August 4, 2009

UAMS Opens State’s First Adult Genetics Clinic

Jon Parham

The opening of the new genetics clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today marked a new era in care for Arkansans with Down syndrome and a step toward personalized medicine.


July 30, 2009

New Device Unclogs Stroke Patient’s Veins in Brain

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UAMS’ Salah Keyrouz, M.D., examines Glen Deaton six months after Deaton’s nearly fatal stroke. UAMS’ Eren Erdem, M.D., was the attending neurointerventional radiologist when the EKOS micro-catheter was used to clear clotted veins in Deaton’s brain. William Culp, M.D., is leading stroke research at UAMS with the EKOS machine, above, in Culp’s lab. July 30,…


New Device Unclogs Stroke Patient’s Veins in Brain

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UAMS stroke patient Glen Deaton received an innovative and life-saving catheter surgical procedure to unclog veins in his brain


UAMS First to Use Device to Unclog Patient’s Veins in Brain

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – In the days leading up to Glen Deaton’s emergency trip from Trumann to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), large veins that drain blood from his brain were clotting. <span class=”content”></span>


July 29, 2009

Children at Risk for Serious Head and Leg Injuries in ATV Crashes, Say UAMS/ACH Researchers

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Children are as likely to suffer long-term disability from an ATV-related injury to a leg as they are to their head, report University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers in a new study. </span>


July 6, 2009

UAMS First in Arkansas to Use Robot to Remove Parathyroid Gland

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  Gareth Tobler, M.D., uses the da Vinci robot to remove a patient’s parathyroid glands. UAMS’ Brendan Stack, M.D., (left) and Gareth Tobler, M.D., teamed up recently to perform the first two robotic parathyroid surgeries in Arkansas. Brendan Stack, M.D., visits with Kelli Murphy two weeks after she underwent a robotic parathyroid surgery. July 6,…


UAMS First in Arkansas to Use Robot to Remove Parathyroid Gland

Chadley Uekman

Two surgeons at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) teamed up recently to perform the first two robotic parathyroid surgeries in Arkansas.


UAMS First in Arkansas to Use Robot to Remove Parathyroid Tumors From Patients’ Chests

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Two surgeons at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) teamed up recently to perform the first two robotic parathyroid surgeries in Arkansas. <span class=”content”></span>


June 26, 2009

UAMS-Northwest Receives $1 Million from Walmart Foundation

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  Celebrating the Walmart Foundation’s $1 million gift to UAMS-Northwest are (from left) UAMS Vice Chancellor Peter Kohler, M.D.; Matt Cockrell, of the Walmart Foundation; UAMS College of Pharmacy Dean Stephanie Gardner; and UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson.   UAMS Chancellor I. Dodd Wilson (right) speaks with Karen Parker and Matt Cockrell, both with the…


UAMS-Northwest Receives $1 Million from Walmart Foundation

Liz Caldwell

Preparations for medical and pharmacy students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) satellite campus in Fayetteville received a boost today with a $1 million grant from the Walmart Foundation.


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