UAMS News
September 2, 2015
Experts in Rare Skin Lymphoma Join Forces at UAMS
Sept. 2, 2015 | Persistent skin rashes are usually more of an annoyance than a serious medical condition. However, in the case of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), what looks like a simple rash can progress to a life-threatening condition if not caught early. “Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is a complicated disease that affects different patients in…
August 27, 2015
Nine of 10 Arkansans Named by Newsweek/Castle Connolly As the “Top Cancer Doctors” in U.S. are at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Nine of the 10 cancer physicians from Arkansas named as “2015 Top Cancer Doctors” in the United States are from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. The Top Cancer Doctors list was printed in the July 31-Aug. 7, 2015, issue of Newsweek in…
August 26, 2015
Village Walk for Cancer Research to Benefit UAMS Cancer Institute
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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….
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