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June 26, 2024

UAMS Nuclear Pharmacy Program Has Strong National Presence

Benjamin Waldrum

Fatima Al-Doori nuclear pharmacy internship

One of the nation’s leading pharmacy schools, the UAMS College of Pharmacy excels in an area few others do: nuclear pharmacy. UAMS is one of only a handful of nuclear pharmacy programs in the United States that offers the full 200-hour Authorized Nuclear Pharmacy Certificate Program in this specialized field. Radioactive materials are used in…


June 25, 2024

UAMS Invests Brian W. Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, in Dr. John Emmett Peters Endowed Chair in Psychiatry

Andrew Vogler

Kirkpatrick investiture

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Brian Kirkpatrick, M.D., MSPH, professor in the UAMS Department of Psychiatry and medical director of the Odyssey Clinic, in the Dr. John Emmett Peters Endowed Chair in Psychiatry in a June 13 ceremony. “I am very fortunate to have had…


June 18, 2024

NIH Awards Additional $3.7 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research into High Blood Pressure

Linda Satter

Dr. Su sitting at a table surrounded by members of his team.

LITTLE ROCK — In a major boost to cardiovascular research, the National Institutes of Health has awarded an additional $3.7 million to Shengyu Mu, Ph.D., and his team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue their groundbreaking study on the role of immune cells in hypertension. Mu, an associate…


June 14, 2024

Breakthrough Device Implant at UAMS Restores Young Woman’s Pain-Free Life

David Robinson

Jolee Camp, here on her parents' farm, is grateful for having access to a cutting-edge device study at UAMS that has cured her disabling back condition.

Jolee Camp was a thriving 15-year-old who dreamed of becoming a professional dancer and enjoyed hunting, fishing and working on her family’s farm in Lonoke when she was suddenly disabled by unexplained low back pain. “She spent her senior year in a wheelchair,” said her mother, B.J. Camp, who took her daughter from doctor to…


June 12, 2024

U.S. News & World Report Names UAMS Arkansas’ ‘Best Hospital for Equitable Access’

Yavonda Chase

The UAMS Medical Center was one of 53 hospitals recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a "Best Regional Hospital for Equitable Access."

LITTLE ROCK — U.S. News & World Report named the UAMS Medical Center as an inaugural “Best Regional Hospital for Equitable Access,” recognizing 53 health care institutions that the magazine said both excel in quality and provide substantial access to care to socioeconomically disadvantaged patients.


June 11, 2024

UAMS First in Nation to Offer Groundbreaking Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Tim Taylor

The SAINT neuromodulation system utilizes transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat major depressive disorder.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first medical facility in the United States to provide an innovative therapeutic treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD).


June 6, 2024

Grants Illustrate Impact of UAMS Research Center at UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries

David Robinson

Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., welcomes attendees to the UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries.

The recent UAMS Showcase of Medical Discoveries featuring the UAMS Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Inflammatory Responses was a bad news/great news event for Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., who leads the center. Smeltzer’s Showcase poster, an overview of the center’s achievements since its 2012 inception, included an impressive list of grant awards by 20 individual…


June 4, 2024

UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center Receives Gold Star Rating

Linda Satter

Steven Webber, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine and UAMS executive vice chancellor, and Elizabeth Gath, M.D., listen to students present on a patient at the 12th Street Health & Wellness Center.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, a student-run, interprofessional free clinic that serves its neighbors while educating students, has again earned a Gold Star rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC). The rating is the highest awarded by the NAFC, whose mission is…


May 31, 2024

Former Razorback, Green Bay Packer Credits God and UAMS for Keeping Him Alive

Linda Satter

Leotis Harris after his infusion at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS.

Nothing seems to slow Leotis Harris down or take the smile off his face. As a teenager, he was a star football player at Hall High School in Little Rock. From there, he became the first Black All-American Arkansas Razorback football player. Then, after being drafted in 1978 into the National Football League, he spent…


May 28, 2024

UAMS Oncologist Invested in Inaugural Omar T. Atiq, M.D., MACP, Distinguished Chair in Physician Leadership

Andrew Vogler

Atiq

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Omar T. Atiq, M.D., MACP, FRCP, in the inaugural Omar T. Atiq, M.D., MACP, Distinguished Chair in Physician Leadership during a May 20 ceremony. Atiq is a medical oncologist at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and a distinguished…



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