UAMS News
July 8, 2003
High-risk Pregnancy Expert Joins UAMS College of Medicine
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: dgkpld+timesnewroman;”>Helen H. Kay, M.D., an expert in the medical care of high-risk pregnancy patients, has joined the faculty of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She is professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. </span>
June 27, 2003
Urologists Join College of Medicine
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span class=”content” style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: #000000;”>LITTLE ROCK – Nabil K. Bissada, M.D., and Endre Z. Neulander, M.D., have joined the faculty of the Department of Urology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). </span></p>
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June 25, 2003
Joseph W. Thompson, M.D., Is New Director Of Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: geboid+timesnewroman;”>Joseph W. Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the new director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI). </span>
UAMS, Yale Experts Advise International Scientists On Next Steps to Conquering Kidney Disease
<span class=”content”>Sudhir Shah, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a colleague at Yale University have issued advice to scientists worldwide on how to speed up research on acute renal failure, a problem that strikes about 5 percent of all hospital patients, killing half of them, and costs an estimated $10 billion a year.</span>
June 24, 2003
UAMS Pharmacy Professor Elected to Prestigious Society
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: fpcdco+timesnewroman;”>Paul O. Gubbins, Pharm.D., an associate professor and acting chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the UAMS College of Pharmacy, has been elected a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). </span>
June 19, 2003
“Talk with Your Doctor” to Avoid a Stroke, UAMS Experts Say
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>Experts at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span class=”content” style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>and the National Stroke Association have called on Arkansans to talk with their family doctors about the risks of stroke.</span></p>
June 18, 2003
UAMS Scientist Receives $272,000 Grant for Tailoring Cancer Treatments with Laser Test
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>A biomedical engineer at the University of Arkansas for Medical</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>Sciences (UAMS) has received $272,000 from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for his</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>work on a unique laser test that could lead to custom chemotherapy for patients with</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>cancer.</span></p>
June 13, 2003
UAMS Study Shows Health Care Workforce Shortages in Arkansas Will Double by 2008
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reveals in a</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>new report that shortages in key health care professions will double in Arkansas over the</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 0pt;”><span style=”font-family: timesnewroman;”>next five years unless changes occur in training, recruitment, and retention of health</span></p>
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June 4, 2003
CAVHS / UAMS Scientists Show How Synthetic Hormone Stops Bone Loss without Risking Cancer
<span class=”content”><span style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: geboid+timesnewroman;”>Arkansas</span><span style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: geboid+timesnewroman;”> scientists who first reported a possible safe alternative to traditional hormone replacement therapy now have unraveled the mystery of how the synthetic hormone works. </span></span>
June 3, 2003
UAMS Orthopaedic Surgeon Receives Prestigious Award
<span class=”content” style=”font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; font-family: lmmpfk+timesnewroman;”>James Aronson, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received the prestigious Nicolas Andry Award for 2003 from the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons.</span>
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