UAMS News


July 30, 2009

UAMS First to Use Device to Unclog Patient’s Veins in Brain

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – In the days leading up to Glen Deaton’s emergency trip from Trumann to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), large veins that drain blood from his brain were clotting. <span class=”content”></span>


July 29, 2009

Children at Risk for Serious Head and Leg Injuries in ATV Crashes, Say UAMS/ACH Researchers

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Children are as likely to suffer long-term disability from an ATV-related injury to a leg as they are to their head, report University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers in a new study. </span>


July 28, 2009

Bank of America Continues Tradition of UAMS Support

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Bank of America added to its long history of support for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with the July 16 presentation of a corporate gift of $25,000.


Bank of America Continues Tradition of UAMS Support

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July 28, 2009 | Bank of America added to its long history of support for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with the July 16 presentation of a corporate gift of $25,000.


July 27, 2009

UAMS College of Nursing Receives $100,000 for Scholarships

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – Nursing students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing will benefit from a $100,000 donation given to the program for scholarships. <span class=”content”></span>


July 23, 2009

UAMS AHEC-SW Receives $80,000 to Continue Minority Clinic

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A two-year, $80,000 grant will allow the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Area Health Education Center – Southwest (AHEC – SW) to continue providing basic, primary care at its DeQueen Minority Care Clinic.


July 22, 2009

Mountain Home Firefighters Donate $2,500 to UAMS for ALS Research

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July 22, 2009 | The Mountain Home Professional Fire Fighters Association donated more than $2,500 for ALS Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in honor of the wife of a local fire fighter who is battling the disease.


July 21, 2009

UAMS Surgeon Practices Improvisation While Helping Patients in Vietnam

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“It was a very make-do situation,” said UAMS orthopaedic surgeon Ruth Thomas, M.D., about her recent medical mission trip to Vietnam, where she encountered outdated technology and surgical cases straight out of a pathology textbook.


July 20, 2009

UAMS Use of Technology Recognized as ‘Most Wired’

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – For the seventh time, the Hospitals & Health Networks magazine of the American Hospital Association publication has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center as one of the “100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems” for its use of technology.</span>


July 14, 2009

UAMS Awarded Nearly $20 Million for Clinical and Translational Research

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been awarded nearly $20 million – its largest ever research grant – by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to join an exclusive group of medical institutions nationwide. <span class=”content”></span><br />



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