UAMS News


June 25, 2014

Pine Bluff Family Medical Center at UAMS South Central Earns Highest Patient-Centered Status

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The Pine Bluff Family Medical Center at UAMS South Central has earned national recognition as a Level III patient-centered medical home, where health professionals work as a team to address patients’ immediate and long-term medical needs.


Fayetteville Family Medical Center at UAMS Northwest Earns Highest Patient-Centered Status

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The Fayetteville Family Medical Center at UAMS Northwest has earned national recognition as a Level III patient-centered medical home, where health professionals work as a team to address patients’ immediate and long-term medical needs.


Jonesboro Family Medical Center at UAMS Northeast Earns Highest Patient-Centered Status

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — The Jonesboro Family Medical Center at UAMS Northeast has earned national recognition as a Level III patient-centered medical home, where health professionals work as a team to address patients’ immediate and long-term medical needs.


Gift from Foundation Opens Books for UAMS KIDS FIRST

Liz Caldwell

“It’s a good idea!” was one boy’s exclamation when he heard that he and his classmates were receiving books courtesy of Kye Masino and his foundation, Kye-YAC International. The foundation donated copies of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom to children at the UAMS KIDS FIRST facility in Little Rock on June 18.


Knight Elected President of Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians

Liz Caldwell

Daniel Knight, M.D., Garnett Chair and chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of  Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been elected president of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians.


June 24, 2014

Rock the Runway Benefits Cancer Patients at UAMS

Ben Boulden

June 24, 2014 | Little Rock got a taste of New York Fashion Week on June 19 at the second annual Rock the Runway.


June 23, 2014

Researcher Develops Way to Track Single Circulating Tumor Cells

Ben Boulden

June 23, 2014 | Researchers from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have developed a new technological approach for tracking individual circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream, helping researchers identify the pathways of single cancer cells inside the body and possibly leading to the development of news ways to prevent the spread of cancer.


UAMS Researcher Develops Way to Track Single Circulating Tumor Cells

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Researchers from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have developed a new technological approach for tracking individual circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream, helping researchers identify the pathways of single cancer cells inside the body and that holds the promise to prevent cancer from spreading.


McSweeney, Rusch Named Graduate School Faculty of the Year

Liz Caldwell

The UAMS Graduate School named Jean McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., professor and associate deanfor research in the College of Nursing, and Nancy Rusch, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, as Faculty Members of the Year.


June 17, 2014

UAMS College of Health Professions Offers New Auditory Graduate Certificate

Liz Caldwell

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions this fall will begin offering the first certificate program in the state for audiology and speech pathology graduate students seeking advanced skills to help children with hearing loss.



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