Susie Whittington sits at the front desk in the lobby of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, where she directs patients to their appointments and offers words of encouragement and comfort.
Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging

Volunteer Lifts Spirits of Caregivers, Patients at Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging

May 1, 2026 | When Susie Whittington stepped into the role of caregiver for an ailing adult son, she initially didn’t realize how challenging and rewarding this new chapter of her life would turn out to be. “When I first started, I didn’t know what to expect,” said Whittington, a patient and volunteer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynold Institute on Aging.

Chris Carmody
Radiation Oncology Center
News Release

UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Receives $200,000 Grant from Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation

April 30, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $200,000 grant from the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Radiation Oncology Center. The grant will go to the purchase and installation of the Brainlab ExacTrac Dynamic System. The medical equipment and software combine surface and...

Andrew Vogler
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Medical News

UAMS Health Urology Center Named Center of Excellence for Treatment of Severe Male Stress Incontinence

April 28, 2026 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently became the first provider in Arkansas to receive a Center of Excellence designation for implantation of the AMS 800, a device that treats severe male stress incontinence caused by prostate cancer treatments. Brian Langford, M.D., a urologist at the UAMS Health Urology Center at Premier Medical...

Linda Satter
Don and Melissa Wilson
Myeloma Magazine

When Words Are Not Enough: 20-Year Myeloma Survivor Gives Back to UAMS

April 24, 2026 | By Shannon Perna “Thank you.” These heartfelt words are often all that’s needed to express sincere gratitude, but after 20 years of life-saving treatment at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Myeloma Center, Don Wilson, DVM, and his wife, Melissa Wilson, wanted to do more. So more than a decade ago, they began to...

News Staff
Finch
News Release

Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr. Commission Sculptures for The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at UAMS

April 23, 2026 | LITTLE ROCK — The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received two sculptures by Ryan Schmidt that were commissioned by Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr. The sculptures, titled “Persistence” and “Stupendous,” are in the first-floor lobby and on the fourth floors, respectively, of the hospital, and are together...

Andrew Vogler

University News

Abdel Fouda, Bushra Zaman, Prisha Warikoo, Amit Tiwari

Graduate School Spring Awards Recognize Top Performers

April 30, 2026 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized outstanding students and faculty during its Spring Awards on April 15. “Today we celebrate the achievements of our graduate students and their faculty mentors,” said Graduate School Dean Sean Taverna, Ph.D., during the event at the Helen Guinn Adams Atrium in Biomedical Research I....

Nathan Tidwell
Hillary Williams, M.D., discusses the use of dietary supplements to help with Parkinson's symptoms.

UAMS Experts Discuss Complementary Therapies, Exercise, Research at Parkinson’s Symposium

April 29, 2026 | While she’s open to Parkinson’s disease patients using dietary supplements alongside conventional medicine to ease their symptoms, neurologist Hillary Williams, M.D., a movement disorders specialist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), encourages patients and their caregivers to have “a little bit of healthy suspicion” about claims made by the makers of some...

Linda Satter
Barry Coller is a white man in a suit and bowtie talking behind a podium.

Research Day Showcases Translational Science’s Impact in Arkansas

April 28, 2026 | The Translational Research Institute’s fifth annual Research Day highlighted the pivotal role of translational science in Arkansas, showcasing research presentations, panel discussions, and a poster session focused on scientific impact. A keynote presentation was delivered by Barry Coller, M.D., the David Rockefeller Professor of Medicine and head of the Allen and Frances Adler Laboratory of...

Shea Stewart

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Majid Asgari, Yamin Meng
Myeloma Magazine

Behind the Scenes

April 24, 2026 | Majid Asgari, Ph.D. Majid Asgari, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. He earned his doctorate in medical biotechnology from the Pasteur Institute of Iran in 2021 and joined the UAMS Myeloma Center in 2024 in the lab of research director Fenghuang “Frank” Zhan, M.D., Ph.D. His...

Nathan Tidwell
Infusion B APRNs
Myeloma Magazine

Infusion B: A Welcoming Setting for Blood Cancer Patients

April 24, 2026 | Five years after its opening, Infusion B at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute continues to play a vital role in the transformational care that blood cancer patients receive at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The state-of-the-art center, which opened in late 2020 on the institute’s sixth floor, sees patients with such...

Nathan Tidwell
Tom South talks with undergraduate students about the College of Medicine
UAMS News

UAMS Pre-Health Conference Connects Students to Medical Career Paths

April 29, 2026 | College students exploring health care careers recently gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Undergraduate Pre-Health Conference, gleaning next-step advice from five UAMS college and graduate school representatives and a panel of current UAMS students. The conference was hosted by UAMS Regional Campuses on April 17 to help build a pipeline of...

Andrea Hooten
Yan Cheng, Ph.D., Fumou Sun, Ph.D., Bhavesh Mohan Lal, M.D., Toshali Pandey, MBBS
Myeloma Magazine

Publications

April 24, 2026 | Multi-omics reveal immune microenvironment alterations in multiple myeloma and its precursor stages Blood Cancer Journal November 2024 Primary authors: Yan Cheng, Ph.D.; Fumou Sun, Ph.D. Tumor immune microenvironmental alterations occur early in multiple myeloma development. In this study, we aim to systematically characterize the tumor immune microenvironment (TME) and the tumor-immune interactions from precursor stages,...

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Gary Robertson
Myeloma Magazine

Myeloma Patient Thankful for Chance to Participate in Clinical Trial

April 24, 2026 | Gary Robertson thinks his multiple myeloma diagnosis came at good time, if such a thing is possible. “I’d never any had health issues to speak of,” said the 73-year-old Robertson, whose multiple myeloma diagnosis coincided with a groundbreaking clinical trial at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. His...

Nathan Tidwell

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