UAMS News
September 30, 2013
UAMS Opens Schmieding Caregiver Training Site in El Dorado
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated the opening of the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in El Dorado, providing new opportunities for the elderly to stay in their homes as they age.
September 27, 2013
Workshop Exposes Students to Suturing Experience
Sept. 27, 2013 | First- and second-year UAMS medical students took a key step toward becoming cool and confident third- and fourth-year students in future operating room clinical rotations during a Sept. 9 suturing workshop.
September 26, 2013
Health Literacy Expert Encourages Better Patient Engagement
Eighty million Americans lack sufficient education in health care and disease prevention, a fact that is affecting hospital readmissions statistics, patient-doctor engagement and patient mortality rates, said Laura Noonan, M.D., a health literacy expert who visited UAMS last week.
UAMS, Grateful Patients Honor Wendel with Endowed Chair in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Seven women set out to honor the UAMS doctor who gave their children the gift of life. Six years later, with gifts from more than 1,500 current and former patients and family members, this idea became a reality.
September 25, 2013
Gala for Life Honors Pryors, Raises More than $1 Million for UAMS Cancer Institute
Gratefulness was the theme of the night Sept. 20 when about 900 people gathered to celebrate the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s annual Gala for Life.
College of Public Health Grads Help Welcome FDA Commissioner
Sept. 25, 2013 | Margaret Hamburg, M.D., commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, was in Little Rock Sept. 10-11 to deliver the keynote address at the Global Summit on Regulatory Science, which was hosted by the National Center for Toxicological Research, the FDA’s premier regulatory science research center in Jefferson.
Sports Medicine Specialist Rivera-Vega Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK —Alexandra M. Rivera-Vega, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the UAMS College of Medicine.
September 24, 2013
UAMS Honors Wendel with Inaugural Chair in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
LITTLE ROCK — In a tribute initiated by a small group of thankful patients, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today invested Paul Wendel, M.D., with an endowed chair in his name in maternal-fetal medicine.
Cancer Drug Developed by UAMS Professor Receives FDA Approval
Sept. 24, 2013 | Valchlor, a breakthrough gel for treating lymphoma developed with the help of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Professor Peter Crooks, Ph.D., recently won marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Cancer Drug Developed by UAMS Professor Awarded FDA Approval
LITTLE ROCK — Valchlor, a breakthrough gel for treating lymphoma developed with the help of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Professor Peter Crooks, Ph.D., recently won marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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