December 21, 2021
Little Rock Santa Gets Tune-Up from UAMS Heart Surgeons
Even Santa Claus needs a tune-up every now and then. That’s what Roger Armstrong of Little Rock, who has been playing Santa since 1968, discovered early this Christmas season. Normally, by the first week of November, he is posing for Christmas card pictures. Then he makes the rounds at the usual places — events for…
December 20, 2021
Two UAMS ENT Physicians Help Treat More Than 90 Children in Ecuador
Two doctors from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Otolaryngology recently flew to Guayaquil, Ecuador, as part of a surgical mission trip that provided cleft lip and palate care to more than 90 children. The trip was part of a Global Smile Foundation project that began more than three decades ago…
December 19, 2021
Holidays and Children
These programs were first broadcast the week of December 27, 2021.
December 16, 2021
UAMS Patient Story, Nurses Get National Acclaim
Out of 1.8 million stories of nurses worldwide caring for patients, the story of a family at UAMS and its gratitude for two nurses took center stage at a national nursing conference. And, in early December, 12 UAMS nurses who each had won a monthly DAISY award in the preceding year gained greater recognition on…
November 26, 2021
UAMS Testing ‘Big Advance’ in Spinal Cord Stimulation; First Arkansas Participant Now Pain Free
Cornelia Ann Smith’s severe chronic back pain disappeared almost as soon as the experimental spinal cord stimulator was activated in a procedure at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). “I realized the device was helping me immediately,” the Calico Rock, Ark., resident said. Then, back home, it really began to sink in. “I…
November 19, 2021
Woman Undergoes Successful Liver Transplant at UAMS During Pandemic
Seven years ago, Tara Farris of Little Rock went to a dermatologist to try to figure out why she was itching so much. But the cause of the uncomfortable sensations wasn’t readily apparent. Finally, after a battery of tests and biopsies, “they found out my liver was way out of whack,” she said. The diagnosis:…
November 17, 2021
Finding Faith in Caregiving
Margaret Booker always knew she’d become a caregiver in some capacity. Even as a little girl, she had a gift for recognizing when people needed help. But she never fathomed that she’d become a caregiver at such a young age for her husband, Mike. He was just 54 years old when he was diagnosed early…
November 16, 2021
UAMS Compliance ‘Champions’ for 2021 Chosen
To highlight Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week from Nov. 7-13, each of the four areas of the UAMS Office of Institutional Compliance has selected one member of Team UAMS to recognize as their Compliance Champion.
November 3, 2021
Retired Educator Living Life to Fullest after Innovative Heart Surgery
This has been a very busy year for Rosie Coleman of Sherwood.
But if it wasn’t for the foresight and quick-thinking actions of Jay K. Bhama, M.D., a cardiac surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, she likely wouldn’t have lived to see 2021.
AGEC Recognizing National Family Caregivers Month by Providing Education and Resources
LITTLE ROCK — This November, the UAMS Arkansas Geriatric Educational Collaborative (AGEC) will recognize National Family Caregivers Month by hosting educational events for those persons caring for a loved one.
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