UAMS News
January 14, 2016
Cornea Transplant Clears Blurry, Clouded World for Patient
Jan. 14, 2016 | Every morning, Robbie Smith, 37, gets a vivid reminder of how debilitating his eyesight used to be. Before he inserts a pair of special corrective contact lenses, “I’m only able to see a few inches from my face,” he said. At age 10, Smith, of Little Rock, was diagnosed with keratoconus,…
December 17, 2015
Perryville High School Cheerleaders Raise $1,000 for MammoVan
Dec. 17, 2015 | UAMS had something to cheer about Dec. 10 when the Perryville High School cheerleaders donated $1,000 in support of its mobile mammography program. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the cheerleaders sold pink hair extensions at their football games, with a goal of raising $1,000. “We wanted the money to…
December 4, 2015
College Celebrates 2015 Scholarship Recipients, Donors
December 4, 2015 | The College of Health Professions awarded more than $52,000 in scholarships for 2015-2016, a record amount for the college. The college celebrated its scholars, its growing number of scholarships and scholarship donors at its annual scholarship reception on Nov. 5. Thirty-nine students representing many of the college’s academic programs received 46…
November 24, 2015
Corneal Transplant Lets Hensley Woman Read Again
Nov. 24, 2015 | Jamie Whitaker, of Hensley, knew her eyesight was diminishing. As someone who loved to read, Whitaker could tell she was having more difficulty making out the words. It reached the point where she had trouble reading road signs and distinguishing whether an oncoming vehicle was a truck or car. Still, she…
November 23, 2015
FDA Contract Funds UAMS Lung Cancer Research
Nov. 23, 2015 | A UAMS physician-scientist has received a $764,000 contract from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study a new method for lung cancer screening. Donald J. Johann Jr., M.D., will use the funding to determine if a simple blood test can detect lung cancer at an early stage, when the cancer…
November 16, 2015
Radiation Oncologist Sanjay Maraboyina, M.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK –Sanjay Maraboyina, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a radiation oncologist and sees patients at the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. Maraboyina also is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of…
November 2, 2015
Sami Uwaydat, M.D., Invested in Martha Wood Bentley Chair in Ophthalmology
Nov. 2, 2015 | Sami Uwaydat, M.D., was invested Oct. 30 in the Martha Wood Bentley Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Uwaydat is an ophthalmologist at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute and associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine. He joined UAMS in 2008 and…
October 27, 2015
Dermatologist Thomas Jennings, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Thomas Jennings, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a specialist in Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancer. He sees patients in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Dermatology Cancer Clinic, which offers a full range of treatments for early melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and…
October 26, 2015
Freedom From Smoking Support Group to Begin Nov. 18 at UAMS Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK – If you’re ready to quit smoking, there’s no reason to wait for a New Year’s resolution. Quit now with the help of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). UAMS’ Freedom from Smoking support group will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. for seven Wednesdays beginning Nov. 18 at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller…
October 22, 2015
Angel Eye Completes Installation of 10 Cameras in Baystate Children’s Hospital
LITTLE ROCK – Angel Eye Camera Systems, a company established in 2013 with support from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures, recently completed the installation of 10 camera systems in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts and plans to expand the project to include cameras…
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