May. 22, 2019 | Frits van Rhee, clinical director of the UAMS Myeloma Center, weighed in on a new combination therapy for treating newly diagnosed Castleman disease patients in the April 18 issue of Blood, a publication by the American Society of Hematology. In the commentary, “Storming the Castle with TCP,” van Rhee and coauthor Katie Stone, then-director of...
Dec. 10, 2018 | It’s common to hear bells at the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. When a patient completes their final treatment, they celebrate by stepping up to the large brass bell on the wall and giving it a ring.
Epic and other IT systems will undergo a planned UAMS network “maintenance window” at 10 p.m., tonight (Wednesday, June 26). This is necessary to address issues that persist after last week’s Code Purple.
UAMS Medical Center honored its volunteers at a June 5 luncheon in appreciation of 54,381 hours of service to the hospital and clinics in the past year.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has begun a digital health spine clinic to allow patients across Arkansas with spinal disorders, spinal cord tumors, and patients who have recently undergone surgery to go to the location closest to home without having to travel to Little Rock to see a specialist. The UAMS Institute…
Get Healthy UAMS is expanding its stairwell beautification project to encourage more employees to take the stairs. Employees and students are invited to submit a design to be painted in the Central Building’s stairwell by the College of Medicine.
Discounted FIGS are here for UAMS employees and students! Through June 30, Team UAMS members get 30% off their purchase. Starting July 1, get 25% off your purchase.
Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, will present “The Future of Academic Medicine” from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 26, at UA Little Rock Downtown, 333 President Clinton Ave., in the River Market.
The Patient Experience Learning Forum scheduled for July 3 has been canceled. Learning Forums will resume in August.
A daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack? Not so fast, according to recent research from UAMS. For some people, it may do more harm than good.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first medical institution in the state to join the National Institutes of Health StrokeNet, which will make new potential treatments available for patients with stroke and those at risk for stroke. NIH StrokeNet is made up of 25 regional centers across the United States…
LITTLE ROCK — Tara Peña has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Institutional Advancement as director of alumni and annual giving, effective June 3. Peña earned a bachelor’s of business administration, marketing and management at Texas Tech University and held a number of different advancement roles there, including coordinator of…