UAMS News
December 23, 2014
Psychiatrist Peter S. Jensen Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Peter S. Jensen, M.D., has joined the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a professor and acting director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
December 22, 2014
UAMS Leads in Research, Patient Care, Education in 2014
Dec. 22, 2014 | UAMS saw some new faces in leadership positions in research in 2014 alongside a year of dynamic, positive change with several new expansions in patient care.
December 19, 2014
UAMS Performs First Heart-Stopping Surgery to Repair Aneurysm
Ashley Bell’s heart stopped beating while she was on the operating table. But that was exactly what her doctors intended.
December 18, 2014
UAMS to Offer Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening Jan. 5
LITTLE ROCK — A free screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) will be held Jan. 5 at the Maumelle Senior Wellness Center at 550 Edgewood Drive in Maumelle by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Kilts Receives Endowed Chair in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention
An endowed chair is “the highest form of academic honor that can be bestowed on a faculty member,” Chancellor Dan W. Rahn, M.D., told the audience at a ceremony Dec. 3 honoring Clint Kilts, Ph.D., at UAMS.
December 17, 2014
Head Start Carolers Visit Chancellor
Dec. 17, 2014 | A merry group of around 15 happy, white-gloved carolers from the Martin Luther King Jr. Head Start program came calling on UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., to help spread the holiday cheer on this windy, 36-degree day.
UAMS’ Lowery Speaks at Brookings Institute
Dec. 17, 2014 | Curtis Lowery, M.D., chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine and director of maternal-fetal medicine at UAMS, recently participated on a panel discussing delivery of health care to rural communities at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
December 16, 2014
National Nutrition Expert to Give Public Talks at UAMS Jan. 7, 9
LITTLE ROCK —Neal Barnard, M.D., a national expert on dietary intervention and its effects on health, will give public talks, Jan. 7 and 9, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
UAMS Northwest’s North Street Clinic Offers Diabetes Treatment for Marshallese, Boosts Interprofessional Education
LITTLE ROCK — The recently opened, student-led North Street Clinic on the campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest in Fayetteville, offers health services for the minority Marshallese community while providing education opportunities for UAMS students.
Erin Weatherford Receives Scheving Award
UAMS first-year medical student Erin Weatherford has received the Lawrence E. Scheving Award, recognizing her for receiving the highest grade in the course called Human Structure in 2014.
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