May 11, 2016 | May 11, 2016 | Donna Gullette, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., associate dean for practice and professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, received the 2016 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award from the UAMS Women’s Faculty Development Caucus. Gullette, who is also director of the college’s Master of Nursing Science (M.N.Sc.) program, was recognized April 28 at the caucus’...
May 9, 2016 | April 29, 2014 | Significant disparities based on race and insurance coverage exist among patients undergoing parathyroid surgery in the United States and may hamper their medical travel for access to the surgery, according to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research. In a report published online today in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and...
May 5, 2016 | May 5, 2016 | Business and community leaders from across eastern Arkansas gathered to enjoy an evening of food and conversation May 2 for the inaugural Friends of UAMS – Helena-West Helena. Overcast skies and wet weather did little to dampen the reception. Vic and Janet Juengel hosted the event at their home in Helena-West...
May 4, 2016 | Lauren Bland, M.D., a first-year resident, has been elected to the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors’ (CORD) Board of Directors as its first resident representative.
April 28, 2016 | April 28, 2016 | Physicians from 10 countries gathered April 22-24 at UAMS to study advanced surgical techniques for the inner ear. The first-ever Otology Fellows Congress and Advanced Course in Ear and Skull Base Surgery drew 24 otology/neurotology fellows from around the world to participate in lectures and extensive laboratory sessions on techniques beyond...
April 27, 2016 | April 27, 2016 | Providing efficient patient- and family-centered care (PFCC) is much like doing the tango, Juliette Schlucter told a room full of UAMS faculty and staff April 19. “First, you have to have enormous trust in your partner,” she said. “Second, you cannot fake it. You have to know the steps.” Schlucter, who...
April 26, 2016 | The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) paid tribute to faculty, staff and alumni who have made their mark in Arkansas or around the nation at its sixth annual Dean’s Honor Day ceremony on April 19. “Today is an opportunity for us, as a community of scholars, to celebrate...
April 25, 2016 | The scientific enterprise is damaged but not broken. That was the message delivered April 13 by Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D., during the fifth Robert E. McGehee, Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Research.
April 22, 2016 | The first UAMS Kidney Con was a hands-on affair, with presenters and attendees alike heading back into a skills lab to practice performing ultrasounds of the kidneys and ultimately, ultrasound-guided renal biopsies.
April 21, 2016 | April 21, 2016 | The Doctor of Audiology program’s class of 2017 marked the conclusion of its academic chapter and the beginning of its clinical stage with the donning of a white coat at the department’s Capstone Celebration ceremony. “This marks an important part of our students’ journey,” said Nannette Nicholson, Ph.D., professor and interim...