Feb. 17, 2021 | Racial bias, the opioid crisis and the stigma of suspected drug use often make getting access to treatment a frustrating struggle for adult sickle cell patients. In a short video that opened the UAMS Sickle Cell Symposium on Feb. 2, sickle cell disease patients spoke about the attitudes of physicians and nurses that often seem...
Feb. 16, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Jaleesa A. Jackson, M.D., a chronic pain medicine fellowship-trained anesthesiologist, is now seeing patients at the UAMS Health Pain Clinic in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). An assistant professor in anesthesiology, she specializes in helping cancer patients manage severe pain...
Feb. 12, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center has received a $1.5 million federal grant to evaluate the performance of the Telehealth Broadband Pilot Program in preventing, preparing for and responding to COVID-19. The Health Resources & Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy awarded the grant...
Feb. 11, 2021 | FAYETTEVILLE – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician Ronald Brimberry, M.D., and his wife, Catherine, have established an endowed Fund for Excellence in honor of Lee Parker, M.D.
Feb. 10, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — Cancer researcher Alan Tackett, Ph.D., has been named deputy director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Feb. 10, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK – The Hip and Knee Replacement and Spine Surgery programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have both earned a Blue Distinction Plus designation by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. UAMS is the only hospital in central Arkansas to have Blue Distinction Plus designation in Hip and Knee Replacement...
Feb. 9, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — A four-year, $792,000 American Cancer Society Research Scholar grant has been awarded to researcher Justin Leung, Ph.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to study DNA repair mechanisms. “Understanding the molecular processes of DNA repair can help both better diagnose cancer and to progress treatment,” said Leung, an assistant...
Feb. 9, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has appointed Joseph Sanford, M.D., as director of the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI). “The necessities of the past year have taught us a great deal about the potential of digital health and its ability to improve the lives of Arkansans regardless...
Feb. 8, 2021 | The Schueck/McCarty family has pledged $1 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to support its efforts in achieving National Cancer Institute Designation. The family is passionate about UAMS achieving NCI Designation and sees their gift as having an immediate impact toward reaching that goal, said Marge...
Feb. 5, 2021 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions bid farewell to two longtime faculty members as 2020 came to an end. Betholyn Gentry, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, and Tony Baker, M.Ed., RDMS, RVT, retired after decades at UAMS.