Feb. 3, 2016 | Feb. 3, 2016 | Terry Bradshaw is one satisfied customer. The Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback praised the excellent care he received at UAMS in December when Lowry Barnes, M.D., performed a total knee replacement on his right knee. Bradshaw told the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees during its...
Feb. 2, 2016 | Feb. 2, 2016 | UAMS orthopaedics professor Jack Vander Schilden, M.D., was recognized Jan. 30 for his 30 years of service with the Trojan athletic teams at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). Vander Schilden, who is the head team physician for all Trojan athletic teams, including the basketball team, was honored at...
Feb. 1, 2016 | Feb. 1, 2016 | It was Christmas night and Yogesh Jethava, M.D., was worried. Working the holiday at UAMS Medical Center, he had just diagnosed a leukemia patient’s rare, life-threatening liver disease. The only known treatment was a drug awaiting U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval and not available at most medical centers. What he...
Jan. 29, 2016 | Jan. 29, 2016 | Three UAMS scientists recently received start-up grants to advance their cancer research. The three grants of $10,000 each were presented to investigators at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute by the Envoys, a volunteer advocacy group of the Cancer Institute Foundation, during their “Doctor is In” reception and research poster...
Jan. 26, 2016 | LITTLE ROCK — The College of Nursing Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has elected Benni Fambrough of Little Rock its new chairman and re-elected JoAnn Hennessy Smith of Searcy as vice chair and Mike Spades of Little Rock as secretary-treasurer. Each officer will serve a two-year term, which began...
Jan. 26, 2016 | William C. “Bill” Culp, M.D., of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become the first recipient of the Jonathan S. Fitch Distinguished Chair in Stroke and Neurocritical Care. Culp was invested with the chair in a ceremony Jan. 19 at UAMS. The endowed chair is named for former state lawmaker Jonathan Stuart...
Jan. 20, 2016 | Jan. 20, 2016 | Many Arkansas children and adolescents with behavioral health problems do not have immediate access to a child psychiatrist. While they wait on referral, UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) are working together to ensure help from other health care professionals is on the way. A nationwide shortage of child psychiatrists is...
Jan. 19, 2016 | Jan. 19, 2016 | Improving patient safety is at the heart of the Simulation Outreach to Address Patient Safety (SOAPS) project. The Blue & You Foundation awarded UAMS $110,752 to the one-year simulation education outreach project, which is led by Muhammad Jaffar, M.D., the principal investigator and a professor in the College of Medicine’s Department...
Jan. 12, 2016 | Jan. 12, 2016 | Two UAMS medical students have been recognized for their academic achievements. Natashia Piazza Bottoms, a third-year medical student at UAMS’ northwest Arkansas campus, received the Dr. Horace N. Marvin Award for 2015 for achieving the highest score on the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) Step 1, an exam more commonly...
Jan. 5, 2016 | Jan. 5, 2016 | Developing an innovative approach that helped older women incorporate physical activity into their daily lives has led to national award for Leanne Lefler, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., an associate professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing. Lefler was one of ten nurses in the United States to...