UAMS News
March 21, 2019
Grateful Texan Holds Party for Myeloma Center
March 21, 2019 | Texan Laura Drake loves a good party — especially when it’s raising money for a worthy cause. Since Drake’s remission from myeloma in January 2014, that worthy cause has been helping fellow myeloma patients at UAMS. For the past three years, the 57-year-old church secretary and husband Marty, a cotton farmer,…
March 20, 2019
Clergy Invited to UAMS-Sponsored Event April 9 on Advance Care Planning
Members of the clergy of all faiths are invited to attend a free educational event sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on the importance of advance care planning.
March 18, 2019
Neurostimulator Significantly Reduces Seizures for Missouri Man
Matthew Pinegar was 3 months old when he had his first seizure. He was put on medication to keep them at bay, then taken off the medicine in junior high. “It wasn’t until I was 21 when I had my first grand mal,” Pinegar said. “After that happened and I looked back, I’m sure I…
March 15, 2019
Rasco Symposium Offers Insights on GI Cancer Therapy, Research
About 125 health care professionals gathered March 8 at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to learn about the latest advances in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer diagnosis and therapy.
March 12, 2019
UAMS Sets Spring Computer Classes for Adults
LITTLE ROCK – Two computer classes – everything about iPad/iPhone and Computer Basics – and one two-hour workshop, Online Banking & Shopping, will be taught this spring for adults at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The courses will be presented by the Little Rock Digital Learning…
March 11, 2019
Physician Living with Parkinson’s: No One Should Go Through It Alone
Every year in America, health care professionals diagnose 50,000 to 60,000 new cases of Parkinson’s disease. In 2007, Glenn Davis, M.D., was one of those patients, though he’d experienced symptoms a few years prior.
Bill Signing Propels UAMS Cancer Institute’s Quest for NCI Designation
With the stroke of a pen, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson brought the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute one step closer to its goal of achieving National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designation.
March 7, 2019
Patterson Discusses Finances, Raises in First State of the University Address
Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, addressed a packed house Tuesday as he delivered his first State of the University address in the Fred Smith Auditorium in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
March 6, 2019
Twelve Programs Receive Grants from UAMS Chancellor’s Circle
UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, awarded 12 program grants totaling a record-tying $425,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony and reception held March 5. The funds awarded match the record set last year by the Chancellor’s Circle, which provides funds to support key mission areas in health care education, research and patient…
Cancer Diagnosis Gives UAMS Medical Student New Perspective
With his first medical licensing exam in the books, Corbin Norton was ready to relax. “It was a really tough exam. I had been studying for weeks,” the 27-year-old UAMS College of Medicine student said.
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