UAMS News
May 9, 2016
Star City Man First at UAMS to Receive Z-Fen Graft
May 9, 2016 | Glenn Harvey didn’t know he had an aortic aneurysm. Thanks to a new procedure, performed for the first time at UAMS in March, he still can’t feel a thing. Mohammed Moursi, M.D., chief of vascular surgery and program director of the vascular surgery residency program at UAMS, performed the procedure on…
May 6, 2016
UAMS South Central Center on Aging to Hold Free Family Caregiver Workshop May 26-27 in Pine Bluff
LITTLE ROCK – The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will hold a free family caregiver workshop May 26-27 for those who would like to learn about caring for an adult with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The workshop will be held 8 a.m. – noon at the…
Freedom From Smoking Program to Begin May 18 at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Anyone ready to quit smoking is invited to participate in a free seven-week program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Freedom from Smoking will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. for seven Wednesdays beginning May 18 in the UAMS College of Public Health, Room 3/204. To register, contact certified tobacco treatment…
May 4, 2016
UAMS’ Frederick ‘Rick’ Bentley, M.D., Named Surgery Department Chair
LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) liver and transplant surgeon Frederick R. “Rick” Bentley, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine. Bentley has served as interim chair of the department since April 2015, when then-Chair Richard Turnage, M.D., became interim dean and…
April 28, 2016
UAMS Welcomes International Otology Fellows for Surgical Course
April 28, 2016 | Physicians from 10 countries gathered April 22-24 at UAMS to study advanced surgical techniques for the inner ear. The first-ever Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear and Skull Base Surgery drew 24 otology/neurotology fellows from around the world to participate in lectures and extensive laboratory sessions on techniques beyond…
April 26, 2016
College of Medicine Salutes Faculty, Staff and Alumni at Dean’s Honor Day
The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) paid tribute to faculty, staff and alumni who have made their mark in Arkansas or around the nation at its sixth annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 19. “Today is an opportunity for us, as a community of scholars, to celebrate…
UAMS College of Medicine Honors Faculty, Alumni at Annual Ceremony
An acclaimed educator and researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and two UAMS College of Medicine alumni who became national leaders in pediatrics were among those honored at the college’s sixth annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 19. The college’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award was presented to Robert E. McGehee…
April 25, 2016
UAMS Cancer Specialists to Speak at May 19 Event in Hot Springs Village
LITTLE ROCK — You are invited to hear about Arkansas’ only allogeneic bone marrow transplant program for cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma at an event featuring specialists from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The panel discussion will be held at 11 a.m. May 19 at Diamante Country Club, 2000 Country…
April 8, 2016
UAMS to Offer Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screenings April 15
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is offering free oral, head and neck cancer screenings from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. April 15 on the sixth floor of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Screenings are noninvasive, take about 10 minutes and are conducted by the UAMS Department of Otolaryngology…
April 7, 2016
Cancer Institute Auxiliary Honors Chancellor Dan Rahn
April 7, 2016 | Friends of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute gathered April 5 to recognize Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., as the 2016 Cancer Institute Auxiliary’s Distinguished Honoree. Rahn is the 22nd recipient and third UAMS chancellor to receive this honor from the auxiliary. Former chancellors the late Harry Ward, M.D., and I….
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