March 18, 2014 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first hospital in Arkansas to acquire a breakthrough device that can identify microorganisms in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional diagnostic methods.
March 13, 2014 | March 13, 2014 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Dental Education is now hosting small groups of dental students from University of Tennessee College of Dentistry for two-week clinical rotations.
March 10, 2014 | The UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute celebrated two decades of improving the health and vision of Arkansans through clinical care, education and research at a Feb. 28 anniversary event.
March 7, 2014 | With the ever-changing and uncertain health care landscape, curious medical students unsure about their future got some answers from UAMS College of Medicine Dean G. Richard Smith, M.D., at a recent highlighting the importance of primary care and family medicine careers.
March 7, 2014 | March 7, 2014 | An annual $10,000 award has been created by Arkansas Mutual Insurance Company and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to be given to a third-year medical student with an interest in rural primary care.
Feb. 28, 2014 | Remember 1989? Bill Clinton was governor in Arkansas and George H.W. Bush became president. Acid-wash jeans and fluffy bangs were trendy. “The Cosby Show” was tops on television, and Bette Midler’s rendition of “Wind Beneath My Wings” was rising on the charts.
Feb. 26, 2014 | Pedro L. Delgado, M.D., a nationally known leader in integrating psychiatric care, research and education, has been named director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Psychiatric Research Institute and the Marie Wilson Howells Professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine.
Feb. 25, 2014 | Feb. 25, 2014 | Research led by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor of medicine and genetics has found a way to identify a type of polyp in the colon that may account for as much as 30 percent of colon cancers, a potential breakthrough in colon cancer prevention.
Feb. 19, 2014 | Issam Makhoul, M.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D. Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Feb. 12, 2014 | Feb. 12, 2014 | Newly awarded grants will expand research at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).