Jeff Williams maintains a basic approach to living with multiple myeloma. “Get as much exercise as possible,” he said. “I work about a mile from a YMCA. I stay in shape. It has to be a habit. If you go long enough, it will become a habit. Resistance training builds bone density.” Williams, 66, is…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on April 7 will launch a new service called UAMS Health OrthoNow, a walk-in clinic that provides orthopaedic care for patients 12 and older.
Brandyn Young is grateful for the opportunity to earn a dual degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). After surviving a life-altering health scare, Young vowed to help others attain, or maintain, good health. A student in the UAMS M.D./MPH Combined Degree Program — a collaboration between the Fay W. Boozman College…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted its first Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on March 15, bringing together patients, caregivers and health care professionals to discuss the oft-debilitating neurological disease.
A team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery recently hosted a Ukrainian surgeon and taught him how to do a complex facial reconstruction surgery. Yuri Chepurnyi, M.D., a maxillofacial surgeon of nearly 20 years who is a professor at the National Medical University in Kiev, Ukraine,…
LITTLE ROCK — Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D., a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint-related conditions, has returned to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) after a year in an endowed professorship in orthopaedics at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Mears specializes in hip and knee replacement surgery and taking…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy has completed a redesign of its curriculum, which it will begin phasing in during the fall semester later this year. It is the first full redesign of the college’s curriculum since the 1994-1995 academic year. The new curriculum is a response to the rapidly…
Fifty-five college students from institutions across the state convened at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for a March 8 conference that highlighted several of the academic programs offered at UAMS. The Medical Association for Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) Conference is organized by the Edith Irby Jones Chapter of the Student National Medical Association,…
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, an associate professor of otolaryngology and epidemiology and founding director of the UAMS Center for Hearing Health Access, in the Thomas McGill Chair in Otolaryngology during a March 18 ceremony. Emmett is the inaugural holder…
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Head Start program is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year.