Sept. 16, 2019 | E-Stem High School Senior Haley Franklin will be at full capacity in time for basketball season following surgery in April to reconstruct a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her knee. “It happened when we were going over plays in practice. I bumped into another person and twisted my knee,” Franklin said. “That was in...
July 23, 2019 | LITTLE ROCK — Guido J.K. Tricot, M.D., Ph.D., has rejoined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and will see patients at its Myeloma Center. While at UAMS previously, Tricot developed one of the most effective first-line therapies for multiple myeloma, now used around the world. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Tricot rejoin...
UAMS has acquired Emulate Inc.’s Organs-on-Chip technology, which simulates human biology so researchers can better understand how diseases, medicines, chemicals and foods affect human health. The Chip technology can be used for studies on the liver, kidney, lungs and gut, as well as thrombosis and the blood-brain barrier. For example, Emulate’s Liver-Chip can be used…
The next ONE Team continuing education event, “Assessment and Indicators of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the Medical Setting” will be noon to 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, in Shorey S5/25. The event also is available via interactive video and Cisco Meeting.
The next continuing education event in the Connecting Across Professions series will be “Role of Surrogate in Decision Making” at noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 24, in Shorey, fifth floor, Room 5/25. This event is also available via interactive video and webinar.
Join a free webinar from 2-3 p.m. Oct. 1 to learn about the importance of health literacy and how you can practice clear health communication to benefit your patients & community. RSVP healthliteracy@uams.edu
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first and only hospital in Arkansas approved to provide a revolutionary new therapy for certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy uses new technology to genetically modify a patient’s own T cells, enabling them to seek and destroy…
All UAMS faculty are invited to attend AR-IMPACT, a weekly free interactive televideo program, from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 25, in PRI Conference Room 136. This week’s session will feature Televideo Case Conferences and “Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Indications and Abuse.”
The 35th Annual Arkansas Orthopaedic Forum will be held on Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. in the Fred Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
Identifying resources for pregnant women who are housing insecure engaged leaders and community groups Sept. 9 at the Supporting Families in Crisis conference held at the Four Points by Sheraton in Little Rock. Over 200 community leaders, faith leaders, students, educators, researchers, health care workers, mothers impacted by homelessness, and organizations who provide services for…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) Police Department is committed to assisting all members of the UAMS community in providing for their own safety and security. The annual security and fire safety compliance report is available on the UAMS website at www.uams.edu/police