UAMS News


August 8, 2007

UAMS’ Ernie Bailey Recognized by Audiovisual Trade Association

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LITTLE ROCK – Ernie Bailey, director of Audiovisual Services at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received the Harald Thiel Volunteer of the Year Award from InfoComm International, the audiovisual trade association.


August 7, 2007

Golf Tournament to Benefit UAMS Car Seat Safety Program

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LITTLE ROCK – Golfers are invited to hit the links in support of the child safety seat education program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


August 6, 2007

UAMS Hosts National Exhibit Honoring African American Academic Surgeons

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LITTLE ROCK – A national exhibition celebrating the contributions of African American academic surgeons to medicine and medical education is on display in the library at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) now through Sept. 26.


August 1, 2007

Jacobs Named UAMS Department of Pediatrics Chairman

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LITTLE ROCK – Richard F. Jacobs, M.D., has been named chairman of the Department of Pediatrics in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine.


New UAMS Surgeon’s Skills Enable Surgeries Without Incision

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LITTLE ROCK – Diane Rhoden, M.D., a fellowship-trained surgeon in laparoscopic and endoscopic procedures, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


July 31, 2007

UAMS to Offer Free Thyroid Seminar in Conway Aug. 28

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LITTLE ROCK – Physicians from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Thyroid Center will conduct a free seminar on the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid conditions at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., in Conway.


July 25, 2007

American Hospital Association Certifies UAMS’ Cotten As Healthcare Facility Manager

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LITTLE ROCK – Brian Cotten, director of construction management at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, was recently designated a certified healthcare facility manager by the American Hospital Association (AHA).


July 23, 2007

Free or Low-Cost Women’s Health Screenings Offered Aug. 15, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project

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LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available Aug. 15 to women in Mississippi County age 40 and older who qualify through The Witness Project, a community-based cancer education program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health.


July 20, 2007

UAMS Opens Arkansas’ First Lab for Drug Trials

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LITTLE ROCK – A new laboratory specially designed for making drugs used in clinical trials was the setting today for an open house at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures building.


July 19, 2007

UAMS Researchers Identify Sleep-Wake Controls with Implications for Coma Patients and Those Under Anesthesia

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LITTLE ROCK – How do we wake up? How do we shift from restful sleep to dreaming? Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have discovered a new brain mechanism that just might explain how we do that. This new mechanism also may help us understand how certain anesthetics put us to sleep and how certain stimulants wake us up.



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