“With the help of UAMS we’re moving forward and not slowing down a bit.” “Without the strong relationship I have with God, I have my doubts that I ever could’ve gotten through this,” said Myton, a guidance counselor at Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High School in Little Rock. “I feel like it’s my duty…
John King half joked that he should be the poster child for UAMS. At a healthy 6 feet 4 inches tall, he doesn’t quite fit the mold, but he’s sure he wouldn’t be alive today if he hadn’t come to UAMS. Just a few months ago, the 62-year-old Bald Knob man’s substantial frame was slumped…
Tickets were bought, reservations were made, an itinerary was planned and all that was left to do was say, “adios, America” and “hola, Spain and Portugal.” There was just that fateful routine check-up with her doctor in Shreveport, La., that was left to fit in before Mona Morgan and her husband, Eddie, jetted off to…
Many Arkansans will recall the havoc wreaked by the icy winter of 2000. Herman Davenport of Little Rock could deal with power outages and slippery streets, but when the second storm of the season delayed the results of his prostate cancer biopsy, he struggled to keep his cool. “I will never forget it,” Herman said. “We…
When Rita James was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1991, it stirred painful memories. Her mother died of breast cancer in 1969 at age 47. That’s just two years older than Rita was at the time of her diagnosis. Those memories reawakened when one of her two daughters was diagnosed in 2009. As the James…
Tired, worn down and fighting off the routine rigors of an intense meh2residency program, Samantha McKelvey, M.D., was too focused on the many tasks at hand to pay much mind to her own physical well-being.
In December 2003, Ines Plog left her home in Hamburg, Germany, to travel to Little Rock for treatment at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy. Less than two years later she was in remission. “I was convinced this was the right place to be.” Ines recommends the UAMS Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy:…
At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient. All the awards and accolades can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. “The Cancer Institute is a bright star on the horizon of health care … thousands of people are dependent on the expertise at the Cancer…
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. “I met Dr. Nicholas at UAMS. His…
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. “Choosing UAMS for my cancer care was…