March 19, 2020

COVID-19

Tim Taylor

Coronavirus

These programs were first broadcast the week of March 23, 2020.


March 11, 2020

UAMS Medical Center Recognized as Center of Excellence for Childbirth Complication Placenta Accreta Spectrum

News Staff

Group photo of women's team with honor banner

The Maternal Safety Foundation has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center an Accreta Center of Excellence, recognizing its superior care for a life-threatening childbirth complication called placenta accreta spectrum disorder. UAMS Medical Center is the first hospital in the nation to receive the designation, which indicates that UAMS has both…


March 10, 2020

Teen Gets Body-Powered Arm at UAMS Amputee Clinic

Spencer Watson

Bryce Cook reaches toward a therapy tool used to help patients learn to use muscle sensors to control a robotic prosthetic.

It was a great day for fishing in May almost two years ago when Bryce Cook, of Arkadelphia, who had just turned 16, headed toward the river on a side-by-side to pursue one of his favorite pastimes. By all accounts – his own, witnesses, subsequent police investigation – he wasn’t going fast when, as the…


February 24, 2020

UAMS Schmieding Program to Provide Free Respite Training for Volunteer Caregivers March 5 in Fort Smith

Ben Boulden

The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program in Fort Smith, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is offering free Respite Volunteer Training on March 5 in Fort Smith. The all-day training session will he held 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Center, 2414 S. 57th St.,…


February 21, 2020

Mark Williams, Ph.D., Invested in M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Ashley McNatt

Williams Investiture

Mark Williams, Ph.D., dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested Feb. 20 in the M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D. Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Williams, whose career in public health spans over 30 years, was one of the first to…


February 18, 2020

UAMS Employees Create Sculpture for Cancer Institute Drive

Yavonda Chase

Eric Hale, Penny Talbert and Kenneth Bailey created this tree sculpture from wrought iron saved from the homes along Pine and Cedar.

For 10 years, Penny Talbert has been trying to get something to grow in a certain spot along the circle drive at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
“I finally realized that the area was too shaded and too windy for anything to thrive in that spot,” the landscape manager said. “What we needed was a sculpture.”


UAMS Receives $2.3 Million to Reimburse Facilities that Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use

Ben Boulden

Michael Mancino, M.D., oversees the MATRIARC program at UAMS. UAMS recently received a $3 million grant from the Arkansas Department of Human Services for the medication-assisted treatment of opioid-use disorder.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently received $2.3 million from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to compensate facilities across the state providing opioid use disorder patients with medication-assisted treatment. The money will allow medical providers to offer treatment for opioid use disorder to patients without insurance or the ability to pay…


February 13, 2020

Scott Dickson, M.D., Invested in Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, George K. Mitchell, M.D. Endowed Chair in Primary Care

Benjamin Waldrum

Scott Dickson, M.D. (seated) was invested Feb. 6 in the chair, which is awarded on a three-year, rotating basis.

Scott Dickson, M.D., residency program director for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northeast Regional Campus, was invested Feb. 6 in the Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, George K. Mitchell, M.D., Endowed Chair in Primary Care. “My words really can’t express my gratitude and my deep appreciation for this recognition today,” said…


February 10, 2020

Poison and Drug Information Center at UAMS Inspires Career Choices

Ben Boulden

Josh Harper, Pharm.D., a certified specialist in poison information, takes a call while working in the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center.

Spending a month last May in the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center helped Masha Yemets, a UAMS College of Pharmacy student, define the career path she wants to follow. Yemets, who graduates in May, spent that month answering calls in the center from a broad cross-section of the public. “I had an inkling I…


February 5, 2020

Ronald McDonald Family Room Opens at UAMS

Kate Franks

A grand opening celebration was held Jan. 31 for the new Ronald McDonald Family Room on the fifth floor of the Medical Center.

Visitors to the fifth floor of the UAMS Medical Center hospital can’t miss the bright yellow house with a red door and a heart coming out of the chimney. The entrance is just a hint of what lies inside – a warm, inviting, space that looks more like a hotel than a hospital.


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