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Yelena G. Bodien, Ph.D., and Jeff Glasbrenner are the keynote speakers for the 2025 Arkansas Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium.

Arkansas Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium Set for Sept. 19

Sept. 3, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites health care professionals, social workers and case management specialists to the 2025 Arkansas Trauma Rehabilitation Symposium on Friday, Sept. 19, to learn more about treating patients with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.

NIH Awards Nearly $5.8 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research on Cancer Treatment Side Effec

NIH Awards Nearly $5.8 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research on Cancer Treatment Side Effects

Sept. 3, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a five-year nearly $5.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue research into the often overlooked side effects of cancer therapies, including radiation and chemotherapy. The $5,737,500 grant awarded by the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds Phase 3...

Image of the patient, Edis Sierra, sitting outside her house with her dog, Shammy.

UAMS Performs State’s First Minimally Invasive Treatment for Life-Threatening Tricuspid Regurgitation

Aug. 28, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has performed the first minimally invasive treatment for severe tricuspid regurgitation (a leaky heart valve) in Arkansas, offering lifesaving hope for patients who are not candidates for open-heart surgery. The EVOQUE Tricuspid Valve Replacement System allows a replacement tricuspid valve to be delivered to...

UAMS Graduate Student First in State to Earn Competitive National Cancer Institute Award

UAMS Graduate Student First in State to Earn Competitive National Cancer Institute Award

Aug. 27, 2025 | Reham Sewilam, a Ph.D. student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School and a trainee of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has become the first graduate student in Arkansas to receive the highly competitive National Cancer Institute (NCI) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award. The six-year fellowship, totaling $500,776,...

Representatives from Baxter Health accept their platinum banner for their accomplishments during the ARPQC’s recently completed “Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth” initiative.

Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative Recognizes 20 Birthing Hospitals, Announces New Initiative

Aug. 21, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — Birthing hospitals are being recognized for their quality improvement work by The Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC), awarding platinum or silver partner banners to 20 birthing hospitals that achieved participation milestones. “We are extremely proud of the effort and accomplishments of the hospitals that participated in the initiative promoting vaginal birth,” said...

Exterior image of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital.

U.S. News Rates UAMS in Top 10% Nationally for Orthopaedics

Aug. 20, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been named in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Best Hospitals edition as a High Performing hospital for orthopaedics. Part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals adult specialty ratings, it places UAMS among the top 10% of hospitals in the nation for orthopaedic care....

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