Medical News
UAMS Brain Injury Program to Offer Free Virtual Workshop Nov. 21
LITTLE ROCK — The UAMS Institute for Digital Health and Innovation’s Brain Injury Program will host a virtual workshop on Nov. 21 to connect anyone affected by a traumatic brain injury (TBI) to helpful resources and support.
UAMS Expands Group Prenatal Care to Phillips County
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center are partnering to offer group prenatal care to pregnant women in Phillips County. CenteringPregnancy® is facilitated by the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation and is a group prenatal care program that includes a pregnant woman’s…
Miss America Madison Marsh Visits UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Miss America Madison Marsh understands what cancer can do to a family. The Fort Smith, Arkansas, native lost her mother, Whitney Marsh, to pancreatic cancer when Madison was just 17 years old.
UAMS Center for Addiction Services Employs New Technology to Treat Opioid Addiction
LITTLE ROCK — The drug methadone, commonly used to treat opioid addiction by detoxification and maintenance, requires daily visits to an outpatient clinic as well as countless counseling sessions and drug screenings. Recognizing the barrier that daily visits can pose, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Addiction Services and Treatment is rolling out a hybrid care program designed to better meet the needs of its patients and improve their chances of overcoming their dependence on opioids.
UAMS Receives $11 Million for Gastroenterology Clinic, Endoscopy Center, Upgrades to Monroe Building
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received two federal grants totaling $11 million to create a Gastroenterology Clinic and endoscopy center in the nearby Freeway Medical Tower and upgrade the Monroe Building on its Little Rock campus. “We are very grateful for these construction grants from the U.S. Department…
UAMS to Host National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program Mobile Tour on Nov. 12-15
LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to visit the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Journey, a traveling, hands-on exhibit, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Little Rock campus Tuesday, Nov. 12 through Friday, Nov. 15. The exhibit, at 324 W. Campus Drive, will be open to the public…
75 Years after Accident, UAMS Surgeons, I³R Researchers Restore Greenwood Pastor’s Sense of Touch, Ability to Grip
As Dewey Hickey took apart and reassembled a bait casting reel using an experimental prosthetic hand system, he marveled at the revolutionary technology that made it possible. “It amazes me,” said Hickey, who in January 2023 became the first Arkansan and only the second person in the world to receive the device, which restored his…
UAMS Day of Giving Surpasses Fundraising Goal by More than $170,000
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), raised more than $470,000 during its seventh Day of Giving, a 24-hour fundraising event that was created to help advance the institution’s mission and contribute to better health for all Arkansans. In total, UAMS raised $470,250, surpassing its goal of $300,000. “Though I had no doubt that…
UAMS Chancellor Focuses on Growth in Northwest Arkansas at Rogers Rotary Meeting
UAMS is committed to supporting growth in Northwest Arkansas, UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, told the Rogers Rotary at its regular meeting Oct. 28. “Since we opened our campus in Northwest Arkansas in 2007, we have added new patient care services, research and educational programs as we work to be a part of the…