UAMS News


August 26, 2015

Village Walk for Cancer Research to Benefit UAMS Cancer Institute

Susan Van Dusen

LITTLE ROCK – Grab your walking shoes and head to the 14th Annual Village Walk for Cancer Research on Sept. 26 in Hot Springs Village. One hundred percent of net proceeds from the walk will benefit the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Cost to participate is…


First Physical Therapy Students Begin Classes

Kelley Cooper

Aug. 26, 2015 | The goal-oriented nature of physical therapy work and past therapy experience proved the attraction for two of the first 24 students in the UAMS physical therapy program, which started classes Aug. 17. Gracie Frizzell of Little Rock and Scott Van Camp of Fayetteville called being part of the new program’s first…


August 19, 2015

Radiation Oncologist Loverd Peacock, M.D., Joins UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

LITTLE ROCK – Radiation oncologist Loverd Peacock, M.D., has joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in the College of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology. He sees patients in the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center. Peacock is board certified in radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology and in internal…


August 10, 2015

UAMS College of Nursing Gets $1.9 Million HRSA Grant for Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Training

Susan Van Dusen

LITTLE ROCK — A $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will enable the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Nursing to train more nurse practitioners to provide health care for aging adults in Arkansas. UAMS was one of 21 institutions to receive funding from the department’s…


August 4, 2015

UAMS Medical Student Awarded $10,000 by Arkansas Mutual to Pursue Primary Care

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Aug. 4, 2015 | Kristin Mitchell of North Little Rock has been awarded the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.


July 29, 2015

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Elects New Board Members

Kelley Cooper

LITTLE ROCK – The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announces the election of 11 new board members.


July 28, 2015

Jane Dills Morgan Trust Gives $625,000 to UAMS

Ben Boulden

July 28, 2015 | Giving and support for higher education were values passed down to Jane Dills Morgan by her parents, Robert Nelson and Lucille Gable Dills.


July 9, 2015

‘Pathway’ Helps Crossett Man Survive Ruptured Aorta

Kelly Gardner

When Frank Englerth’s aorta began to rupture, the stabbing pain high in his back woke him in the middle of a cold February night. It was the beginning of what could have been the end for Englerth, 74, who lives on the Saline River deep in southeastern Arkansas, nearly a three-hour drive from Little Rock….


July 2, 2015

Hand Surgery

Kelly Gardner

Doctors use Telemedicine to save Batesville man’s hand


June 16, 2015

Senior Olympian Gets Relief from Back Pain

Kelly Gardner

June 16, 2015 | After four previous spine surgeries, Frank Dicus wasn’t sure he would ever experience relief from his back pain, but he wasn’t ready to give up hope.



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