UAMS News
November 14, 2013
UAMS Offers Online Continuing Education Credits
LITTLE ROCK — A new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) website portal, learnondemand.org, allows health care professionals at any time to hear lectures and take classes online to earn continuing education (CE) credits.
November 13, 2013
Neurosurgeon Demitre Serletis, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Neurosurgeon and epilepsy specialist Demitre Serletis, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
Pro Golfer Honored for Contributions to UAMS Scoliosis Research
UAMS physicians, donors and friends of Duke gathered for “Lunch with the Duke” Oct. 23 to support the chair and to honor Duke for his charitable donations to UAMS.
November 8, 2013
Biomedical Career Day Shows Students New Career Paths
The UAMS Graduate School drew more than 150 students from 11 different institutions at its 13th Annual Career Day for Biomedical Sciences. The event offered undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows a chance to learn more about career options in biomedical sciences.
November 6, 2013
UAMS Ophthalmologist Inducted into Veteran’s Hall of Fame
Before John P. Shock, M.D., joined UAMS as professor and chair of ophthalmology in the College of Medicine nearly 35 years ago, he was saving the eyesight of wounded soldiers on the battlefield. He recently was honored for his service as he was inducted into the Arkansas Military Veteran’s Hall of Fame.
UAMS Helps Accident Survivor Overcome Injuries and PTSD
You don’t have to ask Gail Ragland whether or not she believes in miracles – she counts herself as one. Medically she has defied all odds to survive not only a horrific car accident, but also the stress that followed it.
Author Speaks on Award-winning Book, Cross-cultural Competency
Fadiman spoke Nov. 4 at a UAMS College of Pharmacy lecture on her award-winning book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.”
November 4, 2013
UAMS Receives OK to Offer Physical Therapy Degree
Nov. 4, 2013 | Approval to begin educating physical therapy students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) at its northwest Arkansas campus was given Oct. 25 by the Coordinating Board of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
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October 31, 2013
UAMS Hosts Perry Initiative Workshop Promoting Women in Orthopaedics
The sound of drills and saws vibrated throughout the halls of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute Oct. 12 as 35 female high school students repaired fractures, fixed ACL tears and inserted rods into replica human bones.
Cancer-Sniffing Canine Wins National Search and Rescue Dog of the Year
John D. has gone from homeless to Hollywood in just five years. He has changed countless lives through his cancer detection skills and with search and rescue after disasters. He is now being recognized for all his hard work nationally, even getting attention from several celebrities including Betty White. And he’s done it all on four legs.
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