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January 5, 2022

Governor Welcomes 12 National Guard Soldiers to UAMS COVID Testing Facility

Yavonda Chase

Gov. Asa Hutchinson talks with National Guard soldiers who have been deployed to UAMS to help with COVID-19 testing.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Tuesday to welcome 12 Arkansas National Guard soldiers who were assisting with COVID-19 testing.


January 4, 2022

UAMS e-Link Bridging the Gap Between Parents, NICU

Benjamin Waldrum

Ridley Becker

New mom Jaclyn Becker of Bryant said the experience of having her first child hasn’t been what she imagined. Ridley Becker was born Oct. 26 at 25 weeks, weighing 1 pound, 4 ounces. He’s been in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) since that time. “Being separated from him has been really hard,” she said….


December 29, 2021

Lung Biopsy Robot at UAMS Detects Early-stage Cancer in Little Rock Woman

Kaitlin Barger

Cynthia Chapman speaks about her experience with the Ion Endoluminal Robotic Bronchoscopy System

A Little Rock woman can now breathe a little easier thanks to new technology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Doctors at UAMS recently activated the first lung biopsy robot in Arkansas. The robot allows doctors to discover and biopsy previously undetectable cancerous nodules in the far reaches of the lungs. Cynthia…


December 27, 2021

UAMS Stays on Course despite New Challenges from COVID-19 Pandemic

Ben Boulden

The Little Rock campus of UAMS in early fall 2020, as viewed through the branches of a tree along Hooper Drive, was home to many positive developments in 2021.

As UAMS did everything it could to fight COVID-19, it maintained its commitment to excellence and its core values during the public health crisis — a commitment that was noticed by multiple national organizations and publications.


December 21, 2021

Little Rock Santa Gets Tune-Up from UAMS Heart Surgeons

Linda Satter

Roger Armstrong with his beard braided

Even Santa Claus needs a tune-up every now and then. That’s what Roger Armstrong of Little Rock, who has been playing Santa since 1968, discovered early this Christmas season. Normally, by the first week of November, he is posing for Christmas card pictures. Then he makes the rounds at the usual places — events for…


December 20, 2021

Two UAMS ENT Physicians Help Treat More Than 90 Children in Ecuador

Linda Satter

Larry Hartzell, M.D., and Jeff Dorrity, M.D., with one of their tiny cleft patients and her mother in Ecuador

Two doctors from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Otolaryngology recently flew to Guayaquil, Ecuador, as part of a surgical mission trip that provided cleft lip and palate care to more than 90 children. The trip was part of a Global Smile Foundation project that began more than three decades ago…


December 14, 2021

UAMS Neurosurgeon’s Study on Breakthrough Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Published in Diabetes Care

Linda Satter

Erika Petersen, M.D., is the director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery at UAMS.

Results of a 12-month multicenter randomized clinical trial led by Erika Petersen, M.D., a professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), were published online Nov. 29 in Diabetes Care, highlighting the benefits of a breakthrough treatment for patients with painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN). Petersen, director of Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery…


December 10, 2021

UAMS Physicians Among Top Doctors in America

Kalee Sexton

UAMS physicians are among the Top Doctors in Arkansas.

Physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been named Castle Connolly Top Doctors.


December 8, 2021

Fayetteville Man’s Life Improves Dramatically after Nasal Surgery at UAMS

Linda Satter

Stein Erik Peterson visits UAMS for a check-up after his surgery.

Stein Erik Peterson had no idea how good a boiled egg could taste. He had completely forgotten the heady, lemony aroma that filled his nostrils when he was a boy and his mother bustled around the house spraying the furniture with polish. He didn’t know it was possible to sleep so peacefully. But since undergoing…


December 7, 2021

UAMS Names Richard Turnage, M.D., as Vice Chancellor of Regional Campuses

Yavonda Chase

Richard H. Turnage, M.D.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Richard Turnage, M.D., as vice chancellor for Regional Campuses, effective immediately. 



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