May 11, 2015 | May 11, 2015 | Arkansas first lady Susan Hutchinson and Greer Grace, both of Little Rock, have joined the community advisory board of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
May 8, 2015 | May 8, 2015 | A $1 million gift by James C. and Mary Kay East to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D. Chair in Surgical Oncology. The chair will provide resources to ensure patients have the opportunity to understand their disease and participate in decisions based on scientific evidence, treatment availability and their own wishes.
May 6, 2015 | May 6, 2015 | Internal medicine specialist Thomas K. Schulz, M.D., has been named director of the internal medicine residency program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine and under development at the northwest Arkansas campus in Fayetteville.
May 5, 2015 | May 5, 2015 | Golfers took to the links April 25 vying for various prizes while supporting the UAMS 12th Street Health and Wellness Center.
May 1, 2015 | May 1, 2015 | Claudia P. Barone, Ed.D., A.P.R.N., a nationally known expert in tobacco cessation and a leader in academic nursing, has been invested as the inaugural holder of the Nicholas P. Lang, M.D., and Helen F. Lang, R.N., Professorship in the UAMS College of Nursing.
April 29, 2015 | April 29, 2015 | The UAMS Graduate School welcomed Maureen Smith, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, April 15 as the fourth annual presenter of the Robert E. McGehee, Jr. Distinguished Lectureship in Biomedical Sciences.
April 27, 2015 | April 27, 2015 | State Rep. Justin Boyd surprised UAMS West director Don Heard, Ed.D., and staff April 21 with a surprise legislative citation congratulating them on being named Best Regional Center by the UAMS Regional Programs office, the fourth time in six years it has earned the award.
April 23, 2015 | April 23, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northeast today celebrated its move to a new, larger and more accessible location at 311 E. Matthews St. in Jonesboro.
April 22, 2015 | April 22, 2015 | The UAMS College of Medicine celebrated the achievements and service of faculty members, staff and alumni at its fifth annual Dean's Honor Day ceremony April 14 with numerous awards and the surprise announcement of an endowed scholarship campaign to honor academic leader Richard P. Wheeler, M.D.
April 21, 2015 | April 21, 2015 | Associated Press national medical correspondent Mike Stobbe, Dr.P.H., can recall the specific conversation that inspired him to write a book about the office of the U.S. surgeon general.