College of Medicine


January 17, 2023

Arkansas Department of Health, UAMS and Count the Kicks Partner to Launch Stillbirth Prevention Campaign Throughout Arkansas

News Staff

UAMS, the Arkansas Department of Health and Count the Kicks are partnering in a stillbirth prevention campaign to educate expectant parents in Arkansas about the importance of tracking a baby’s movements daily in the third trimester of pregnancy.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – The Arkansas Department of Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are partnering with Count the Kicks, an evidence-based stillbirth prevention campaign, to educate expectant parents in Arkansas about the importance of tracking a baby’s movements daily in the third trimester of pregnancy.


January 13, 2023

College of Medicine Class of 1980 Rallies around Scholarship

Andrew Vogler

Class of 1980

When retired Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, M.D., approached gift officers with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) about the possibility of developing a College of Medicine scholarship for his graduating class of 1980, he wondered how many classes had sponsored such scholarships. “Looking into scholarship participation among classes, I saw that most…


January 10, 2023

Transplant Surgeon Martha Estrada, M.D., Joins UAMS

Linda Satter

Martha Michelle Estrada, M.D.

LITTLE ROCK — Martha Michelle Estrada, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery’s Division of Transplant Surgery. Estrada was fellowship-trained in abdominal transplant surgery at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, after completing a general surgery residency at…


Healthgrades Ranks UAMS in Top 5% of Nation for Brain Surgery, Praises Stroke Program

Linda Satter

Healthgrades ranks the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for cranial neurosurgery in 2023.

LITTLE ROCK — Healthgrades ranks the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for cranial neurosurgery in 2023. The designation by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients, reflects UAMS’ outstanding trial outcomes for cranial neurosurgery and distinguishes UAMS as one of the nation’s leading hospitals for…


January 3, 2023

UAMS Mourns Loss of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.

Yavonda Chase

Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., died Dec. 31, 2022, after a battle with cancer.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is sad to announce that Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D. executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine, died Dec. 31, 2022, after a battle with cancer.


December 20, 2022

UAMS’ Fen Xia, M.D., Ph.D., Named Fellow of the American Society of Radiation Oncology

Marty Trieschmann

doctor on white coat

LITTLE ROCK — Fen Xia, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).


December 19, 2022

Two UAMS Physicians Discuss Maternal Mortality, Mental Health at Women’s Voices Summit

Linda Satter

Nirvana Manning, M.D., (left) chair and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, sits on a panel with Christy Turlington Burns and Chelsea Clinton at "Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes, Women’s Rights."

Two physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) joined national and global leaders in a daylong Women’s Voices Summit, held earlier this month at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock and livestreamed internationally. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton convened groups…


U.S. Defense Department Awards UAMS Cancer Researcher $760,000 to Study Aggressive Type of Lymphoma

Marty Trieschmann

Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D., has received a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

LITTLE ROCK — Samantha Kendrick, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study a fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma common among veterans and military personnel.


December 16, 2022

UAMS College of Medicine Honors Stacie M. Jones, M.D., as Distinguished Faculty Scholar

Tamara Robinson

Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., UAMS executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine; 2022 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Stacie M. Jones, M.D.; and Kevin Raney, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and chair of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series Committee.

The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) honored Stacie M. Jones, M.D., as the 2022 Distinguished Faculty Scholar for her groundbreaking research into food allergies, her leading role in the development of the first FDA-approved oral immunotherapy drug for life-threatening peanut allergy in children, and her dedication to mentorship.


December 15, 2022

Rhonda M. Dick, M.D., and Joseph Kennedy “Ken” Dick, MBA, to Establish Endowed Scholarship in UAMS College of Medicine

Andrew Vogler

Ken and Rhonda Dick

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $2 million commitment from Rhonda M. Dick, M.D., and Joseph Kennedy “Ken” Dick, MBA, to establish the Dr. Rhonda and Ken Dick Endowed Scholarship in the UAMS College of Medicine. This pledge is made through their revocable trust. “We are profoundly…



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