UAMS News
May 8, 2015
Easts Give $1 Million for Surgical Oncology Chair
May 8, 2015 | A $1 million gift by James C. and Mary Kay East to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D. Chair in Surgical Oncology. The chair will provide resources to ensure patients have the opportunity to understand their disease and participate in decisions based on scientific evidence, treatment availability and their own wishes.
Susan Hutchinson, Greer Grace Join UAMS Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas first lady Susan Hutchinson and Greer Grace, both of Little Rock, have joined the community advisory board of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 7, 2015
James C. and Mary Kay East Donate $1 Million To Establish UAMS Chair in Surgical Oncology
LITTLE ROCK – A $1 million gift by James C. and Mary Kay East to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D. Chair in Surgical Oncology. The chair will provide resources to ensure patients have the opportunity to understand their disease and participate in decisions based on scientific evidence, treatment availability and their own wishes.
Julep Cup Jaunt Aids UAMS Programs
May 7, 2015 | Around 200 guests gathered for the 12th Julep Cup Jaunt, hosted by the UAMS Consortium in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center on the 12th floor of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
May 6, 2015
UAMS Names Schulz Director of Internal Medicine Residency Program at UAMS’ Northwest Campus
May 6, 2015 | Internal medicine specialist Thomas K. Schulz, M.D., has been named director of the internal medicine residency program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and under development at the northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.
UAMS’ Omar T. Atiq, M.D., Named Governor of Arkansas Chapter of American College of Physicians
LITTLE ROCK – Omar T. Atiq, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been named governor of the Arkansas Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. His term began during the ACP annual scientific meeting, Internal Medicine 2015, in Boston on April 30-May 2.
May 5, 2015
12th Street Tees Off Inaugural Benefit Golf Tournament
May 5, 2015 | Golfers took to the links April 25 vying for various prizes while supporting the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center.
May 1, 2015
Arbor Day Tree Planted for UAMS Myeloma Patients
May 1, 2015 | Though overcast skies and drizzling rain forced the festivities indoors, spirits were high as multiple myeloma patients, their families, nurses and other care providers at UAMS Medical Center, gathered to mark the April 24 planting of a young crabapple tree, both as a celebration of Arbor Day and a symbol for patients.
UAMS Invests Nursing Leader Barone in Lang Professorship
May 1, 2015 | Claudia P. Barone, Ed.D., A.P.R.N., a nationally known expert in tobacco cessation and a leader in academic nursing, has been invested as the inaugural holder of the Nicholas P. Lang, M.D., and Helen F. Lang, R.N., Professorship in the UAMS College of Nursing.
April 29, 2015
Health Systems Topic of McGehee Lectureship
April 29, 2015 | The UAMS Graduate School welcomed Maureen Smith, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, April 15 as the fourth annual presenter of the Robert E. McGehee, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Sciences.
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