October 3, 2014

UAMS Places First in National Video Competition

Liz Caldwell

Thanks to the support of nearly 21,000 online votes, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today was named first-place winner in the national Medline Pink Glove Dance video competition.


October 2, 2014

UAMS Wins First Place $10,000 for Cancer Charity in Medline’s National Pink Glove Dance Video Competition

Holland Doran

Thanks to the support of nearly 21,000 online votes, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today was named first-place winner in the national Medline Pink Glove Dance video competition.


September 22, 2014

Register Now for ‘Heroes Against Hunger’ 5K on Oct. 11 Organized by UAMS Physician Assistant Program

Liz Caldwell

Students in the physician assistant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host the inaugural Heroes Against Hunger 5K Race benefiting the Arkansas Rice Depot Food for Kids program on Oct. 11 with a race route around the UAMS campus.


September 4, 2014

All UAMS Family Medical Centers Earn Highest Patient-Centered Status

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Three University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) family medical centers recently earned national recognition as Level III patient-centered medical homes, completely the goal of achieving Level III status for all eight UAMS family medical centers statewide.


Nigerian Twins Choose UAMS to Fulfill Dream

Liz Caldwell

After experiencing the inadequacy of the health care system in their home of Lagos, Nigeria, Dolapo and Bukola Odeniyi, identical twin sisters, are studying at the University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences to fulfill their dream of becoming doctors.


August 17, 2014

Aging Institute Helps Patient Thrive at 75

Kelly Gardner

Note from Dr. Gohar Azhar: We reported in 2013 on Nancy Alewine’s adventures of zip-lining and skydiving from an airplane at 14,500 feet. Fast-track to 2016 and just a few weeks ago, at the age of 79, the remarkable Nancy Alewine successfully jumped off the 108th floor of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas. The…


Perfect Timing at UAMS Saves Woman After Violent Accident

Kelly Gardner

Perfect timing. That’s what Amy Kizziar needed one cold November day in 2011 when she was impaled by a two-by-six and endured multiple broken bones, gaping wounds and life-threatening blood loss. Perfect timing is what UAMS delivered that day when Kizziar’s routine morning commute turned nightmarish as a mobile home being transported on an 18-wheeler…


August 15, 2014

UAMS Medical Student From Gurdon Awarded $10,000 to Choose Primary Care

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Sarah Franklin of Gurdon, Ark., has been named the first recipient of the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.


UAMS Med Student From Gurdon Awarded $10,000 to Choose Primary Care

Ben Boulden

Aug. 15, 2014 | Sarah Franklin of Gurdon, Ark., has been named the first recipient of the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.


August 13, 2014

UAMS, Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Expand Affiliation

Ben Boulden

Aug. 13, 2014 | Gov. Mike Beebe joined officials from UAMS and the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs today at UAMS Northwest in Fayetteville to announce a plan to provide residents in the Arkansas State Veterans Home on the regional campus improved care.


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