UAMS News
November 7, 2018
Targeted Prostate Biopsy Yields More Accurate Results
The Urology Clinic at UAMS is now offering a targeted prostate biopsy that can detect cancer that conventional biopsy may miss. Mohamed Kamel, M.D., a urologic oncologist and associate professor of urology at UAMS, says this technology, which is only a few years old, allows doctors to pinpoint areas more precisely, leading to more accurate…
November 6, 2018
G. Richard Smith, M.D., Named Chairman of UAMS Department of Psychiatry
LITTLE ROCK — G. Richard Smith, M.D., has been named chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of UAMS’ Psychiatric Research Institute. Smith served as chairman of the Department of Psychiatry from 2001 to 2013, during which he oversaw the…
November 5, 2018
UAMS Shows Gratitude for Veterans with Breakfast, Care Packages
Active duty, reserve and veterans of the armed forces who are UAMS employees were honored at a Nov. 2 breakfast, just one part of a larger month of celebrations and events planned by the UAMS Veterans Awareness Committee in honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
Dallas Woman Calls UAMS Fertility Specialist her “Angel Doctor”
Porsha Hart was diagnosed with uterine fibroids when she was 25 years old. Also known as leiomyomas, fibroids are a benign tumor of smooth muscle found in the uterus. Hart says they were causing her to have an overactive bladder, heavy bleeding during her menstrual cycles and pelvic pressure. “I was uncomfortable,” Hart said. “And…
October 26, 2018
After Mammogram Reveals Cancer, Mom of 3 Fights Back
When Abby Ellington got the call about a suspicious spot on her mammogram, she wasn’t worried. She had a scare seven years earlier, before a biopsy revealed her to be cancer free.
October 25, 2018
New Physical Therapy Intervention Gets Patients Stronger, Faster
A new form of physical therapy is helping patients regain strength in less time than its traditional counterpart. UAMS is one of few places in Arkansas offering blood flow restriction therapy. Nick Hargett, D.P.T. works with patients in the outpatient center at UAMS. He believes blood flow restriction therapy will begin to become a more…
October 10, 2018
UAMS Orthopaedic Surgeon Bumpass Among Nation’s Top Young Spine Professionals for 2018
LITTLE ROCK — David Bumpass, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was named one of the nation’s outstanding young spine care providers by the North American Spine Society’s SpineLine magazine in its inaugural “20 Under 40” list honoring spine professionals under the age of 40. Bumpass, 37, is…
September 28, 2018
Seth Berney, M.D., Invested in Inaugural Eleanor A. Lipsmeyer Professorship in Rheumatology
Seth Berney, M.D., chief of the Division of Rheumatology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested Sept. 25 as the inaugural professor of the Eleanor A. Lipsmeyer Professorship in Rheumatology. Berney, who also is director of the UAMS rheumatology fellowship program, has more than 20 years…
September 27, 2018
Showcase Puts COBREs in Spotlight
Have the COBRE programs at UAMS and ACRI reached critical mass and can now benefit the entire campus research community? Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., certainly thinks so.
September 24, 2018
Seventy Years Later, Edith Irby Jones, M.D., Continues to Inspire
Sept. 24, 2018 | A month-long celebration of the life and career of Edith Irby Jones, M.D., who enrolled 70 years ago at UAMS as the first African-American medical student in the South, brought thanks and appreciation from those she inspired and served.
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