College of Medicine
June 27, 2023
UAMS Bone Research Center Secures Second NIH Grant of Over $11 Million
LITTLE ROCK — A federal grant of more than $11 million will provide five additional years of support to the Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research led by Charles O’Brien, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The $11.5 million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 2 grant from the National Institute…
June 26, 2023
UAMS Ranks 17th Nationally for Primary Care in Annual U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ colleges of medicine, nursing, public health and health professions were recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as among the best graduate schools in the country. The UAMS College of Medicine continued to climb the rankings, earning 17th place overall in primary care, up from 36th…
June 22, 2023
UAMS Receives $50,000 from Arvest Foundation to Support Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received two grants totaling $50,000 from the Arvest Foundation to benefit the Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence, which will support the UAMS Research Center for Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy. The Organ Engineering and Gene Therapy Fund for Excellence will provide…
June 21, 2023
UAMS Holds Panel Discussion on Representation of Black Men in Medicine
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) convened a panel discussion that focused on the importance of increasing representation of Black men in the medical field. The “Black Men in Medicine” event featured four panelists from the UAMS College of Medicine. The speakers were Wayne Bryant Jr., M.D., assistant professor in the Department of…
June 19, 2023
UAMS’ Omar Atiq, M.D., Named Leader of American College of Physicians
Omar Atiq, M.D., a medical oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been named president of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in the nation. A professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and…
June 16, 2023
UAMS Clinical Informatics Team Goes Overseas to Share Expertise in Streamlining Patient Care
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)’ Clinical Informatics team recently visited England to help the Royal Marsden Hospital in London transition to the Epic electronic medical record system. Ashleigh Kathiresan, MS.Ed., director of Clinical Informatics at UAMS, said the specialty cancer treatment hospital for adult patients first reached out to Arkansas Children’s, which…
UAMS Students Attend Travelers Game, Learn of Opportunities in Family Medicine
UAMS Students gathered with faculty members and residents from the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and UAMS Regional Campuses to enjoy an Arkansas Travelers baseball game and discuss the opportunities the family medicine program offers across the state.
June 14, 2023
UAMS Provides Look at Bone Disease Research for Arkansas Undergraduates
Twenty-eight undergraduates from colleges across the state recently visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) campus to learn about potential careers in bone disease research. The Arkansas-IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) sponsored the event. The students gathered May 23 in the Active Learning Center in the UAMS Library, where they listened…
June 12, 2023
UAMS Names Shashank Kraleti, M.D., Chair of Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine appointed Shashank Kraleti, M.D., as chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, effective July 1.
June 9, 2023
James Suen, M.D., Joins Medical Mission Team Treating Patients in Ukraine
A recent mission to Ukraine by a group of doctors to provide medical care to children and soldiers in Ukraine included James Y. Suen, M.D., a world-renowned otolaryngologist and distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). As an otolaryngic surgeon who specializes in head and neck cancer, congenital vascular lesions of…
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