High Students Shadow UAMS Radiologists for a Day
Six students from Hall STEAM Magnet High School’s health sciences academy visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Feb. 5 to observe health professionals in the field of radiology. The inaugural Radiology/Imaging Job Shadow Day was hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology and UAMS Health’s Imaging Services in…
February 11, 2025
UAMS Becomes First Center of Excellence in Arkansas for Inflatable Penile Prosthesis
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been designated the state’s only Center of Excellence for implantation of the AMS 700 Inflatable Penile Prosthesis, a long-term treatment option for patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is a common condition that is believed to affect more than half of men between…
February 10, 2025
Breast, Endocrine and Colorectal Cancer Surgeons Join UAMS
Gili G. Halfteck, M.D., Ph.D., and Sandra M. Garcia-Osogobio, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as breast, endocrine and colorectal cancer surgeons. Both also serve as assistant professors in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Halfteck is a breast and endocrine cancer…
January 30, 2025
UAMS Names Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., as Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine named Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., MBA, as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, effective March 1.
January 27, 2025
Ashley Booth Norse, M.D., Joins UAMS as Chair of Emergency Medicine
LITTLE ROCK — Ashley Booth Norse, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chair of the College of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine. Norse comes to UAMS from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, where she was professor and associate chair of operations in the Department of…
January 6, 2025
UAMS Receives $2.9 Million NIH Grant to Study Virus that Can Trigger Cancers
LITTLE ROCK — A discovery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that a viral protein helps a cancer-associated herpesvirus evade the immune system has led to a five-year, $2.9 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Craig Forrest, Ph.D., will use the grant to help reveal functions of the…
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