May 9, 2016 | Glenn Harvey didn’t know he had an aortic aneurysm. Thanks to a new procedure, performed for the first time at UAMS in March, he still can’t feel a thing. Mohammed Moursi, M.D., chief of vascular surgery and program director of the vascular surgery residency program at UAMS, performed the procedure on…
LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 26-27 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 8 a.m. – noon at the…
LITTLE ROCK – Anyone ready to quit smoking is invited to participate in a free seven-week program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Freedom from Smoking will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. for seven Wednesdays beginning May 18 in the UAMS College of Public Health, Room 3/204. To register, contact certified tobacco treatment…
April 27, 2016 | It had been more than 30 years since Mary Green had seen anything. She was 12 when an antibiotic caused pain in her eyes, evoking long-term issues and uncovering an underlying condition. Green was eventually diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), a rare disorder that affects the skin and mucous membranes. The…
LITTLE ROCK — You are invited to hear about Arkansas’ only allogeneic bone marrow transplant program for cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma at an event featuring specialists from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The panel discussion will be held at 11 a.m. May 19 at Diamante Country Club, 2000 Country…
April 18, 2016 | Women in Arkansas will benefit from two grants presented to UAMS by the Arkansas affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. A grant of $87,642 will assist the UAMS Mobile Mammography Program to continue providing digital screening mammograms to women across Arkansas, with a focus on the 26 counties that…
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering free oral, head and neck cancer screenings from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. April 15 on the sixth floor of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Screenings are noninvasive, take about 10 minutes and are conducted by the UAMS Department of Otolaryngology…
APRIL 1, 2016 | Hugs, smiles and selfies were in plentiful supply March 31 when five professional football players made a surprise visit to patients at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
LITTLE ROCK — Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., a fellowship-trained radiologist, has been named director of breast imaging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients in the UAMS Breast Center on the first floor of the Outpatient Center. Bryant-Smith has been an assistant professor in the UAMS Department of Radiology since 2006…
March 28, 2016 | As a nurse, Beverly Seaberg spends her time at work caring for patients. As a wife and mother, she also makes sure her husband, John, and two daughters, Cori and Caroline receive the best health care possible. Seaberg, 58, is an R.N. in the Quality Management department at UAMS. She has…