UAMS Physicians Among Top Doctors in America

Dec. 10, 2021 | Physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been named Castle Connolly Top Doctors.

New Report by CDC, UAMS Finds 1 in 44 Arkansas 8-Year-Olds Have Autism Spectrum Disorder

Dec. 9, 2021 | A new report shows the number of 8-year-old Arkansas children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is significantly higher than data released two years ago by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Fayetteville Man’s Life Improves Dramatically after Nasal Surgery at UAMS

Dec. 8, 2021 | Stein Erik Peterson had no idea how good a boiled egg could taste. He had completely forgotten the heady, lemony aroma that filled his nostrils when he was a boy and his mother bustled around the house spraying the furniture with polish. He didn’t know it was possible to sleep so peacefully. But since undergoing...

UAMS Names Richard Turnage, M.D., as Vice Chancellor of Regional Campuses

Dec. 7, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Richard Turnage, M.D., as vice chancellor for Regional Campuses, effective immediately. 

UAMS Researchers Discover Potential Way to Control Immune Responses

Dec. 7, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have discovered how a key switch in the body’s immune response is turned on and off, opening the door to new treatments for those with life-threatening, uncontrolled immune responses.

COVID-19’s Impact on Asian-Americans Significant but Not Well-Documented, Associate Dean Says

Dec. 6, 2021 | There is a tendency when discussing the impact of COVID-19 in America to treat all Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as a monolith, Sara Tariq, M.D., associate dean of student affairs in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, told a crowd of mostly students on Nov. 18. “Painting us with...

Hillary Williams, M.D., Movement Disorders Specialist, Joins UAMS Neurology Department

Dec. 6, 2021 | Hillary Williams, M.D., a specialist in movement disorders, has joined the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor. Williams is a native Arkansan who recently completed a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which Lee...

UAMS Provides Medical Support for Little Rock Marathon

Dec. 3, 2021 | More than 60 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) employees volunteered to provide medical services during the 2021 Little Rock Marathon.

Students Chosen for Geriatric Student Scholars Program

Dec. 2, 2021 | The Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has chosen students for its 2022 Geriatric Student Scholars Program.

UAMS Launches Five Satellite Training Centers to Improve Digital Health in Arkansas, Tennessee

Nov. 30, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The South Central Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is opening five satellite training centers in Arkansas and Tennessee.