UAMS News
May 8, 2013
UAMS Names Powell Chief Medical Information Officer
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Thomas Powell, M.D., M.S., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center as its first chief medical information officer. </span>
Interprofessional Student Teams Compete to Treat Simulated Patients
May 7, 2013 | Music from “Star Wars” filled a UAMS lecture hall May 2 as a Darth Vader-costumed emcee waved a light saber and opened the first Sim Wars competition to the cheers of about 200 students.
May 7, 2013
Julep Cup Jaunt Has Record-Breaking Run for the Roses
A festive crowd at the 10<sup>th</sup> annual Julep Cup Jaunt watched the 139<sup>th</sup> running of the Kentucky Derby on May 4 while raising record-breaking funds for two programs benefitting babies and pregnant women.
UAMS Palliative Care Program Receives National Certification
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Palliative Care Program has received advanced certification, becoming the first in Arkansas and one of only 36 nationally to become accredited under a new national evaluation process. </span>
Free Seminar to Teach about Arkansas e-Link Statewide Broadband Network May 16
<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to learn what the Arkansas e-Link statewide broadband network can do for them in health and education during a free seminar May 16 at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City.</p>
Cranmer Receives Graduate School Faculty Member of the Year Award
Morris Cranmer, Ph.D., professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, was named the Graduate School “Faculty Member of the Year” in an awards reception on April 4.
May 6, 2013
Medical Center of South Arkansas Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care
<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region. </p>
May 3, 2013
UAMS Names Bowes as Chief Financial Officer
<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named veteran higher education and health care financial professional William R. Bowes as chief financial officer. </p>
May 2, 2013
Tariq Named Outstanding Woman Faculty Member
Sara Tariq, M.D., assistant dean for undergraduate clinical education in the UAMS College of Medicine, received the 2013 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award from the college’s Women’s Faculty Development Caucus.
May 1, 2013
UAMS College of Public Health Names Tilford Health Policy and Management Chair
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – John “Mick” Tilford, Ph.D., has been named chair of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). <br />
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