UAMS News


January 18, 2012

Jan. 24, Science Café – ‘Technology, Technology Everywhere’

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Technology, Technology Everywhere on January 24. Panelists will discuss the pros and cons of complex technologies, uses, and what the technological future might hold.


Shirley Ong, M.D., Joins the UAMS Department of Neurology

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Shirley Ong, M.D., a neurologist, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients in the seventh floor cancer clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.</span>


January 17, 2012

UAMS Names van Rhee First Recipient of Scharlau Chair

Jon Parham

LITTLE ROCK – Internationally known multiple myeloma researcher Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., was invested today as the inaugural recipient of the Charles & Clydene Scharlau Chair for Hematological Malignancies Research.


UAMS Northwest Receives $1.5 Million from Walker Charitable Foundation

Jon Parham

Jan. 17, 2012 | Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus will gain experience with real and simulated patients at a clinic to be funded by a $1.5 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation announced today.


UAMS Northwest Campus Receives $1.5 Million from Walker Charitable Foundation

Jon Parham

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<p>LITTLE ROCK – Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus will gain experience with real and simulated patients at a clinic to be funded by a $1.5 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation announced today.</p>
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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.



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