College of Medicine
March 7, 2022
UAMS-led International Study Provides Insight on Maternal Thyroid Function, Risk of Gestational Hypertension
![Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., in white coat](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Maraka_Spyridoula_wide-150x150.jpg)
Results of an international four-year project led by Spyridoula Maraka, M.D., M.S., an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), were published this month in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology medical journal, clarifying an association between maternal thyroid function and a risk of gestational hypertension. The Lancet Diabetes &…
March 2, 2022
High School Student Earns Spot on UAMS Research Team
![Anu Iyer, a junior at Little Rock Central High School, was invited to join a UAMS research team studying Parkinson's disease.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Anu-Iyer-eportrait-150x150.jpg)
When a UAMS Parkinson’s disease research project needed someone with machine learning expertise, Fred Prior, Ph.D., asked Anu Iyer if she would be interested. It would have been a routine invitation among researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), but Iyer is a junior at Little Rock’s Central High School. Prior, Iyer’s…
March 1, 2022
UAMS Receives National Accreditation for Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program
![The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program fellows are: (l-r) Salem AlGhamdi, MBBS (emergency medicine); Daniel Liu, M.D. (pediatrics); Lori Wong, M.D. (preventive medicine); and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D. (pathology). Pictured separately below is Obeid Shafi, M.D. (pediatrics).](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AlGhamdi-Liu-Wong-and-Wooldridge-01-ed-scaled-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the only institution in Arkansas and among the first in the country to gain national accredition of its Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program for physicians. The fellowship accreditation comes from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), providing 10 years of continued…
February 23, 2022
Dinesh Edem, M.D., Joins UAMS as Endocrinologist, Director of Weight-Loss Clinic
![Dinesh Edem, M.D., in white coat](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Edem_Dinesh-Laxminara_wide-150x150.jpg)
Dinesh Edem, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine. Edem is triple board certified in Obesity Medicine, Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. He will be directing a weight management program…
February 16, 2022
Alumnus Gives $1 Million to Support Orthopaedics at UAMS
![Mark and Patricia Harriman](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/harriman2-150x150.jpg)
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1 million gift from Mark S. Harriman, M.D., to support the new Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital and the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. The gift is primarily in support of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital and will be honored with the naming of a…
February 14, 2022
Robert G. Dixon, M.D., Joins UAMS as Interventional Radiologist Specializing in Prostate Artery Embolizations
![Robert Dixon portrait in white coat](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Dixon_Robert-George_wide-150x150.jpg)
Robert Dixon, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a professor in the Division of Interventional Radiology in the College of Medicine’s Department of Radiology. He brings to UAMS a procedure called prostate artery embolization, a minimally invasive treatment that helps improve lower urinary tract symptoms caused by a benign…
February 11, 2022
UAMS Part of New Statewide Core Facilities Exchange for Researchers
![The Core Facilities Exchange (CFE) allows researchers across Arkansas to share resources and equipment.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CFE-Announcement-image-screen-grab-150x150.jpg)
The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) on Tuesday launched the Core Facilities Exchange (CFE), which allows researchers across Arkansas to share resources and equipment. The CFE is a partnership with the six major research facilities in Arkansas, including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The launch and demonstration of the web-based CFE platform included remarks…
February 1, 2022
UAMS’ Omar Atiq, M.D., Named President-Elect of American College of Physicians
![Omar Atiq, M.D., standing inside the Cancer Institute](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Atiq_Omar-MD-featured-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — Omar Atiq, M.D., a medical oncologist specializing in head and neck cancers and cutaneous malignancies at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is now president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in the United States. “Dr. Atiq…
UAMS Kidney, Liver Transplant Programs Again Ranked Among Best in Nation
![File photo; UAMS employees look through a report on the kidney transplant program.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Freeway-med-transplant-ofc-08192020-850_0039-150x150.jpg)
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients has again ranked the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) kidney and liver transplant programs among the top in the nation. For the second year in a row, the registry gave the UAMS kidney transplant program five bars – the highest ranking possible – in two categories: the…
January 28, 2022
UAMS Culinary Medicine Program Promotes Kidney Health
![The UAMS Culinary Medicine program provided meals and hosted Zoom cooking classes to promote kidney health.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/KARE-150x150.png)
The culinary medicine team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently partnered with the Little Rock Chapter of The Links, Inc., and Black Kidney Awareness Resource and Education (KARE) to educate people about chronic kidney disease and prevention.
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