College of Medicine
September 9, 2021
Multispecialty Robotic Curriculum for Residents Begins at UAMS
Sept. 9, 2021 |A new multispecialty robotic surgery curriculum for residents has started up at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
September 2, 2021
Ethel Brickey Hicks Charitable Corporation Gives UAMS $1 Million to Create College of Medicine Scholarship
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1 million gift from the Ethel Brickey Hicks Charitable Corporation to create a scholarship in the College of Medicine. “Scholarships are crucial in our efforts to attract the very best students to UAMS and, ultimately, produce outstanding physicians for Arkansas communities…
August 31, 2021
Cornea Specialist Alireza Ghaffarieh, M.D., Joins UAMS Jones Eye Institute
LITTLE ROCK — Alireza Ghaffarieh, M.D., has joined the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a cornea specialist. Ghaffarieh is currently accepting new patients and will serve as an assistant professor and director of ophthalmic pathology services in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of…
August 30, 2021
New UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center Opens in North Little Rock
LITTLE ROCK — The first UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center is now open on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center in North Little Rock, bringing the full spectrum of cancer research, diagnostic and treatment services available at UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to more Arkansans.
UAMS OB/GYN is First in State to Obtain Focused Practice Designation for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Luann Racher, M.D., an assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is the first physician in the state to obtain a focused practice designation for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. The designation from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) recognizes certified specialists who have additional surgical…
August 27, 2021
College of Medicine Welcomes Diverse Class of 2025
Among the 174 students comprising the College of Medicine’s Class of 2025 are the great-great-great granddaughter of UAMS’ founder, P.O. Hooper, M.D., and an Olympic Trials pole vaulter. Others have run their own businesses, labored in construction, edited newspapers and supervised air traffic controllers. Some have received U.S. Army medals or honors in scouting, mathematics,…
Cargill Family’s $200,000 Gift Supports UAMS Virmani Gait Laboratory
Lab Studies Gait Issues among Parkinson’s Patients LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $200,000 gift from the late Bob and Sara Lou Cargill to support care for patients with brain diseases. The gift will help support the Virmani Gait Laboratory, headed by Tuhin Virmani, M.D., Ph.D., co-director…
August 26, 2021
William J. Steinbach, M.D., Joins UAMS as Chair of Department of Pediatrics
William J. Steinbach, M.D., will join the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as chair of the Department of Pediatrics and associate dean for Child Health in the UAMS College of Medicine, as well as pediatrician-in-chief of Arkansas Children’s, effective Jan. 15, 2022. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Steinbach join UAMS as we…
August 25, 2021
NIH Awards UAMS’ Nakagawa $3.6 Million to Expand HPV Cancer Vaccine Study
Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded $3.6 million from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to complete phase 2 clinical trials of PepCan, a breakthrough vaccine she developed at UAMS to treat cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).
August 23, 2021
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Recognizes UAMS’ Johnathan Goree, M.D., Erika Petersen, M.D.
The American Society for Pain and Neuroscience presented awards to Johnathan H. Goree, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., both physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), at its third annual national meeting July 22-25 in Miami Beach, Florida. Goree, director of UAMS’ Chronic Pain Division and program director of the Chronic Pain…
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