UAMS News


January 13, 2012

UAMS Sets Special iPad Workshop and February Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – A special iPad workshop has been scheduled for Jan. 27 in addition to regular computer classes that will be taught in February for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


January 12, 2012

Thyroid Cancer Spurs Researcher

David Robinson

Jan. 12, 2012 | For Aime Franco, Ph.D., her job as a thyroid cancer researcher is personal. Diagnosed at age 22 with the disease, she beat it and wants her research to help other patients survive as well.


January 11, 2012

Kelly Named Director for UAMS Physician Assistant Program

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Patricia J. Kelly, Ph.D., a certified physician assistant with experience in both the clinical and academic sides of the profession, has been named to direct the program under development in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Related Professions. </span>


January 9, 2012

Charles White Retires After Five Decades at UAMS

Nate Hinkel

Jan. 09, 2012 | December marked the end of an era with the retirement of Charles White, assistant vice chancellor for employee relations after 53 years at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


UAMS Now Seeing Primary Care Patients in West Little Rock

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – UAMS Medical Center today opened a site in west Little Rock that houses an Internal Medicine Clinic, an Obstetrics/Gynecology Clinic and a sleep lab.


January 5, 2012

Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas Joins UAMS-Led Program to Provide Emergency Stroke Care

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – The Delta Memorial Hospital in Dumas has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region.


January 4, 2012

Mastectomy Patients Offered Total Skin-Sparing Procedure

Nate Hinkel

Jan. 4, 2011 | Cristiano Boneti, M.D., is excited that breast cancer patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) now have a surgical option that wasn’t available as recently as seven years ago. The procedure is called the total skin-sparing mastectomy, and it can give improved reconstruction results to breast cancer patients who undergo mastectomy procedures.


Five Named to UAMS Foundation Board

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Virginia Cobb and Walter Nunnelly III, both of Little Rock; Diane Lamberth of Batesville; Charlene Reed of Marianna; and Ross Whipple of Arkadelphia have been elected to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Foundation Fund Board effective Jan. 1, 2012. </span>


Summer in Kenya an Eye Opener for First-Year Medical Student

David Robinson

Jan. 4, 2012 | On a two-month trip to a mountain village hospital in Kenya, Spencer Morse witnessed suffering and death on a scale not seen in the United States.


December 28, 2011

Warmack Named College of Pharmacy Associate Dean at UAMS Northwest

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Scott Warmack, Pharm.D., recently was appointed associate dean in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest.



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