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Johnathan Goree, M.D., and Ayoola Carleton

Two UAMS Employees Selected for Arkansas Business’ 2021 40 Under 40 List

April 22, 2021 | Johnathan Goree, M.D., and Ayoola Carleton have been included in this year’s class of Arkansas Business’ 40 Under 40, a group of rising young professionals who will be honored with an in-person luncheon and an interactive virtual event on June 17 in Little Rock. Honorees, all under the age of 40 years old as of...

In addition to monetary donations, donors dropped off food and supplies at the Freeway Medical Tower for the Stocked & Reddie food pantry. Many left heartfelt, handwritten notes of support for UAMS' front-line health care heroes.

Fourth Annual UAMS Day of Giving Raises More Than $350,000

April 21, 2021 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held the fourth annual Day of Giving on April 14 to support education, clinical care and research across the institution. This year, the event raised $352,933. Since 2017, the Day of Giving event has been UAMS’ largest single-day philanthropic effort. As the state’s only health sciences university,...

Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., has been named executive associate dean for research in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., Named Executive Associate Dean for Research at UAMS

April 19, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Nancy J. Rusch, Ph.D., has been named executive associate dean for research in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Rusch will continue to lead the college’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, where she has served as a professor and chairperson since 2005. “Dr. Rusch will...

Andrew Roshell IV, 16, gets his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine during the first COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic on April 10.

UAMS Vaccinates More Than 1,100 Arkansans at Weekend Vaccination Clinics

April 15, 2021 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) vaccinated more than 1,100 Arkansans at weekend vaccination clinics in the Little Rock metro area. UAMS administered 487 Pfizer vaccines during the first of four Community Vaccination Clinics at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock on April 10. The next three clinics will be held on...

Chancellor Cam Patterson speaks before the groundbreaking ceremony for the new UAMS Surgical Hospital.

UAMS Health Breaks Ground on New Surgical Hospital on Main Campus

April 12, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground today in a ceremony marking the start of the construction of the $85 million, UAMS Health Surgical Hospital, which is expected to be complete by spring 2023. The project is being paid for by a bond issue approved this year by the...

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