May 17, 2016 | May 17, 2016 | The inaugural Friends of UAMS – Hot Springs kicked off May 10 with a gathering of more than 100 business and community leaders from across south central Arkansas at the Hot Springs lakeside home of Barbara and Don Munro. The Munros co-hosted the event with Dorothy Morris of Hot Springs. Don...
May 16, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | Hong-yu Li, Ph. D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named an Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Scholar at a news conference today at the Governor’s Mansion. In a ceremony following the conference, he also was named to the Helen...
May 13, 2016 | May 13, 2016 | For all the excitement that was the 142nd Kentucky Derby, the loudest cheers of the day were reserved for the littlest guest. Around 300 guests decked out in derby attire gathered for the 13th Julep Cup Jaunt at UAMS, held May 7 in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center on the...
May 13, 2016 | LITTLE ROCK — James Y. Suen, M.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of the Patricia and J. Floyd Kyser, M.D. Chair in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Patricia and J. Floyd Kyser, M.D., of Little Rock, are the benefactors responsible for the establishment of this chair....
May 12, 2016 | May 12, 2016 | Unique artifacts such as a scrapbook of varnished tissue specimens along with historical documents such as a Civil War surgeon’s letters on the health of soldiers recently moved into newly renovated space at UAMS. The Historical Research Center of the UAMS Library now includes a research room open to the public,...
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...