College of Medicine
May 26, 2022
Stacy Zimmerman, M.D., Joins UAMS to Oversee Physician Residency, Fellowship Programs
![Stacy Zimmerman, M.D.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Zimmerman-Featured-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Stacy Zimmerman, M.D., will join the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the Regional Centers Designated Institutional Official (DIO) overseeing physician residency and fellowship programs, effective Aug. 1. Zimmerman will have responsibility for the accreditation of existing regional residency programs and will be responsible for oversight and growth of statewide…
May 25, 2022
College of Medicine Celebrates Outstanding Faculty, Staff at Dean’s Honor Day
![Billy Thomas, M.D., MPH, a professor of pediatrics, (center) is the UAMS College of Medicine’s 2022 Distinguished Faculty Service Award recipient. He is joined on stage by his nominator, Renee Bornemeier, M.D., (left) and Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and dean.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1-Dist-Fac-Serv-group-3840-x-2160-1-150x150.png)
The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated exemplary educators, clinicians, scientists and service-minded team members — including a longtime champion of diversity — at its annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony. The 2022 Distinguished Faculty Service Award was presented to Billy Thomas, M.D., MPH, a professor of pediatrics who…
May 24, 2022
Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., Joins UAMS as Medical Director of Heart Restoration Program
![Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., in white coat](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sivakumar_Kalaivani_wide-150x150.jpg)
Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as medical director of the heart restoration, mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplant program.
May 23, 2022
UAMS Graduates 942 Health Care Professionals
![Degrees and certificates were conferred to 942 graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' five colleges and graduate school on May 21.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Commencment-05212022-_EK22676-scaled-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Degrees and certificates were conferred to 942 graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) five colleges and graduate school today. Degrees were awarded to 162 in the College of Medicine, 182 in the College of Nursing, 91 in the College of Pharmacy, 67 in the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 382…
May 20, 2022
Ahmed A. Sallam, M.D., Ph.D., Honored at Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute Investiture Ceremony
![Ahmed A. Sallam with guests.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Investitures-Sallam-Phillips-Pemberton-05172022-EDL_7451-150x150.jpg)
May 20, 2022 | In a May 17 ceremony honoring recent investitures in the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Ahmed A. Sallam, M.D., Ph.D., was recognized as the holder of the John W. Nutt Chair in Ophthalmology. A renowned eye inflammation and retinal specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Sallam…
UAMS Invests Paul H. Phillips, M.D., in the Pat Walker Chair in Ophthalmology
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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Paul H. Phillips, M.D., in the Pat Walker Chair in Ophthalmology during a ceremony on May 17. “I am thankful for the honor of the Pat Walker Chair in Ophthalmology, which supports the mission of education, research and clinical care…
UAMS Invests John David Pemberton, D.O., MBA, in Stella Boyle Smith/Gissur J. Petursson Chair in Ophthalmology
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LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested John David Pemberton, D.O., MBA, in the Stella Boyle Smith/Gissur J. Petursson, M.D. Chair in Ophthalmology during a ceremony on May 17. “It’s a great honor to be named the new Stella Boyle Smith/Gissur J. Petursson, M.D. Chair in Ophthalmology,”…
May 17, 2022
Self-Exams, Early Detection Critical in ‘War on Melanoma,’ UAMS Guest Lecturer Says
![Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D., from Oregon Health and Science University, delivered the Colonel Randy Holland Memorial Lecture on melanoma.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Sancy-Leachman-MD-PhD-crop-150x150.jpg)
May 17, 2022 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted the latest installment of the Colonel Randy Holland Melanoma Lecture Series on May 6, an event that focuses on melanoma awareness, detection, prevention and treatment. “Melanoma is the one really lethal skin cancer that you can see with your eyes,” said guest…
May 16, 2022
UAMS Infectious Disease Researchers Awarded $5.7 Million COBRE Grant Extension
![UAMS’ Mark Smeltzer, Ph.D., first secured a Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program grant in 2012 and will lead the program through its final phase.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Smeltzer_Mark-1-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The National Institute of General Medical Sciences within the National Institutes of Health awarded an additional $5.7 million, five-year grant to fund the third and final phase of a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences program that supports infectious disease research. This final phase of the Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)…
May 12, 2022
UAMS Unveils Virtual Parkinson’s Education Library at Symposium
![Rohit Dhall, M.D., discusses the new Virtual Parkinson's Education Library.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/PS-Dhall-150x150.jpg)
Parkinson’s disease patients shouldn’t underestimate the power of staying physically active as well as socially and mentally engaged, according to movement disorders specialists that came together April 24 for a virtual symposium designed for patients, their caregivers and clinicians. The Seventh Annual Parkinson’s Symposium put on by the Movement Disorders Clinic at the University of…
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