UAMS News


May 17, 2010

Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.</span>


Governor Honors State’s Leadership in Improving Nursing Home Care

Nate Hinkel

May 17, 2010 | Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed a proclamation May 11 declaring May 10-14 Advancing Excellence in Nursing Homes Week, recognizing the state’s standing as a national leader in improving the quality of care in nursing homes.


Hall Honored for Lifetime Achievement

David Robinson

May 17, 2010 | For nearly 35 years, Whit Hall, M.D., has had a significant impact on not only the health of Arkansas’ babies and children, but on the lives of colleagues, medical students, residents and fellows.


May 15, 2010

UAMS Graduates 870 New Health Care Professionals

Jon Parham

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 870 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Barton Coliseum.


May 11, 2010

May 25, Science Café – ‘Sports Science & Medicine’

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, “Sports Science & Medicine” on May 25. Panelists will discuss the physics involved in various sports, as well as the mental and medical aspects of competitive sports. </span>


May 10, 2010

Steven McKee Wins UAMS Marvin Award

David Robinson

May 10, 2010| Steven McKee, son of Greg McKee and Sheila McKee of Little Rock, has won the Dr. Horace N. Marvin Award for achieving the highest numerical score in his freshman Medical Microscopic Anatomy course at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock.


Monticello Woman’s Irregular Heartbeat Cured at UAMS

David Robinson

May 10, 2010| For most of us, the electrical impulses that keep our heartbeat steady are rarely given much thought. But when the circuitry goes haywire, as it did for Glenda Kay Newton Wood of Monticello, finding the right physician is critical.


May 5, 2010

UAMS Names Raney Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Kevin Raney, Ph.D., a scientist who has studied enzymes that help build and maintain the body’s DNA, has been named chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine. </span>


May 4, 2010

UAMS Helping Establish Lab Sciences Program in Namibia

Jon Parham

May 4, 2010 | In one of the most rural African countries, some UAMS faculty members are reaching out to help a university there educate more health care professionals.


May 3, 2010

NICU Babies Win Big in Another Successful Julep Cup Jaunt

Nate Hinkel

May 3, 2010 | Severe storms throughout the late afternoon and early evening May 1 didn’t keep a few hundred supporters away from the seventh annual Julep Cup Jaunt to raise money for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).



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