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Frontotemporal Dementia
These programs were first broadcast the week of March 13, 2023.
March 10, 2023
UAMS Contributes to Groundbreaking Lung Cancer Clinical Trial
The long-awaited results of a 10-year lung cancer clinical trial that UAMS contributed to were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UAMS was one of 83 centers in the United States, Canada and Australia that participated in the National Cancer Institute-funded trial that showed patients with early-stage lung cancer can be treated…
UAMS Ceremony Recognizes Pioneers in Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) held a Feb. 28 ceremony to recognize members of UAMS’ 2023 Black History Wall of Honor Exhibit. The exhibit, which was displayed in the hospital’s first-floor admissions and discharge area during Black History Month, highlighted the accomplishments of Black pioneers…
March 9, 2023
UAMS Selected for Schwartz Center’s Inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative
LITTLE ROCK — The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare selected the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as one of only six health organizations across the United States to participate in the center’s inaugural Healing Healthcare Initiative (HHI).
March 8, 2023
UAMS Midsouth Black Expo Draws 2,100 Attendees
Among Thelma Shorter’s first stops at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Midsouth Black Expo was the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s booth offering take-home colorectal screening kits. “For colorectal cancer, and all cancers, it’s better to find out if you are at risk sooner rather than later,” said Shorter of Little…
March 7, 2023
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., Named Chief of UAMS Hematology and Oncology Division
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., hematologist and oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Govindarajan, who is also a professor in the division, will lead a growing team of physicians treating patients with benign and malignant…
UAMS, Hendrix to Present ‘Understanding Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease’ on March 29
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Arkansas Geriatric Education Collaborative (AGEC) and Hendrix College are collaborating to present the program “Understanding Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease” on Wednesday, March 29 at 11 a.m.
March 6, 2023
Students in UAMS Pathways Academy Gain Exposure to Health Professions
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted high school students from Pathways Academy’s Pine Bluff and Little Rock programs for a day of hands-on learning opportunities provided by the UAMS College of Health Professions. Pathways Academy — part of UAMS’ Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — is an educational and community engagement…
March MVP — Wade Talley
Meet Wade Talley, the MVP for March. Wade serves UAMS as a maintenance supervisor in UAMS Move Asset Management. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate. Please read what his nominator wrote about how he does that: This nomination is…
Ukadike Uses College of Public Health Education to Help Provide Well-Rounded Services to His Patients
John Ukadike, D.O., MPH, is a Little Rock Family Medicine resident physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS). He’s a product of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program. Ukadike later went to the New York Institute of Technology, where he earned his doctorate….
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March 3, 2023
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