College of Medicine


June 6, 2023

Researchers Forming Alliance to Help Women Who Have Been Incarcerated

Tim Taylor

Melissa Zielinski, Ph.D., director of UAMS’ Health and the Legal System (HEALS) Lab.

LITTLE ROCK — A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received an award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to help launch an alliance of Arkansas organizations that provide services to women who have been incarcerated.


June 1, 2023

UAMS Huntington’s Disease Clinic Receives Renewed Designation as a Center of Excellence

Linda Satter

Members of the UAMS Movement Disorders Team

LITTLE ROCK — The Huntington’s Disease Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received a three-year designation as a Center of Excellence by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA), signifying that it provides the best possible care for patients and families. It is the only HDSA Center of Excellence in…


May 30, 2023

College of Medicine Administers Hippocratic Oath, Applauds 157 Graduates

Linda Satter

Graduates recite the Hippocratic Oath as part of becoming physicians.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine honored its 157 graduates constituting the Class of 2023 at a convocation ceremony May 19 that touched on the students’ resilience during a pandemic, and the responsibility and hope that lie before them. “Despite a pandemic and the challenges it brought, you persevered throughout…


May 24, 2023

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Names Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D., as Gynecologic Oncology Chief

Marty Trieschmann

Doctor in white coat

Board-certified gynecologic oncologist Monique Spillman, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. She is also co-director of cancer services and a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Prior to…


May 23, 2023

UAMS Surgeons Implant Innovative Device Developed by I3R Researchers to Restore Sense of Touch after Amputation

David Robinson

Erika Petersen, M.D., seated, pauses to look at a monitor as the surgery begins with (l-r) John Bracey, M.D., Brooke Elberson, M.D., Ph.D., Bridgette Vinyard-Hartwick, and Mark Tait, M.D. (photo by Evan Lewis)

LITTLE ROCK — The first Arkansan and only second person in the world has received an innovative prosthetic hand, developed by researchers at the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R), that restores a meaningful sense of touch and grip force following surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The lengthy and…


May 19, 2023

UAMS Celebrates Life of Edith Irby Jones and the Philanthropy She Inspires

Andrew Vogler

Edith Irby Jones Ceremony

A celebration for the enduring legacy of Edith Irby Jones, M.D., and the scholarship that she inspired was held April 19. The event also provided an opportunity to acknowledge the growth of the Edith Irby Jones, M.D. Endowed Scholarship, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine students that have benefited…


May 18, 2023

Harvard Researcher Discusses Melanoma Treatment Options during Annual Lecture

Linda Satter

Genevieve Boland, M.D., Ph.D., discusses advances in melanoma treatment.

May 18, 2023 | A cancer surgeon and researcher from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, whose work focuses on maximizing the surgical and medical treatment options for patients with melanoma, was the guest speaker May 5 at a lunchtime lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The talk by…


May 17, 2023

Parkinson’s Patients Encouraged at Eighth Annual Symposium to Stay Active

Linda Satter

From the stage, Patty Oeste leads the audience in exercises to benefit Parkinson's patients.

May 17, 2023 | The Fred Smith Auditorium at UAMS was temporarily transformed into a symphony as about 50 people attending the recent Eighth Annual Parkinson’s Symposium shook tambourines, banged hand drums, rattled percussion sticks and chimed in with musical triangles at the direction of Patty Oeste, who teaches music classes for Parkinson’s patients. After…


May 15, 2023

UAMS Names Rohit Dhall, M.D., as Neurology Department Chair

Tamara Robinson

Rohit Dhall, M.D., is the new chair of the Department of Neurology, effective July 1.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Rohit Dhall, M.D., as chair of the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine, effective July 1.


May 9, 2023

Oleksiy Gudz, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS as Vascular Surgeon

Linda Satter

Oleksiy Gudz

 LITTLE ROCK — Oleksiy Gudz, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Surgery as a vascular surgeon and an assistant professor. “We are so pleased to welcome Dr. Gudz to our Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,” said Mohammed Moursi, M.D., chief of vascular surgery…



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