The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand its residency programs in south Arkansas thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the Arkansas State Legislature. The state’s PEER Joint Budget Committee recently approved a request for $2,550,225 in funding from the restricted reserve fund to support the development of family medicine residency programs…
A recent symposium honored the legacy of M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., an internationally renowned neurosurgeon who is often referred to as the “father of modern microneurosurgery” and who spent nearly 20 years at UAMS, and his wife, Dianne Yasargil, a former UAMS nurse.
The Lambda Nu National Honor Society Chapter in the UAMS College of Health Professions on March 10 inducted 47 new student members, the largest total ever since the chapter’s founding in 2018. Lambda Nu is a national honor society for the radiologic and imaging sciences. The UAMS chapter brings together students in the Diagnostic Medical…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Class of 2026 received commemorative pins marking their transition to patient care during ceremonies held in Little Rock on March 7 and Fayetteville on March 10. Thirty-nine students in Little Rock and 14 students in Fayetteville participated in the ceremonies, held at their respective…
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has welcomed Julie Windholz, M.D., as a new physician at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Windholz also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics. She started in her new roles after…
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Walmart are collaborating to increase access to nutritious food across Arkansas. Through the collaboration, participants in select research projects at the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation will receive Walmart Wellness Benefit cards to be specifically used at Walmart stores for various health-related…
Visanu Wanchai, Ph.D. Visanu Wanchai, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow with the UAMS College of Medicine. He earned his doctorate in biomedical informatics from UAMS in 2020 and joined the Myeloma Center in 2022. His focus is developing leading-edge computational tools and employing high-performance computing techniques for single cell analysis to investigate key genes and…
Bispecific BCMA/CD24 CAR T cells control multiple myeloma growth Nature Communications January 2024 Primary authors: Fumou Sun, Ph.D.; Yan Cheng, Ph.D. Anti-multiple myeloma B cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies represent a promising treatment strategy with high response rates in myeloma. However, durable cures following anti-BCMA CAR T-cell treatment of myeloma…
A strength of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center is the variety of strategies utilized to obtain the best outcome for the patient. The center’s hospitalists are an important part of that process. The term “hospitalist” was coined in 1996 to describe physicians who only see patients in a hospital, typically…
Alan Stephenson has taken his myeloma diagnosis and turned it into a positive for himself and others in this situation. “One of the reasons I’m passionate about being an advocate is to let people know what to expect. The fear of the unknown is often a lot more than what you actually face,” he said….