UAMS News
November 8, 2018
UAMS Cancer Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop New Cancer Therapies
LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received a $604,208 grant to study how an abnormal protein found in ovarian cancer and some brain tumors helps tumors grow. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the three-year grant to Karen Abbott, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAMS College…
UAMS Students Visit Helena Teens to Showcase Health Care Careers
UAMS students visited KIPP Delta Collegiate High School in Helena recently to share with the nearly college-bound students the vast opportunities and careers in health care. The event, Raising Exposure & Awareness of Careers in Health (REACH) in the Delta, gave nearly two hundred ninth through 12th grade students the opportunity to ask questions, visit with…
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…
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