Page 59 of 868
UAMS Names Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D., as Chair of Department of Radiology
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine has named Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D., as chair of the Department of Radiology.

April 15, 2025
Pharmacy Students Recognized Nationally at APhA Annual Meeting
At this year’s American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting, the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter was named national runner-up in its division, and third-year student Hayden Wood was elected ASP speaker of the house. The college’s ASP student chapter has been named runner-up or division winner multiple times over the…

April 14, 2025
MVP for April — Betty Proffitt
Meet Betty Proffitt, the MVP for April. Betty serves UAMS as a respiratory NICU coordinator. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS culture of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.

UAMS Invests Corey J. Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., MPH, in Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Professorship
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy invested Corey J. Hayes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., MPH, a tenured associate professor in the UAMS Department of Pharmacy Practice, in the Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Professorship during an April 9 ceremony. “As I look across this room, I am…

April 11, 2025
UAMS and Partners Building CHW Workforce Amid Passage of the Community Health Worker Act
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation and its partners are continuing to build the state’s community health worker workforce following Gov. Sarah Sanders’ signing of House Bill 1258 on April 3, establishing the Community Health Worker Act. The act formally establishes the role of a…

- Community Health Worker Act
- Institute for Community Health Innovation
- News Release
- Northwest Regional Campus
- Regional Campuses
- UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation
- University News
Tags: Community Health Worker, Community Health Worker Act, UAMS, UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation, university of arkansas for Medical sciences
Schmieding Foundation Donates $100,000 to UAMS to Establish Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship
LITTLE ROCK — The Schmieding Foundation Inc., gifted $100,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to create the Schmieding Foundation Physical Therapy Endowed Scholarship benefitting the UAMS College of Health Professions at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. “With abundant growth in Northwest Arkansas comes plenty of challenges to the area’s…

In a First for Arkansas, UAMS Uses NanoKnife Technology to Treat Prostate Cancer
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first provider in Arkansas of NanoKnife technology, a new form of focal therapy for localized prostate cancer. Focal therapy is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that uses different forms of energy to target only the area of the prostate where cancerous…
April 9, 2025
Cytology Students Don White Coats in Ceremony
Cytology students in the Class of 2025 donned their white coats for the first time March 21 and celebrated the completion of academic, classroom study and the start of their clinical learning in working laboratories.

UAMS Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions, Public Health Ranked Among Nation’s Top Graduate Schools
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Public Health rank among the top academic programs in U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of Best Graduate Schools for 2025. In the rankings released today, the UAMS College of Medicine is recognized as a Tier 1 school for…

- College of Health Professions
- College of Medicine
- College of Nursing
- Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
- Featured
- News Release
- University News
April 8, 2025
Page 59 of 868
