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June 18, 2021
Back in the Saddle: Ferndale Woman Returns to Riding after Hip Replacements
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Linda Porter of Ferndale loves horseback riding. She began taking lessons when she was 9 years old. “That was the only way I had of riding when I was that young,” Porter said. “I didn’t get my own horse until I was about 50. But I always loved them. I love the outdoors and…
June 17, 2021
UAMS Performs State’s First HIV-to-HIV Kidney Transplant
![Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D., in white coat.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Giorgakis_Emmanouil_wide-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has performed the first transplant in Arkansas from an HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient. The successful kidney transplant from a deceased person who had the human immunodeficiency virus was performed in May by Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D., a transplant surgeon in the UAMS College…
June 15, 2021
UAMS Among First in Nation to Use Newly Approved Deep Brain Stimulation Technology
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LITTLE ROCK — Shortly after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved a new version of a device used for deep brain stimulation, doctors at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) became one of the first 12 sites in the country and the first in Arkansas to use it.
June 14, 2021
UAMS Project Part of National Effort to Reduce COVID-19 in Hardest Hit Populations
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LITTLE ROCK — UAMS researchers and their community partners across Arkansas are studying the causes behind COVID-19’s devastating impact on minorities and developing plans to help increase vaccination rates.
June 9, 2021
UAMS Ranked Among Top Joint Replacement Providers
![From left, C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Jeffrey Stambough, M.D., Alicia Dreyer of Healthgrades, Ben Stronach, M.D., and Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., at the award presentation ranking UAMS among the top 10% of providers for joint replacement.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Healthgrades-Award-Joint-06082021-EDL_2940-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) ranks among the top 10% in the nation for joint replacement surgery, according to new research by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems.
June 4, 2021
UAMS Aortic Center Uses Advanced Treatment to Save LR Artist
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Linda Yates has long found comfort in her art, and one of her latest creations holds a particularly special meaning. Before she retired, the Little Rock woman spent years as a graphic artist and ran her own business for 17 years. “I thought I’d paint a lot more once I retired, but then things started happening,” Yates said.
June 2, 2021
Baptist Health-UAMS Psychiatry Residency Program Receives Initial Accreditation
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LITTLE ROCK — A new collaborative residency program in psychiatry offered by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Baptist Health has received initial accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The Baptist Health-UAMS Psychiatry Residency Program will initially train four residents and then will add four residency slots each year…
May 28, 2021
Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Removal Gives Morrilton Grandmother ‘a Second Chance’
![Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and neurosurgical resident Marcus Stephens, M.D. perform surgery.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ARod-in-OR2-150x150.jpg)
Mary Harris enjoys traveling with her daughters and granddaughters, and the family looks forward to their trips three times a year. And though the pandemic caused them to postpone for a while, they are ready to resume with a trip to Branson in June. In 2016, Harris began having a continued cough and constant bronchitis….
May 27, 2021
Estate of Thomas McGill Gives $1.14 Million to UAMS Department of Otolaryngology
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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.14 million gift from the estate of Thomas McGill for the Department of Otolaryngology in the College of Medicine. UAMS will honor McGill by creating an endowed chair in his name, said John Dornhoffer, M.D., department chair. A recipient will be…
May 26, 2021
UAMS Vaccinates Children 12+ at May 22 Community Vaccine Clinic
![Chloe Pettus, 12, gets a hug from Margaret Powell, director of external affairs for the city of North Little Rock, after receiving her vaccination at Simmons Bank Arena.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pettus_wide-150x150.jpg)
Among the roughly 300 people who showed up May 22 for UAMS’ third community vaccination clinic at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock were children as young as 12 – the newest age threshold authorized to receive the vaccine. As with clinics held at the arena on April 10 and May 1, the vaccination…
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