UAMS News


August 12, 2014

UAMS/UALR-Developed Clot Buster Device Helps in Stroke Treatment

Ben Boulden

Aug. 12, 2014 | A new device developed by a physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a researcher at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) could soon be available to treat stroke more effectively.


August 11, 2014

Medical Physics Researcher Presents Hyperthermia Findings

Liz Caldwell

Aug. 11, 2014 | Presentations at the 56th annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) included a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) scientist’s findings related to his graduate study in the University of Toledo.


August 8, 2014

Donation to UAMS Funds Acquisition of New Neurosurgical Robot

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Through a donation of $402,000 by the late Edwin “Brad” Bradberry, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center recently purchased a neurosurgical robot, ROSA, to be used in stereotactic procedures for epilepsy and oncology.


Donation to UAMS Funds New Neurosurgical Robot Acquisition

Ben Boulden

Aug. 8, 2014 | Through a donation of $402,000 by the late Edwin “Brad “Bradberry, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center recently purchased a neurosurgical robot, ROSA, to be used in stereotactic procedures for epilepsy and oncology.


August 7, 2014

UAMS Sets SeniorNet August Workshop, September Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Windows 8.1 Workshop will be taught in August and computer classes — Fundamentals for Beginners — Windows 7, Fun with Graphics, Microsoft Excel and Exploring Windows 8.1 — will be taught in September for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


UAMS Approved for Nearly $2.1M for Study to Aid Marshallese with Diabetes

Spencer Watson

FAYETTEVILLE —A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been approved for nearly $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how to improve diabetes self-management in the Marshallese community of northwest Arkansas.


August 6, 2014

UAMS Chooses Smith to Lead New Service Line

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — Longtime educator and physician Charles W. Smith, M.D., has been named director of the Primary Care Service Line for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


August 4, 2014

Research Symposium Highlights Undergraduate Work

Liz Caldwell

For many college students, summer means taking a break from academic work. But for some undergraduate students in central Arkansas, summer means they get a chance to further their academic work and learn about careers in science through hands-on research.


August 1, 2014

UAMS Gives Teachers Skin Cancer Education Tools

Holland Doran

Teachers collected valuable teaching tools on cancer and healthy skin to use in their classrooms at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) July 24.


July 31, 2014

New Halo Device Helps in Stroke Treatment

Liz Caldwell

July 31, 2014 | A new device developed by a UAMS physician and worn like a halo could soon be available for doctors everywhere to treat stroke more effectively.



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