UAMS News
August 14, 2014
UAMS Neurosurgeon First in Arkansas to Implant New Spinal Cord Stimulation Device to Alleviate Chronic Pain
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Erika Petersen, M.D., recently became the first neurosurgeon in Arkansas to implant in a patient the Protégé IPG device, the world’s first and only neurostimulation system that can be updated through software rather than surgery.
August 13, 2014
UAMS, Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Expand Affiliation
Aug. 13, 2014 | Gov. Mike Beebe joined officials from UAMS and the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs today at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville to announce a plan to provide residents in the Arkansas State Veterans Home on the regional campus improved care.
UAMS Names New Head of Human Resources
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has hired experienced human resources executive and native Arkansan Jeff Risinger as associate vice chancellor for human resources.
August 12, 2014
UAMS/UALR-Developed Clot Buster Device Aids in Stroke Treatment
LITTLE ROCK — 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.
UAMS/UALR-Developed Clot Buster Device Helps in Stroke Treatment
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
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
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

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
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
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.
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