Consult – Winter 2018


December 20, 2017

Breast Cancer Team Needs You!

Kelly Gardner

UAMS Breast Team

Consult main page Patient, Primary Care Provider Key Players It takes teamwork to provide the kind of comprehensive breast cancer care available at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute – from screening and diagnosis to treatment and survivorship. The multidisciplinary breast team includes physicians, nurses and other professionals who specialize in diagnosing and fighting…


January 2018 Message from Dr. Jansen

Kelly Gardner

Mark T. Jansen, M.D.

Consult main page Dear Colleagues, UAMS is pleased to announce that CME Outreach LearnOnDemand courses will be FREE beginning in January. These multidisciplinary teleconferences focus on chronic disease, health-care trends and interprofessional collaboration. All disciplines are welcome and encouraged to participate. We have hundreds of activities for continuing education available. LearnOnDemand.org allows health care professionals…


News to Know: Updates from UAMS

Kelly Gardner

news to know

Consult main page Kim Joins Radiation Oncology Center Radiation oncologist Thomas Kim, M.D., has joined the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. Kim’s medical and research interests include breast, gynecologic and gastrointestinal malignancies. He completed his internship at Boston Medical Center and radiation oncology residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. To make a referral, call 501-526-6155….


New Technology Significantly Reduces Pathogen Identification Time

Kelly Gardner

Eric Rosenbaum, M.D., M.P.H., (right) shows the Accelerate Pheno to resident Jonathon Gralewski, D.O., in the UAMS Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. The Accelerate Pheno identifies pathogens associated with blood-borne infections and the antibiotics most effective against them.

Consult main page The Accelerate PhenoTM system is the latest addition to the UAMS Clinical Microbiology Laboratory’s array of industry-redefining technologies for the identification and treatment of infectious diseases. “We are one of the first in the world introducing this technology,” said Eric Rosenbaum, M.D., M.P.H., medical director of the lab. “The way it works…


Physician Profile – Rachel L. Slotcavage, M.D.

Kelly Gardner

Dr.Slotcavage

Consult main page Rachel L. Slotcavage, M.D. Assistant Professor, Endocrine and General Surgery, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine What inspired you to become a doctor? I loved science from an early age. I also grew up working with my hands – crocheting, quilting and helping with my family’s…


December 19, 2017

Medical Case Study – Scalp Reattachment

Kelly Gardner

The patient in the immediate days after the scalp replantation

Consult main page INITIAL CONTACT A 21-year-old female patient with a traumatic total scalp avulsion was flown by helicopter from Russellville to UAMS. She was working in a factory when machinery caught her hair and removed her scalp. ASSESSMENT When head and neck surgeon Mauricio Moreno, M.D., met the patient, her wounds were covered in…


December 18, 2017

Learn on Demand

Kelly Gardner

Learn on Demand

Consult main page A resource of the UAMS Center for Distance Health (CDH), the LearnOnDemand.org web portal offers health care professionals the flexibility of earning continuing education (CE) credits on their own schedule, through an expanded array of teleconferences and online courses. Track all educational hours and credits earned inside or outside the program Ensure…