UAMS News


December 3, 2012

Leslie Taylor Named Vice Chancellor

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Leslie Welch Taylor has been named vice chancellor for the Office of Communications & Marketing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) beginning Jan. 1.


Rahn: Academic Health Centers Vital in Addressing Disparities

Jon Parham

Dec. 3, 2012 | The nation’s academic health centers like the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are positioned as primary assets for addressing the problem of health care disparities, said UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D.


UAMS Names Leslie Taylor Vice Chancellor of Communications & Marketing

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Leslie Welch Taylor has been named vice chancellor for the Office of Communications & Marketing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) beginning Jan. 1.</span>


November 30, 2012

Stone County Medical Center Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Stone County Medical Center in Mountain View has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.


November 29, 2012

UAMS Volunteers Provide Foot Care, Socks and Shoes

Nate Hinkel

Nov. 29, 2012 | Blue tubs half full of hot sudsy water lined the floor in front of two rows of straight-backed chairs at River City Ministry in North Little Rock on a recent fall night.


November 28, 2012

Robin Devan, M.D., Joins UAMS Palliative Care Program

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Robin Devan, M.D., has joined the Palliative Care Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients in the second-floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and is an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine.</span>


November 27, 2012

Bora Awarded $1.1 Million NIH Grant for Uveitis Research

Nate Hinkel

Nov. 27, 2012 | Nalini Bora, Ph.D., director of research for the Pat & Willard Walker Eye Research Center, was awarded a three-year, $1.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to study an inflammatory disease of the eye that causes 20 percent of all blindness.


Bora Awarded $1.1 Million NIH Grant for Eye Research

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Nalini Bora, Ph.D., director of research for the Pat & Willard Walker Eye Research Center, was awarded a three-year, $1.1 million National Institutes of Health grant to study an inflammatory disease of the eye that causes 20 percent of all blindness.</p>


November 26, 2012

Ashley County Women Continue Tradition of Giving

Nate Hinkel

Nov. 26, 2012 | A determined group in south Arkansas’ Ashley County has become a powerhouse in the fight against breast cancer.


UAMS Notifies Patients of Medical Records Breach

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is notifying about 1,500 patients of a medical records breach involving a resident physician who was terminated in 2010.</p>



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