College of Medicine
February 28, 2023
UAMS Receives $600,000 to Provide Post-Partum Contraceptive Devices in Little Rock, Fort Smith
LITTLE ROCK — An anonymous donor has provided $600,000 in second-year grant funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue providing long-acting reversible contraception devices (LARCs) for uninsured post-partum patients in Little Rock and Fort Smith. The intrauterine devices and birth-control implants are inserted before a patient is discharged from a…
February 27, 2023
Shami Nandy, M.D., and Onna Lau, M.D., Join UAMS Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has welcomed Shami Nandy, M.D., and Onna Lau, M.D., as new physicians at the Thomas and Lyon Longevity Clinic in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Nandy joined UAMS as an assistant professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Geriatrics. She will…
February 22, 2023
Board-Certified Oncologist Sri Obulareddy, M.D., Joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Sri Obulareddy, M.D., has joined the breast team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she is treating patients with breast cancer. She is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. In addition to treating breast cancer patients, she also serves as associate professor…
February 17, 2023
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts National Proteomics Symposium
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute welcomed proteomics directors and staff from across the country Feb. 8 and 9 for a continuing education symposium. Sponsored by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics located within the Cancer Institute, the symposium facilitated two days of collaboration and best practice…
February 14, 2023
UAMS Celebrates Life of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D.
About 120 people and two dogs gathered Feb. 9 in the Fred Smith Auditorium to participate in a live-streamed celebration of the life of Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph.D., who was the executive vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine.
February 13, 2023
I³R, UAMS and Health Tech Industry Collaborate to Deliver Innovation for Impact
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) at the University of Arkansas is collaborating with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and health technology companies and providers on a groundbreaking neural-enhanced prosthesis study, one that has the potential to deliver meaningful sensations of touch, grip force and hand opening…
February 1, 2023
UAMS Spine Lab Goes Green with 3-D Printed Cadavers
Feb. 1, 2023 | Faced with rising monetary and environmental costs of obtaining, transporting and storing cadavers for teaching purposes, two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) neurosurgeons believed there had to be a better, “greener” way. Glenn Pait, M.D., director of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute and fellow neurosurgeon Noojan…
January 30, 2023
Teresa Hudson, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Named Assistant Dean for Health Services Research for UAMS College of Medicine
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine named Teresa Hudson, Pharm.D., Ph.D., as assistant dean for health services research.
January 26, 2023
Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Awards UAMS 3 Grants To Improve Mental Health Treatment
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received three grants from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas aimed at strengthening programs treating Arkansans with mental illness.
January 24, 2023
Auras Atreya, M.D., Heart Rhythm Management Specialist, Joins UAMS Cardiovascular Team/Will Spearhead Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Program
LITTLE ROCK — Auras Atreya, M.D., MPH, a specialist in advanced cardiac electrophysiology (heart rhythm management), has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine. As an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Atreya will spearhead the UAMS ventricular tachycardia ablation program. “We were delighted…
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