UAMS News


July 23, 2009

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

ChaseYavondaC

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

ChaseYavondaC

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

ChaseYavondaC

“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UAMS orthopaedic surgeon Ruth Thomas, M.D., about her recent medical mission trip to Vietnam, where she encountered outdated technology and surgical cases straight out of a pathology textbook.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 />


UAMS Awarded Nearly $20 Million for Clinical and Translational Research

ChaseYavondaC

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.


July 10, 2009

Eagles Give $2,500 to UAMS Division of Endocrinology

Chadley Uekman

The Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 60 of Little Rock donated $2,500 to the division in a check presentation ceremony June 18. The majority of the funds was raised through an annual sock hop dance at the Eagles chapter headquarters, called the Little Rock Aerie.


July 8, 2009

Public Invited to Conference on Early Childhood Health

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – The public and especially professionals who work daily with young children are invited to attend this year’s Special Needs in the Early Years Conference at the Hot Springs Convention Center on July 27 and 28. <span class=”content”></span>


July 7, 2009

UAMS Scientist Receives National Young Investigator Award

Chadley Uekman

Crediting his scientific publications and his work in the clinical lab at UAMS, the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) recently announced UAMS faculty member Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D., as recipient of its 2009 Clinical Chemistry Young Investigator Award.


July 6, 2009

UAMS First in Arkansas to Use Robot to Remove Parathyroid Gland

Chadley Uekman

Two surgeons at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) teamed up recently to perform the first two robotic parathyroid surgeries in Arkansas.



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