Nov. 13, 2009 | Nov. 13, 2009 | Prospects for many patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, have changed dramatically since the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy (MIRT) was established in 1989 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Nov. 12, 2009 | Nov. 13, 2009| Fourteen University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) faculty members received the university’s highest honor, the Chancellor’s Faculty Teaching Award, at a ceremony Oct. 27.
Nov. 10, 2009 | Nov. 11, 2009 | Called a remarkable researcher, clinician and educator, Claudia Barone, Ed.D, R.N., dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, accepted the Linda C. Hodges Dean’s Professorship on Oct. 29.
Nov. 9, 2009 | Nov. 9, 2009 | A summer research internship hooked Lee Ann MacMillan-Crow, Ph.D., on science. Even almost failing a neuroscience course her first semester of graduate school did not deter her.
Nov. 5, 2009 | Nov. 5, 2009 | Recent UAMS graduate Joanne Huck became the first radiologist assistant licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board – illustrating the increase in stature of the profession, said the UAMS program’s director.
Nov. 1, 2009 | Nov. 1, 2009 | Dan Rahn, M.D., an experienced health system administrator and nationally recognized researcher and clinician, today became the fourth chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Oct. 28, 2009 | Oct. 28, 2009 | The internationally known multiple myeloma program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will receive $19.5 million over five years to continue work that has already developed new treatments for this cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell present in the bone marrow.
Oct. 26, 2009 | Oct. 27, 2009 | Being a highly skilled surgeon, a brilliant researcher and the consummate educator makes John B. Cone, M.D., a true “triple threat” and Arkansas’ “go-to guy” for complex general surgery.
Oct. 23, 2009 | Oct. 23, 2009 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., highlighted “tremendous” growth in most all areas during the final State of the Campus report before his Oct. 31 retirement.
Oct. 19, 2009 | Oct. 20, 2009 | Richard McCarthy, M.D., a spine deformity specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named president of the international Scoliosis Research Society.