Dewey Hickey was amazed at how his prosthetic hand system helped him repair his bait casting reel.
Neurosurgery Patient Stories

75 Years after Accident, UAMS Surgeons, I³R Researchers Restore Greenwood Pastor’s Sense of Touch, Ability to Grip

Nov. 8, 2024 | As Dewey Hickey took apart and reassembled a bait casting reel using an experimental prosthetic hand system, he marveled at the revolutionary technology that made it possible. “It amazes me,” said Hickey, who in January 2023 became the first Arkansan and only the second person in the world to receive the device, which restored his...

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Cam Patterson speaking to Rogers Rotary
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UAMS Chancellor Focuses on Growth in Northwest Arkansas at Rogers Rotary Meeting

Nov. 7, 2024 | UAMS is committed to supporting growth in Northwest Arkansas, UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, told the Rogers Rotary at its regular meeting Oct. 28. “Since we opened our campus in Northwest Arkansas in 2007, we have added new patient care services, research and educational programs as we work to be a part of the...

David Wise
Montgomery
College of Medicine

UAMS Invests Corey O. Montgomery, M.D., in Chair in Orthopaedic Oncology

Nov. 5, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Corey O. Montgomery, M.D., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, in the Richard W. Nicholas, M.D., & Corey O. Montgomery, M.D., Chair in Orthopaedic Oncology during an Oct. 29 ceremony. “I am so...

Andrew Vogler
A logo for the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired honor is shown over a photo of the UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock.
Inside News

UAMS Earns ‘Most Wired’ Recognition from CHIME for Use of Technology

Nov. 4, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently garnered recognition as a 2024 Digital Health Most Wired organization from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). CHIME’s Digital Health Most Wired program conducts annual surveys that serve as a comprehensive “digital health check-up,” evaluating the adoption, integration and impact of technology in health...

Chris Carmody
COP Taiwan Exchange Students 2024
College of Pharmacy

Far From Home, Pharmacy Students Learn Much at UAMS

Nov. 1, 2024 | Nine students from universities in Taiwan and Thailand visited the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for several weeks of rotations recently as part of a longstanding exchange program with the UAMS College of Pharmacy. The annual tradition, which originated with an agreement in the 1980s, has enabled dozens of students to learn about...

Benjamin Waldrum
Breast Cancer Survivor Lyndee Braley in the Healing Garden at the UAMS Winthrop P.Rockefeller Cancer Institute
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Just in Time: Genoa Mom Grateful for Lifesaving Visit from UAMS MammoVan

Oct. 25, 2024 | A 45-foot van in the parking lot of your child’s elementary school might seem an unlikely location for one of the most important medical exams of your life. It was ideal for Lyndee Braley. The busy mother of three from tiny Genoa, Arkansas, population 972, had just turned 40 when she saw a notice on...

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Chancellor's Circle Grant Ceremony
News Release

UAMS Chancellor’s Circle Awards Grants to 17 Programs

Oct. 24, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded 17 grants totaling $350,000 at the annual Chancellor’s Circle Grant Awards ceremony held Oct. 23 at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. The Chancellor’s Circle is UAMS’ premier annual giving society, which marks its 40th anniversary in 2024. Through its unrestricted...

Andrew Vogler

University News

Day of Giving

UAMS Day of Giving Surpasses Fundraising Goal by More than $170,000

Nov. 8, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), raised more than $470,000 during its seventh Day of Giving, a 24-hour fundraising event that was created to help advance the institution’s mission and contribute to better health for all Arkansans. In total, UAMS raised $470,250, surpassing its goal of $300,000. “Though I had no doubt that...

Andrew Vogler
Hays family

UAMS Milk Bank Unveils My Love Lives On Memorial

Nov. 6, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Milk Bank relies on a network of women who donate their milk to help fragile preemies in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) around the state. Many donations come from moms who produce more milk than their baby needs. But some donations come from women who lost a...

Andrew Vogler

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Natasha Jones, MVP for November 2024
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Natasha Jones

Nov. 6, 2024 | Meet Natasha Jones, the MVP for November. Natasha serves as credit manager in UAMS Finance and Administration. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of integrity, respect, diversity and health equity, teamwork, creativity, excellence and safety.

Ben Boulden
Photo of the lactation space at Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s
Institute for Community Health Innovation

UAMS Partners with Local Nonprofit to Provide Safe Space for Breastfeeding Mothers

Oct. 30, 2024 | In collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation, the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s in Rogers recently installed a lactation space for nursing mothers to comfortably breastfeed or express breastmilk. According to the National Institutes of Health, many Hispanic women living in the U.S. may feel...

David Wise
Jones-Caldwell
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

Caldwell Relishes Task of Helping Arkansas’ Public Health Professionals

Nov. 7, 2024 | Kristy Jones-Caldwell, Dr.PH., MPH, embraces any opportunity to help Arkansans, both professionally and personally. “I’ve always been the kind of person to nurture others,” she said. “I love connecting people to the resources they need in order to thrive.” Jones-Caldwell is a graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman...

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Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging

Schmieding Center Employee Finds Purpose Working at “Best-Kept Secret in Northwest Arkansas”

Nov. 1, 2024 | Monique Parks feels blessed to go to work each day and help people who are facing the same challenges she once struggled with. An administrative coordinator at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale, Parks works daily with older adults and their caregivers to help...

David Wise
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Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

UAMS College of Public Health Researcher Awarded $3.6 Million to Study Antibiotic Resistance

Oct. 31, 2024 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team is examining the critical knowledge gap in cefiderocol resistance. En Huang, Ph.D., associate professor in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences is leading an interdisciplinary research team that will conduct the project, “Mechanisms of Cefiderocol Nonsusceptibility and...

Kev' Moye
Matt Garner
College of Pharmacy

College of Pharmacy Alumnus Named NCPA 2024 National Preceptor of the Year

Oct. 30, 2024 | Matt Garner, Pharm.D., a 2018 graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, received the 2024 National Preceptor of the Year Award from the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Foundation as part of its annual convention, held Oct. 26-29 in Columbus, Ohio. The award recognizes a pharmacist who has made...

Benjamin Waldrum

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