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May 13, 2025
UAMS Hires Sarah Jane Rhoads, Ph.D., DNP, as Next Dean of the College of Nursing
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced that Sarah Jane Rhoads, Ph.D., DNP, a native Arkansan and former faculty member, is returning to UAMS as the next dean of the College of Nursing, effective Sept. 1.
May 9, 2025
Uterine Cancer Patient Chooses Innovative Treatment that Preserved Her Fertility
Three years later, she is the mother of a miracle baby girl For 20 years, Mother’s Day was one of the hardest days of the year for Alicia Simpson. She loved celebrating the special day with her mother but did so believing she could never have a child of her own. Simpson has polycystic ovarian…
UAMS Invests Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, in Hutchins Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., MRCP, a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology in the UAMS Department of Internal Medicine, in the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D., Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology…
May 8, 2025
UAMS NICU Staff Reconnects with Former Patients, Their Families at Annual Reunion
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion on May 4 at the Little Rock Zoo, giving children and their families a chance to mingle with UAMS staff members who supported them through the highs and lows of their hospital stays. The UAMS NICU provides care…
May 2, 2025
Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’
May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…
April 30, 2025
UAMS Invests Nikki Edge, Ph.D., in Newly Established Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Nicola “Nikki” Edge, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of research in the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, in the Cathy Cole Seilhan and Denton Seilhan Endowed Chair for Child and Family Resilience during an April 17 ceremony. Edge…
April 29, 2025
Mississippi Woman, Her Cousin Tout Importance of Living Kidney Donations
Amiee Lovell, 53, is nearing the one-year anniversary of receiving a living donor kidney at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). When she underwent the transplant on June 11, 2024, she was the third of four siblings to undergo a kidney transplant — all from living donors. Her younger brother received a transplant…
April 28, 2025
UAMS Medical Center Recertified as Comprehensive Stroke Center
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center has been recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV Healthcare USA Inc.
April 25, 2025
Student Research Day Celebrates UAMS’ Next Generation
Aspiring researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented their work to faculty and peers at Student Research Day on the main campus in Little Rock on April 17. The UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville hosted a concurrent Student Research Day at Washington Regional Medical Center. The event, originally scheduled for…
April 23, 2025
Postpartum Moms at UAMS Begin Receiving Mother & Infant Supply Kits
LITTLE ROCK — Nurses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) began distributing Mother & Infant Supply Kits this month to mothers of newborns at the UAMS Health Medical Center in Little Rock. The kits contain items to support infant health and safety, development and safe sleep practices. Kits include baby shampoo, baby…
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