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May 10, 2023
UAMS Receives $5.5 Million Supplemental Award for Programs in Rural, Underserved Communities
![UAMS faculty members take part in a training session on point-of-care ultrasound technology. The expansion of point-of-care ultrasound training for medical students is among the projects that UAMS plans to implement using the new grant funding.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ultrasound-for-MSE-release-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $5.5 million supplemental award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fund training and outreach programs in rural and underserved areas of the state. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency in the Department of Health…
May 8, 2023
UAMS Opens New Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
![Smiles abound as C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, flanked by Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA and Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, cuts the ribbon in front of The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital. Also pictured (from L-R) Jake Nabholz, CEO of Nabholz Construction; Greg Cockman, CEO of Cromwell Architects Engineers; Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, provost and chief strategy officer; Johnathan Goree, M.D., UAMS director of Interventional Pain Management Services; Paul Stover, UAMS assistant vice chancellor for Clinical Administration; Michelle Krause, M.D., senior vice chancellor for UAMS Health and CEO, UAMS Medical Center; Patterson; Barnes; Huckabee Sanders; Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr.; and Morril Harriman, chair of the U of A System Board of Trustees.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TOSH-Ortho-Ribbon-05082023-EDL_0593-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK —A number of dignitaries and other visitors gathered today to celebrate the opening of The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 5, 2023
UAMS CLIMB Leads Kids Out of Cancer Isolation
![Parents and children in a cancer support group pose for a photo in front of a cancer center sign](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CLIMB-Featured-Photo--150x150.png)
On a recent Wednesday night, five children ages 7 to 11 came together to draw pictures, play and talk. This wasn’t an after-school event or an arranged playdate. Instead, the gathering was a unique support group called CLIMB, a program at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute for children coping with a parent or…
May 1, 2023
UAMS, NIH Study Finds Consoling, Other Techniques Better Than Drug Therapies for Newborns with Opioid Withdrawal
![UAMS’ Jessica Snowden, M.D., said the study’s findings provide the first strong evidence needed to help end hospitals’ widely varying treatments of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Snowden_Jessica-R_wide-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — A groundbreaking nationwide clinical trial in which the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) played a key role has confirmed an effective way to wean newborns from opioid withdrawal symptoms that substantially reduces hospital stays and the traditional use of drug therapies. Using an “Eat, Sleep, Console” (ESC) care approach resulted…
April 28, 2023
Seeing is Believing: Jones Eye Institute Restores Pacific Islanders’ Sight
![JEI Gift of Sight April 2023](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC07431-150x150.jpg)
Cataracts had made life so difficult for Joshua Roby, 43, of Springdale that he could not write up reports at his security job, and he needed help walking around. Less than a day after cataract surgery, he says his vision is “much, much better,” and he can move well on his own. Eight patients from…
April 27, 2023
College of Medicine Recognizes Exemplary Team Members at 2023 Dean’s Honor Day
![David L. Davies, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences (center) is the UAMS College of Medicine's 2023 Distinguished Faculty Service Award winner. He is joined on stage by Interim Dean and UAMS Executive Vice Chancellor G. Richard Smith, M.D., (left) and his nominator, Gwen Childs, Ph.D., chair of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1-150x150.jpg)
The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) paid tribute to outstanding faculty and staff at the college’s annual Dean’s Honor Day celebration on April 25. Capping the ceremony, the 2023 Distinguished Faculty Service Award was presented to David L. Davies, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Neurobiology and…
April 25, 2023
UAMS Invests Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Laura B. Dunn, M.D., in the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences during an April 20 ceremony. Dunn, who joined UAMS in February 2022 as chair of the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and director of the UAMS…
April 24, 2023
UAMS Health Opens New Urology Center
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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today opened a new Urology Center in Premier Medical Plaza at 10915 Rodney Parham Road in west Little Rock. “Expanding into this west Little Rock location helps UAMS fulfill our mission to improve the health and well-being of all Arkansans by making services more…
April 21, 2023
Young Patients Explore Life Cycle of Butterflies
![PRI Child Diagnostic Unit butterfly designs.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/butterfly2-150x150.jpg)
There are roughly 750 species of butterfly in the United States. That fact may come as a surprise to most people, but probably not to the young patients on the Child Diagnostic Unit in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. The young children on the inpatient unit recently spent four weeks learning a great deal about…
April 20, 2023
Arkansas Farm Bureau Pledges $500,000 to Support UAMS’ Statewide Health Career Recruitment, Education Efforts
![Arkansas Farm Bureau and UAMS](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-UAMS-for-the-Fund-for-Excellence-Donation_C83A9916-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — To mark the 35th anniversary of the Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) program, a summer enrichment camp that allows high school students to learn about health career opportunities, Arkansas Farm Bureau Foundation pledged a gift of $500,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Campuses, creating the…
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