UAMS News


October 4, 2010

UAMS, National Guard Team Up for Disaster Training

Nate Hinkel

Oct. 4, 2010 | First responders at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas National Guard sprang into action Sunday as 50 simulated disaster victims were airlifted into the state’s only certified UH-60 Blackhawk helipad atop the UAMS Medical Center.


UAMS Hosts Oct. 20 Lead-Safe Practices Workshop for Contractors to Become Certified Under New EPA Rule

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Contractors can register now for a daylong workshop on reducing health risks associated with lead-based paint in older homes to be held starting at 8 a.m. on Oct. 20 in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.</span>


October 1, 2010

AAMC Chief Says Country Still Wrestles with Health Care

Jon Parham

Oct. 1, 2010 | Despite health insurance reform, the United States still faces significant challenges, said the leader of the organization representing the nation’s medical schools during a presentation Oct. 1 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


September 30, 2010

UAMS Invests Rahn in Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Chair

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested today as the second recipient of the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Chair.</span>


UAMS Invests Rahn in Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Chair

Jon Parham

Sept. 30, 2010 | Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested today as the second recipient of the Harry P. Ward Chancellor’s Chair.


September 29, 2010

UAMS Designated Telehealth Resource Center for Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health has been designated as one of four new Regional Telehealth Resource Centers in the U.S., serving Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.</span>


Cristiano Boneti, M.D., Joins UAMS Department of Surgery

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Cristiano Boneti, M.D., has joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as instructor of surgery. He will see patients in the Women’s Cancer Clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.</span>


September 28, 2010

UAMS Medical Center Becomes First in State Designated Level I Trauma Center

Nate Hinkel

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The trauma program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center is now first in the state to achieve Level I designation from the Arkansas Department of Health as providing the highest level of trauma care.</span>


UAMS Medical Center Becomes First in State Designated Level I Trauma Center

Nate Hinkel

Sept. 28, 2010 | The trauma program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center is now first in the state to achieve Level I designation from the Arkansas Department of Health as providing the highest level of trauma care.


Diversity Can be a Strength in Changing Health Care, Says Elders

Jon Parham

Sept. 28, 2010 | When Joycelyn Elders, M.D., began medical school at what is now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1956, she was one of just three African-American students.



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