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September 16, 2016

Mother of Two Says Angel Eye Cameras Eased Mind

Katrina Dupins

Sept. 15, 2016 | It was more than a month before Lucy Josserand, born weighing 2 pounds, 11.5 ounces, was able to see and enjoy the comforts of her own nursery in her Texarkana home. But Lucy’s parents never left her side thanks to the help of Angel Eye Camera Systems. The web-based system allows…


September 1, 2016

Nine Siblings Contribute to Fetal Development Research

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Kearby family group shot

Sept. 1, 2016 | While Asa Kearby was still in the womb he was contributing to scientific understanding of fetal development – just like his eight brothers and sisters before him. Asa and his mom, Amanda Kearby, recently participated in a study through the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the UAMS College of Medicine….


August 30, 2016

ROC Star Event Hits Homerun for Pediatric Cancer Survivors

Susan Van Dusen

Aug. 30, 2016 | For many people, a night at the ballpark is an ordinary summer outing. But for young people with cancer, a simple ballgame can become a lifelong memory. Creating those memories is the idea behind the ROC Star program, an annual event honoring the children and teens treated at the UAMS Radiation…


August 23, 2016

UAMS Nurses Spring into Action after Visitor Has Stroke

Yavonda Chase

Sanjeeva Onteddu, M.D., (left) treated Ricky Mays after Mays suffered a stroke while visiting a patient at UAMS.

In the blink of an eye, Ricky Mays went from caregiver to patient.


August 10, 2016

Following Trauma, Arkansas Woman Hopes to Counsel Others

Katrina Dupins

Janet Boxx (center) with her husband, David, and three daughters, Gracen (far left), Bethany and Katelyn (far right). Gracen was severely injured in a 2013 car accident in which her sisters died.

Aug. 10, 2016 | Life for the Boxx family changed dramatically on Dec. 26, 2013. Janet Boxx, her husband, David, their three children and an international student were traveling from Kansas City and were almost to their Bentonville home when they were involved in a three-vehicle accident just outside the Arkansas border. “The truck pulled…


August 5, 2016

Artificial Cornea Procedure Restores Arkansas Woman’s Vision

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Aug. 5, 2016 | An artificial cornea procedure, offered at UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, has allowed Jessica Ferguson to see again. Ferguson, 28, was working with bleach at a salon in 2006 when a chemical burn occurred that would alter the next several years of her life. “I put the bleach in a bowl,…


July 26, 2016

Sickle Cell Program Going Strong

Ben Boulden

Pooja Motwani, M.D., left, and Megan Davis, M.D., on July 1 became co-directors of the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Clinical Program.

July 26, 2016 | William Cooney, 66, has stuck with UAMS for 63 years as a sickle cell patient because he said over decades of change it has consistently provided him with the care he needs. Through transformations inside and outside of UAMS, including moving the hospital from McAlmont Street to today’s campus in 1956,…


July 18, 2016

Pine Bluff Man Confident after Significant Scar Removal

Katrina Dupins

July 18, 2016 | His mother calls him the “selfie king,” and says she could not be more pleased with the fact that her son Terrance Griffin, 28, feels confident in his looks. For many years, the Pine Bluff man was embarrassed and lived in a bubble because he had significant keloid scarring on his…


July 5, 2016

UAMS Ophthalmologist Rids Little Rock Woman of Pain

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July 5, 2016 | There was no aspect of Zantiel Mooney’s life not affected by the excruciating pain she felt in her left eye. Though she has temporarily lost sight in the eye, the work of UAMS cornea and uveitis specialist, Tayyeba Ali, M.D., took away the pain while ensuring she could keep the eye….


June 16, 2016

Screening Catches Carotid Artery Blockage in Time

Yavonda Chase

Robert Tunaitis shows Matthew Smeds, M.D., where his neck is tender following surgery to clear blockage from his carotid artery.

“I was a stroke waiting to happen.”
That is how Robert “Bob” Tunaitis of Maumelle describes his health when he went in last year for a free peripheral artery disease (PAD) screening offered by UAMS.



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