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December 14, 2021
UAMS Neurosurgeon’s Study on Breakthrough Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Published in Diabetes Care
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
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
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
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Richard Turnage, M.D., as vice chancellor for Regional Campuses, effective immediately.
November 30, 2021
UAMS Launches Five Satellite Training Centers to Improve Digital Health in Arkansas, Tennessee
LITTLE ROCK — The South Central Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is opening five satellite training centers in Arkansas and Tennessee.
November 26, 2021
UAMS Testing ‘Big Advance’ in Spinal Cord Stimulation; First Arkansas Participant Now Pain Free
Cornelia Ann Smith’s severe chronic back pain disappeared almost as soon as the experimental spinal cord stimulator was activated in a procedure at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). “I realized the device was helping me immediately,” the Calico Rock, Ark., resident said. Then, back home, it really began to sink in. “I…
November 23, 2021
UAMS’ Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Selected for Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program
LITTLE ROCK — The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF), along with its partners National Medical Fellowships and the American Association for Cancer Research, selected University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., to participate in its Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program.
November 19, 2021
Woman Undergoes Successful Liver Transplant at UAMS During Pandemic
Seven years ago, Tara Farris of Little Rock went to a dermatologist to try to figure out why she was itching so much. But the cause of the uncomfortable sensations wasn’t readily apparent. Finally, after a battery of tests and biopsies, “they found out my liver was way out of whack,” she said. The diagnosis:…
November 18, 2021
UAMS College of Nursing Ranks 43rd in Nation in U.S. News & World Report’s List of Best BSN Programs
U.S. News and World Report ranked the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) among the top 50 undergraduate nursing programs for 2022.
November 17, 2021
Finding Faith in Caregiving
Margaret Booker always knew she’d become a caregiver in some capacity. Even as a little girl, she had a gift for recognizing when people needed help. But she never fathomed that she’d become a caregiver at such a young age for her husband, Mike. He was just 54 years old when he was diagnosed early…
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