Orthopaedics Patient Stories
August 17, 2015
UAMS Saves Woman’s Nearly Severed Arm with Prosthetic Elbow
Only a few nerves kept Lisa Shelton’s left arm attached to her body when she arrived at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) after it was almost severed by a truck door. In December 2012, Shelton, of Jerusalem, was on her way to meet her sister for lunch in Morrilton when her car…
June 10, 2015
Road to Recovery
If there’s one thing Jeff Snodgres can do, it’s defy the odds. During a routine physical exam at age 10, Jeff, a self-proclaimed “military brat,” was found to have protein in his urine. Because he lacked any other symptoms, doctors were unable to determine the exact cause. However, they suspected Alport Syndrome, a hereditary kidney…
June 4, 2015
Knee Replacement Gives Patient Her Life Back
Susan Smith dealt with knee pain for years, but when it began to affect her daily activities, she knew it was time to do something. Smith, who is the wife of G. Richard Smith, M.D., former dean of the UAMS College of Medicine, has always been an active person. Whether it’s riding a bike, hiking…
August 17, 2014
Perfect Timing at UAMS Saves Woman After Violent Accident
Perfect timing. That’s what Amy Kizziar needed one cold November day in 2011 when she was impaled by a two-by-six and endured multiple broken bones, gaping wounds and life-threatening blood loss. Perfect timing is what UAMS delivered that day when Kizziar’s routine morning commute turned nightmarish as a mobile home being transported on an 18-wheeler…
July 30, 2014
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor Calls UAMS an Arkansas Treasure
At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. UAMS patient Mark Pryor, a U.S. Senator…
July 10, 2014
Not a Second to Spare
UAMS Leads New Statewide Trauma System as a Level One Trauma Center Ashley Machado drifted off to sleep in the back seat of her car as a friend drove it on icy Highway 70 east of North Little Rock the evening of Jan. 11, 2011. She awoke to screams, a crash – and then nothing….
March 1, 2014
Putting the Pieces Back Together
By Kate Franks Betsy Parkinson of Little Rock had 27 fractures in her skull when she came to the UAMS Emergency Department on June 29, 2010. “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men” weren’t available to put her back together, but, thankfully, the staff at UAMS was. “Dr. Moody, Dr.Westfall and the amazing emergency…
February 28, 2014
UAMS Specialists Save Arm, Put Biker Back on the Road
Ed and Margo Jevicky say a series of miracles saved their 18-year-old son, Michael, and his right arm when his motorcycle slammed into a Jeep. One of them was landing in the hands of two well-regarded, highly specialized University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) surgeons. “It changed Michael’s. The outcome could have been so…
April 17, 2013
Olaya Gets Back in Competition
At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. UAMS patient Dr. Julio Olaya, pediatric anesthesiologist, was treated…
May 17, 2012
Arthroscopic Surgery Puts Duffel Back on the Court
At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. UAMS patient Stephen Duffel, the general manager of…
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