College of Medicine
July 22, 2022
UAMS Invests J. Paul Mounsey, BM BCh, Ph.D., in Don and Carolyn Kirkpatrick Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
![J. Paul Mounsey, Kirkpatrick family, Cam Patterson](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Investiture-Mounsey_Paul-07192022-EDL_3881-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested J. Paul Mounsey, BM BCh, Ph.D., FACC, director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and leader of cardiovascular clinical services, in the Don and Carolyn Kirkpatrick Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine during a July 19 ceremony. “The Kirkpatrick family have given…
July 14, 2022
William C. Culp, M.D., Pledges $500,000 to UAMS to Establish Interventional Radiology Professorship
![William C. “Bill” Culp, M.D](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Featured-Culp-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — William C. “Bill” Culp, M.D., made a $500,000 commitment to establish the Dr. William Culp Endowed Professorship in Interventional Radiology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology. Culp is a retired professor of radiology, surgery and neurology, who served as vice chair for radiology…
June 30, 2022
UAMS SONOcamp 2022 Shows High School Students that “Science Can Be Fun”
![SONOcamp students learn about the mechanics behind EMG tests.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Sono-Camp-06152022-_EK24376-150x150.jpg)
June 30, 2022 | As a standardized patient sat at a table and raised his right arm, the left side of an image of his brain lit up on a laptop screen. It showed that the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body, a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences…
June 27, 2022
Baptist Health-UAMS Medical Education Program Celebrates First Round of Graduates
![Chancellor Cam Patterson takes a photo with graduating residents at the Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock campus.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Patterson-residency-150x150.jpg)
The Baptist Health-University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Education Program on June 17 celebrated its first graduating classes of 24 residents in Family and Internal Medicine at the Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock campus. The growing need for health care in Arkansas and the shortage of primary care physicians are reasons why…
June 21, 2022
Mina Nguyen-Driver, Psy.D., Joins UAMS Schmieding Development Center as Pediatric Psychologist
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FAYETTEVILLE — Mina Nguyen-Driver, Psy.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a pediatric psychologist at the UAMS Schmieding Developmental Center in Springdale and as a professor in the College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. Nguyen-Driver’s specialty is providing evaluation and treatment for children with complex developmental and medical concerns, using…
June 16, 2022
UAMS Researchers Lead Landmark Study that Finds Telemedicine Greatly Increases Access to Hearing Care for Rural Children
![“Childhood hearing loss has well known, profound implications for language development, school achievement and future employment opportunities,” according to the study.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/iStock-1024627056-150x150.jpg)
The Hearing Norton Sound study, which focused on school-based hearing screening programs in rural Alaska, showed that referring children to specialists via telemedicine provides significantly quicker access to follow-up care than referring them to primary care providers.
June 15, 2022
Otolaryngologist Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, to Direct New UAMS Center for Hearing Health Equity
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LITTLE ROCK — Susan D. Emmett, M.D., MPH, an otolaryngologist and public health-trained researcher who holds four grants from the National Institutes of Health, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she will lead the new Center for Hearing Health Equity. Emmett is an associate professor in the UAMS College of…
June 14, 2022
UAMS’ Alan Diekman, Ph.D., Receives National Mentoring Award
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LITTLE ROCK — The Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the American Urological Association and the world’s leading nonprofit urological health foundation, recently awarded its Distinguished Mentor Award to Alan B. Diekman, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Diekman is a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of…
June 9, 2022
Arkansas Undergraduates ‘Speed Date’ with Research at UAMS Obesity and Diabetes Workshop
![UAMS’ Emir Tas, M.D., (left) leads a table discussion about fatty liver disease and the benefits of high-intensity interval training.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/INBRE-Workshop-Tas-crop-150x150.jpg)
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented undergraduate students with an opportunity to learn more about obesity and diabetes at a uniquely structured workshop May 25. The workshop, hosted by Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence), was attended by 15 students from around the state. There were presentations from seven UAMS…
June 1, 2022
College of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2022
![Newly robed graduates recite the Hippocratic Oath in unison.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/COM-Taking-oath-150x150.jpg)
The 162 graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Class of 2022 were greatly outnumbered by friends and family at their convocation ceremony May 20 in the Wally Allen Ballroom inside Little Rock’s Statehouse Convention Center. The crowd that filled most of the expansive space marked a welcome return…
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