September 15, 2023
UAMS Breaks Ground in Springdale for Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) broke ground today on the UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center in Springdale.
September 14, 2023
Retired Orthopaedic Surgeon Turned Artist Shows Gratitude to UAMS Orthopaedics with Art Donation
While on vacation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, John Bacon, M.D., a retired orthopaedic surgeon, was persuaded by his wife, Beverly Claire Bacon, to join her for a private couples painting lesson. The session was straightforward — paint an abstract piece on canvas with acrylics. To accommodate his wife, Bacon participated in the lesson and,…
September 8, 2023
September MVP — Gabbie Robinson
Meet Gabrielle “Gabbie” Robinson, the MVP for September. Gabbie serves as a medical assistant in the UAMS Cardiology Clinic in the Outpatient Center.
Please read what one of her nominators wrote about how she embodies the core values of UAMS: Gabbie has always gone above and beyond to make sure patients have a positive experience here at UAMS. She always makes the visit 100% about the patient. She always makes a patient feel heard. She is quick to turn a bad patient experience into a good one.
September 7, 2023
Walker Foundation Commits $2 Million to UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center
LITTLE ROCK — The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation committed $2 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The gift will support construction of the UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center in Springdale, Arkansas, which is scheduled to open in summer 2025. “The Walker Foundation has been instrumental in the…
August 29, 2023
UAMS Hosts Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Ten students from nine different colleges and universities gained research experience and mentoring during the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). SURP is a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-funded effort in the UAMS Graduate School. The program, which ran from May 22-July 21, is aimed…
August 24, 2023
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
These programs were first broadcast the week of August 28, 2023.
August 18, 2023
There and Back Again: Musayeva Makes Her Way to Jones Eye Institute
After obtaining her medical degree, Aytan Musayeva, M.D., left her home in Azerbaijan and trained all over Europe before arriving in the United States. Her extensive experience included stays in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Belgium. Musayeva arrived in the United States in 2020, working as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts….
August 11, 2023
UAMS Hand Surgeon Becomes First Surgical Patient at The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
Just two and a half weeks after Thomas Frazier, M.D., underwent a total knee replacement as the first surgical patient at The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), he was back to seeing patients in his orthopaedic clinic. By the third week, he was performing surgery at the…
August 7, 2023
Artist-in-Residence Program Starts Up at UAMS Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital
Hanging out in a surgical waiting room can be a tense or a monotonous experience, depending on why and how long you’re there. But an artist-in-residence program at The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) gives patients and their loved ones something to focus on besides their anxiety,…
August 4, 2023
Father and Son Follow Different Paths to Ophthalmology, Team Up at Jones Eye Institute
Father-son bonding can take many forms, like playing catch or going fishing together. For Joseph Chacko, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Tony Chacko, M.D., a UAMS ophthalmology resident, it began with seeing patients.
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