UAMS News


November 20, 2014

Raczynski, Phillips Pledge $1 Million to College of Public Health

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Jim Raczynski, Ph.D., dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, and his wife, Martha Phillips, Ph.D., associate professor of epidemiology, have pledged a planned estate gift of $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to establish the Raczynski Phillips Bruce Chair in Social Determinants of Health.


UAMS Cancer Institute, Razorbacks Team Up on #StachesForSlive

Spencer Watson

Nov. 20, 2014 | There’s a lot of five o’clock shadow at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute these days. And it’s not just from the long hours doctors keep.


November 19, 2014

Otolaryngologist Alissa Kanaan Joins UAMS

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Alissa Kanaan, M.D., an otolaryngologist, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and will see patients at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.


Delgado Awarded Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK<b> – Pedro L. Delgado, M.D., chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, has been named the holder of the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Delgado was awarded the endowed chair at a formal ceremony held Nov. 5 at UAMS.-


UAMS’ Delgado Awarded Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK – Pedro L. Delgado, M.D., chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, has been named the holder of the Marie Wilson Howells Chair in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Delgado was awarded the endowed chair at a formal ceremony held Nov. 5 at UAMS.


November 18, 2014

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Clinic Opens at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville

Spencer Watson

Nov. 18, 2014 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated the recent opening of a comprehensive rehabilitation clinic on its <a href=”http://northwestcampus.uams.edu/”>northwest Arkansas regional campus</a> in Fayetteville, improving access to physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation services.


South Central Telehealth Forum to be Held March 2

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The third annual telehealth conference for the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee region promoting the use of telecommunications technologies to support distance health care will be March 2 at the Hilton Jackson Hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi.


November 17, 2014

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Clinic Opens at UAMS Northwest

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today celebrated the opening of a comprehensive rehabilitation clinic on its northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville, improving access to physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation services.


Experts, Advocates Gather for Fifth Annual Lung Cancer Symposium

Spencer Watson

Nov. 17, 2014 | A day-long event welcomed almost 200 lung cancer experts, survivors and advocates to discuss the latest information in the fight against America’s deadliest cancer.


UAMS Provides ER Support via Telemedicine to Chicot Memorial

Ben Boulden

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Emergency Department recently began providing emergency medical support via a telemedicine connection to the Chicot Memorial Medical Center in Lake Village.



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