College of Medicine
May 20, 2024
UAMS Graduates 1,134 Health Care Professionals
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on May 18 conferred degrees and certificates to 1,134 students in its five colleges and graduate school. UAMS awarded 175 degrees or certificates to students in the College of Medicine, 172 in the College of Nursing, 583 in the College of Health Professions, 78 in the College…
May 16, 2024
“Empire of Pain” Author Draws Large Crowd to UAMS for Lecture
The 335-seat Fred W. Smith Auditorium was bursting at the seams April 26 as physicians, pain management experts and members of the community gathered to hear author Patrick Radden Keefe recount his investigative reporting into the origins of the opioid crisis in America. A livestream of the presentation attracted nearly 100 viewers from such states…
May 8, 2024
Jim and Pat Wallis Pledge $500,000 to Establish a Professorship in Radiation Oncology at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — James “Jim” Wallis and Patricia “Pat” Wallis pledged $500,000 to create the James and Patricia Wallis Professorship in Radiation Oncology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s Department of Radiation Oncology. “I want to thank Jim and Pat Wallis for their continued support of UAMS — through…
May 7, 2024
UAMS Invests Mauricio S. Garcia, M.D., in Jerome S. Levy, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Mauricio S. Garcia, M.D., in the Jerome S. Levy, M.D., Chair in Gastroenterology and Hepatology during a May 1 ceremony. Garcia, who is a distinguished physician and esteemed leader in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology, is an associate professor…
May 2, 2024
ARPQC Launches Website to Provide Information About Maternity Care Services, Initiatives
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership launched last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, launched its new website recently, creating a hub for patients and health care providers alike to access pivotal information related…
April 30, 2024
UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Excellence at 2024 Dean’s Honor Day
The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated the excellence of faculty and staff at its annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 16, presenting awards for teaching, clinical care, research, administration, humanism and service.
Medicine and Sustainability Lecture at UAMS on May 16 to Focus on ‘Climate, Biodiversity and People’
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites the public to attend a lecture series on medicine and sustainability on May 16 with a presentation by Stephen T. Jackson, Ph.D., scientist emeritus at the U.S. Geological Survey.
April 29, 2024
Experts Share New Treatments, Solutions for Parkinson’s Patients, Caregivers
New treatments for Parkinson’s disease, including drugs that researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been working on for years, will finally become available in pharmacies this year, Rohit Dhall, M.D., predicted at the recent Ninth Annual Parkinson’s Symposium at UAMS. Dhall, who is also the medical director of the UAMS…
April 24, 2024
Interprofessional UAMS Students Monitored for Stress During Trauma Simulation
A man whose right leg was severed below the knee, leaving a jagged and bloody bone fragment sticking out of his pants leg, was surrounded by people in blue scrubs as paramedics wheeled him into a trauma bay at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on a recent morning. The blue-clad workers —…
April 23, 2024
KIDNEYcon 2024 Focuses on the Present and Future of Nephrology
More than 100 faculty, internal medicine residents, nephrologists and nephrology fellows came together April 6-8 for the ninth annual KIDNEYcon. Sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Nephrology, the event consisted of lectures, a reception, scientific and clinical sessions, and workshops. The event…
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