UAMS News


February 2, 2011

Dermatology Oncologist Stephen D’Addario, M.D., Joins UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Stephen F. D’Addario, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients in the Dermatology Cancer Clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.</span>


February 1, 2011

Winters Leaves Allied Health College Prepared for Future

Jon Parham

Feb. 1, 2011 | For 28 years, Ronald Winters, Ph.D., has guided the UAMS College of Health Related Professions with a thorough preciseness that also allowed for creativity and wit.


UAMS Diagnoses Woman’s 16-Year Illness

David Robinson

Feb. 1, 2011 | After 16 years searching for the cause of her seizures and difficulty breathing, Karan Smith of Fort Smith was referred to UAMS, where a doctor pinpointed her underlying condition: an uncommon genetic disease known as HHT (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia).


Blytheville Hospital Joins UAMS-Led Stroke Program

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Great River Medical Center – Blytheville has partnered with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to provide life-saving emergency care for stroke patients in the region. </span>


January 28, 2011

Report Charts UAMS as ‘Exceptional’ Asset for Arkansas

Jon Parham

Jan. 28, 2011 | While educating the next generation of health care professionals, caring for patients and making scientific advances that could lead to new medical treatments, the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) and affiliates generated more than 34,000 jobs, according to a new report.


January 27, 2011

UAMS Breast Cancer Awareness Program Receives $25,000

Nate Hinkel

<p class=”content” style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”>LITTLE ROCK – The Witness Project, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to increase awareness of breast cancer, has been awarded a $25,000 one-year grant from the Avon Foundation for Women. It is the 10th year the program has received Avon Foundation for Women funding.</p>


January 26, 2011

Heuck Joins UAMS Myeloma Institute as Researcher, Clinician

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Christoph Heuck, M.D., a fellowship-trained hematology oncologist, has joined the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) where he will conduct research and see patients.</span>


January 25, 2011

UAMS Gives 86-Year-Old Artist Ability to Create

Nate Hinkel

Jan. 25, 2011 | Countless hours spent hovering over his original three-dimensional works of art, chiseling and shaping and drilling the large colorful panels, is hard work for anybody. “Let alone a man of my age,” said Michael Butner, 86, a Little Rock artist. “It’s very taxing on my old bones.
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January 21, 2011

UAMS Announces February Computer Classes for Seniors

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Photo editing, Quicken 2010, and introductory classes for Word and computers 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.</span>


January 19, 2011

Researcher Zhou Named Winthrop Rockefeller Chair

David Robinson

Jan. 19, 2011 | Daohong Zhou, M.D., was invested Jan. 18 as the inaugural recipient of the Winthrop Rockefeller Endowed Chair for Leukemia and Lymphoma Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).



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