College of Medicine


March 5, 2025

UAMS Spine Team Celebrates more than 500 Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgeries

Linda Satter

UAMS neurosurgeons, from left, Viktor Palys, M.D., Hector Soriano-Baron, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., pose with the Excelsius GPS robot.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ spine team gathered Feb. 11 to celebrate the completion of more than 500 robotic spine surgeries. It is a remarkable achievement, considering that the first robotic spine surgery in Arkansas was performed at UAMS only four and a half years ago, in 2020. That’s when neurosurgeons and orthopaedic…


UAMS to Hold Free MS Symposium March 15

Yavonda Chase

Representatives from the Rampy MS Research Foundation will be at the UAMS Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on March 15. For three years, the Rampy Foundation has ran a check for MS research from Bentonville to UAMS in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is holding a free 2025 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on Saturday, March 15, to discuss treatment options and research initiatives and to hear from Arkansans living with the disease.


February 28, 2025

Professor Sponsors High School, Undergrad Students in 2 UAMS Health Career Programs

Chris Carmody

Students from UAMS’ Health Career University programs gather for a 2023 ceremony that celebrated their achievements. Health Career University helps students from rural and medically underserved communities gain exposure to health professions and advice on how to get into academic institutions like UAMS.

A pair of community engagement programs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships will be able to accept more students this year thanks to support from a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. David Becton, M.D., a pediatric hematologist and oncologist who treats…


February 26, 2025

Visitors Get Look at New, Full-Service UAMS Plastic Surgery Center

Linda Satter

James Yuen, M.D., chief of the UAMS Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, visits with David Sterling, M.D., a cosmetic surgery specialist, in the new clinic.

Sunlight streamed through full-length glass windows into the sixth-floor reception area of the new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Plastic Surgery Clinic in the Freeway Medical Tower, adding an element of warmth on an otherwise cold day. It was Feb. 13, the perfect day for a three-hour Open House that provided members of…


February 25, 2025

UAMS-led Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Launches Congenital Syphilis Initiative

David Wise

Pregnant woman in for a routine checkup with her doc

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), a partnership started last year between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and 34 birthing hospitals across the state, has launched an initiative to rapidly address a congenital syphilis problem in Arkansas. Twenty-two hospitals in Arkansas are participating…


February 19, 2025

Three UAMS Researchers Awarded BioVentures LLC Accelerator Grants

David Robinson

The 2025 AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA) grant recipients are: (l-r) John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., Zachary Waldrip, Ph.D., and Marie Burdine, Ph.D.

BioVentures LLC at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has announced three researchers as recipients of grants from the 2025 AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA), a program that supports the development of innovative drugs, diagnostics and devices. The 2025 grant recipients are: John Arthur, M.D., Ph.D., a professor and chief of the Division…


February 18, 2025

Radiation Oncologist, J. Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Marty Trieschmann

Scott Cordova, M.D.

Scott Cordova, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine. A board-certified radiation oncologist and Arkansas native, Cordova specializes in the treatment of gynecologic, genitourinary and gastrointestinal cancers, as well…


February 13, 2025

Hall High Students Shadow UAMS Radiologists for a Day

Chris Carmody

Students from Hall STEAM Magnet High School’s health sciences academy stand outside an imaging room at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. From the doorway of the room, they viewed an MRI machine and learned about the precautions employees take to ensure safety around the machine’s strong magnetic field.

Six students from Hall STEAM Magnet High School’s health sciences academy visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on Feb. 5 to observe health professionals in the field of radiology. The inaugural Radiology/Imaging Job Shadow Day was hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology and UAMS Health’s Imaging Services in…


February 11, 2025

UAMS Becomes First Center of Excellence in Arkansas for Inflatable Penile Prosthesis

Linda Satter

A group photo in front of urology clinic with Brian Langford, M.D., holding large scissors, about to cut a ribbon in front of them all.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been designated the state’s only Center of Excellence for implantation of the AMS 700 Inflatable Penile Prosthesis, a long-term treatment option for patients with erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is a common condition that is believed to affect more than half of men between…


February 10, 2025

Breast, Endocrine and Colorectal Cancer Surgeons Join UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Marty Trieschmann

Breast, Endocrine and Colorectal Cancer Surgeons Join UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Gili G. Halfteck, M.D., Ph.D., and Sandra M. Garcia-Osogobio, M.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as breast, endocrine and colorectal cancer surgeons. Both also serve as assistant professors in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. Halfteck is…



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