UAMS News


March 20, 2014

Stroke Survivor Reconnects through SeniorNet Classes

Ben Boulden

March 20, 2014 | Karene Stanton used to fix cars and trucks for a living, and then he had a stroke at the age of thirty-six.


UAMS, Arkansas Mutual Team Up to Annually Award Primary Care Student $10,000

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – An annual $10,000 award has been created by Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to be given to a third-year medical student with an interest in rural primary care.


March 19, 2014

UAMS, AR SAVES Physicians Help 500th Stroke Patient Through Statewide Network

Ben Boulden

March 19, 2014 | Dustin Martinez’s truck crashed through a mailbox, three culverts and hit a tree before he found himself in a hospital as the 500th stroke patient to receive a powerful blood-thinner through the AR SAVES stroke network.


AR SAVES, UAMS Physicians Help 500th Stroke Patient Through Statewide Network

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Dustin Martinez’s truck crashed through a mailbox, three culverts and hit a tree before he found himself in a hospital as the 500th stroke patient to receive a powerful blood-thinner through the AR SAVES stroke network.


March 18, 2014

UAMS First in State with Ultra-Rapid Diagnostic Device

Liz Caldwell

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first hospital in Arkansas to acquire a breakthrough device that can identify microorganisms in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional diagnostic methods.


March 17, 2014

UAMS, Baptist Health Collaborate in Vascular Care, Surgery

Liz Caldwell

In a new collaboration called Baptist Health/UAMS Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physicians are seeing patients and performing surgery at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock.


March 14, 2014

Breast Cancer Vaccine Shines in First Human Trial

Holland Doran

A new vaccine showed its potential to target breast cancer during a recently completed Phase I clinical trial, said Thomas Kieber-Emmons, Ph.D., who developed the vaccine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


UAMS Hosting Health Professions Camp for High School Students March 20-22

Holland Doran

High school students are invited to attend the second annual free Spring Forward Health Profession Camp at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) that will expose them to various professions in health care.


March 13, 2014

UAMS Center for Dental Education Welcomes Senior Dental Students for Clinic Rotations

Ben Boulden

March 13, 2014 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Dental Education is now hosting small groups of dental students from University of Tennessee College of Dentistry for two-week clinical rotations.


UAMS Center for Dental Education Welcomes Senior Dental Students from University of Tennessee for Clinic Rotations

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Dental Education is now hosting small groups of dental students from University of Tennessee College of Dentistry for two-week clinical rotations.



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