UAMS News


November 30, 2005

UAMS Director of Center for Addiction Research Invested as Chair for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention

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LITTLE ROCK – Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D., was invested today as the Wilbur D. Mills Chair in Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


November 23, 2005

Georges Chahoud, M.D., Joins UAMS Department of Internal Medicine

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LITTLE ROCK – Georges Chahoud, M.D., has been named assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the staff cardiologist at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.


November 22, 2005

Lead Heart Surgeon Begins Work at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

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Lead Heart Surgeon Begins Work at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


Free or Low-Cost Mammograms Offered Dec. 10 in Desha County, Thanks to UAMS Witness Project

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LITTLE ROCK – Free or low-cost mammograms are available to Desha County women 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.


November 16, 2005

Neal Baer, M.D., Executive Producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “ER,” to Speak at UAMS Nov. 29

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LITTLE ROCK – Neal Baer, M.D., executive producer of NBC-TV’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and formerly executive producer of NBC’s “ER,” will speak at UAMS at 4 p.m. Nov. 29.


Obesity Prevention Professorship Endowed on Behalf of Former Gov. McMath, Father of Modern-Day UAMS

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LITTLE ROCK – Former Arkansas Gov. Sid McMath, who pushed for statewide public health improvements a half-century ago, was honored posthumously today with the endowment of a new professorship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health.


November 10, 2005

Cookbook to Benefit UAMS’ Tiniest Patients

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LITTLE ROCK — Just in time for holiday shopping, the nurses of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) neonatal intensive care unit have put together a cookbook to benefit the medical center’s tiniest patients.


Larry Johnson Joins UAMS Department of Internal Medicine

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LITTLE ROCK – Larry G. Johnson, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine of the College of Medicine.


November 7, 2005

From Respiratory Care to Dental Hygiene to Nuclear Medicine, Most Health Care Workers Are Allied Health Professionals

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LITTLE ROCK – More than half of those working in health care today are in professions other than doctor or nurse – professions that are in increasingly high demand as the population of Arkansas and the rest of the United States ages. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) offers educational programs in 17 of these allied health professions, which can lead to varied and rewarding careers.


November 4, 2005

Leo M. Gehring Elected 2006 President-elect of Health Care Engineering Society

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LITTLE ROCK – Leo M. Gehring, vice chancellor for Campus Operations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been elected president-elect of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association (AHA).



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