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January 20, 2023

Three-Year-Old Patient Keeps Sight, Survives Rare Eye Cancer

Benjamin Waldrum

Dallas Carter

All Quatisa East wanted was for her infant daughter, Dallas Carter, to be able to see. A rare diagnosis of retinoblastoma, or cancer of the eye, threatened that possibility. “I didn’t give up on her — everything I’ve done is just being a mother,” said the 29-year-old. It’s been a long road for Dallas and…


January 18, 2023

UAMS Joins Community Collaboration to Create Green Spaces at Little Rock Elementary Schools

Kev' Moye

Thomsen-Cook

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support its role in a collaboration to improve school playgrounds in Little Rock. Year one of the 4-year (NIH) grant is for $389,847. Funding for the following years will…


January 17, 2023

Dr. Michelle Krause to Lead UAMS Health System & Hospital; Dr. Ahmed Abuabdou Named Chief Clinical Officer

Yavonda Chase

Michelle W. Krause, M.D., MPH, and Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Michelle W. Krause, M.D., MPH, senior vice chancellor for UAMS Health and chief executive officer for UAMS Medical Center, and Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA, chief clinical officer for UAMS Medical Center. Both have been serving in these roles on an interim basis since September 2022.


January 11, 2023

Denver Broncos Defensive Tackle D.J. Jones Highlights UAMS Myeloma Center in My Cause, My Cleats Campaign

Marty Trieschmann

A professional football player with the Denver Broncos team stands with his mother and two nurses

As part of the National Football League’s (NFL) annual My Cause, My Cleats campaign, Denver Broncos defensive tackle D.J. Jones donated a pair of custom cleats to the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Since 2016, participating NFL teams and players customize footwear with designs…


January 10, 2023

Healthgrades Ranks UAMS in Top 5% of Nation for Brain Surgery, Praises Stroke Program

Linda Satter

Healthgrades ranks the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for cranial neurosurgery in 2023.

LITTLE ROCK — Healthgrades ranks the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for cranial neurosurgery in 2023. The designation by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting doctors and patients, reflects UAMS’ outstanding trial outcomes for cranial neurosurgery and distinguishes UAMS as one of the nation’s leading hospitals for…


January 5, 2023

UAMS Renames Seed of Hope Garden in Honor of the Late Janett Crain

Andrew Vogler

Crain family

LITTLE ROCK — In what was an emotional and touching ceremony, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) honored the memory of Janett Crain by renaming the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Seed of Hope Garden to the Janett Crain Seed of Hope Garden. Larry Crain Sr., longtime friend and patron of UAMS,…


January 3, 2023

UAMS Mourns Loss of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.

Yavonda Chase

Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., died Dec. 31, 2022, after a battle with cancer.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is sad to announce that Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D. executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine, died Dec. 31, 2022, after a battle with cancer.


December 23, 2022

UAMS Trauma Team Helps Save Sherwood Man after 30-Foot Fall

Ben Boulden

Josh Pretty, seated, gives a thumbs up just before he leaves UAMS Medical Center for what would turn out to be a shorter-than-expected stay in a local rehabilitation hospital. His wife, Alissa Pretty, third from the right, also does the same.

Even though Josh Pretty can’t remember what happened to him, his family and friends will never forget his fall Nov. 12 from the top of a 30-foot ladder while hanging Christmas lights from a customer’s house. They didn’t anticipate the accident or the sight of the severe injuries he received from it.


December 19, 2022

Two UAMS Physicians Discuss Maternal Mortality, Mental Health at Women’s Voices Summit

Linda Satter

Nirvana Manning, M.D., (left) chair and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, sits on a panel with Christy Turlington Burns and Chelsea Clinton at "Women’s Voices, Women’s Votes, Women’s Rights."

Two physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) joined national and global leaders in a daylong Women’s Voices Summit, held earlier this month at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock and livestreamed internationally. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton convened groups…


December 16, 2022

UAMS College of Medicine Honors Stacie M. Jones, M.D., as Distinguished Faculty Scholar

Tamara Robinson

Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., UAMS executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine; 2022 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Stacie M. Jones, M.D.; and Kevin Raney, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and chair of the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series Committee.

The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) honored Stacie M. Jones, M.D., as the 2022 Distinguished Faculty Scholar for her groundbreaking research into food allergies, her leading role in the development of the first FDA-approved oral immunotherapy drug for life-threatening peanut allergy in children, and her dedication to mentorship.



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