UAMS News
May 3, 2007
UAMS Liver Transplant Program Attains Medicare Certification
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center in Little Rock has received approval for payment by the Medicare program for liver transplants, a certification that will greatly expand access to the state’s only liver transplant program.
May 2, 2007
UAMS Cancer Researchers Awarded Two National Komen Grants Totaling $600,000
LITTLE ROCK – Husband and wife researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received national grants totaling $600,000 from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, formerly the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Simpson Named Chairman of UAMS Laboratory Sciences Department
LITTLE ROCK – Donald D. Simpson, Ph.D., has been named chairman for the Department of Laboratory Sciences in the College of Health Related Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
April 30, 2007
UAMS College of Medicine Named a National Leader in Educating Family Practice Physicians
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine has been recognized by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
as one of the top 10 medical schools in the nation for producing family practice doctors.
April 26, 2007
UAMS Lecturer Series Features Columbia University Researcher
LITTLE ROCK – Henry N. Ginsberg, M.D., of New York’s Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, will speak at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on May 15 about hyperlipidemia and diabetes. The lecture is free and open to the public.
April 25, 2007
Extended Bed Rest Accelerates Muscle Deterioration in Older Adults, UAMS Researchers Report in JAMA
LITTLE ROCK – Extended bed rest – often necessary during hospitalization – leads to a substantial amount of muscle deterioration in older adults, researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) report in the April 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Thaxton to Direct UAMS Division of Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences
LITTLE ROCK – Paul Thaxton has been named director for the Division of Nuclear Medicine Imaging Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
UAMS Names Kohler Vice Chancellor For Northwest Arkansas Region
LITTLE ROCK – With 34 years of administrative experience in academic health care, Peter O. Kohler, M.D, has been named by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as vice chancellor for the Northwest Arkansas Region and will lead efforts to open a UAMS campus in northwest Arkansas.
April 20, 2007
Racial, Ethnic Health Disparities Expert to Speak at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D., a nationally known professor, author and public speaker, will speak on racial and ethnic health disparities May 2 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
April 18, 2007
Shorey Wins Outstanding Woman Faculty Award
LITTLE ROCK – Jeannette M. Shorey II, M.D., an associate professor of internal medicine and associate dean for continuing medical education and faculty affairs in the UAMS College of Medicine, has received the 2007 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award for mentorship, leadership, scholarship and achievement.
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