UAMS News
September 27, 2006
Kalapatapu Joins UAMS Vascular Surgery Team
LITTLE ROCK – Dr. Venkat Kalapatapu has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Vascular Surgery as an assistant professor and vascular surgeon.
September 26, 2006
UAMS Holds Second Conference on Childhood Obesity
LITTLE ROCK – State leaders hope to provide a forum for schools to share with one another what they are doing to reduce childhood obesity at a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health conference on Monday for schools across the state. The conference is co-sponsored by the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Health and the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI).
Program on Breast and Cervical Health Offered Oct. 9, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project
LITTLE ROCK – An informational program on breast and cervical health will be offered Oct. 9 to St. Francis and Monroe county women by The Witness Project, a community-based cancer education program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Public Health. The program will be held at 6 p.m. at the Good Hope Free Will Baptist Church, 105 Memphis Blvd., in Wheatley.
September 20, 2006
UAMS Use of Technology Recognized as ‘Most Wired’
LITTLE ROCK – For the fifth time in eight years, 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.
September 15, 2006
UAMS Study Finds Genetic Subtypes of Myeloma, Hope for Targeted Treatments
LITTLE ROCK – A genetic analysis of more than 400 patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, identified seven subtypes of the disease that had a bearing on a patient’s prognosis and offered the potential for targeted treatments, reported a team of researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in the September issue of the journal Blood.
September 13, 2006
Director of UAMS Center for Clinical Skills Education Wins National Award
LITTLE ROCK — Mary Cantrell, director of the Center for Clinical Skills Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), received the Outstanding Standardized Patient Educator Award from the Association of Standardized Patient Educators at the organization’s annual conference Aug. 19-23 in Tucson, Ariz.
September 8, 2006
UAMS to Offer Free Seminar on Thyroid Disease Sept. 28
LITTLE ROCK — Physicians from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will conduct a free seminar on the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid conditions at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 11301 Financial Centre Parkway.
September 6, 2006
UAMS’ Pickett Receives President’s Award From Society of Nuclear Medicine
LITTLE ROCK – Martha Pickett, director of the nuclear medicine imaging sciences program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently received a President’s Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine – Technologist Section (SNMTS) for her work developing an educational program for advanced technologists.
Helena Health Foundation Gives $10,000 for UAMS Education Fund In Memory of Delta Pharmacist Gerald Glass
LITTLE ROCK – The Helena Health Foundation today presented a $10,000 check to help establish an education fund in memory of Delta community leader and pharmacist Gerald J. Glass at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy.
September 5, 2006
UAMS, ACHRI Researchers Create Test For Acetaminophen Poisoning Test Could Improve Diagnosis for Common Cause of Liver Failure
UAMS, ACHRI Researchers Create Test For Acetaminophen Poisoning Test Could Improve Diagnosis for Common Cause of Liver Failure
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