May 7, 2018

Vacation Injury Puts Little Rock Woman on Circuitous Path to UAMS

News Staff

On the secluded island of Cayo Espanto, Joan Baldridge never expected to injure her hip. Her road home and to recovery passed through UAMS.

May 7, 2018 | On a normal day, Joan Baldridge could reach UAMS’ campus from her Little Rock home in a few minutes. That was not the case in November when Baldridge ultimately needed care in short order. Baldridge and her husband were at Cayo Espanto. The couple worked to pack and tidy up their…


May 1, 2018

Linda L.M. Worley, M.D., Named UAMS College of Medicine Associate Dean for Northwest Arkansas

News Staff

May 1, 2018 | Linda L.M. Worley, M.D., a nationally recognized psychiatrist who has served in numerous leadership roles on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine faculty for over 20 years, has been appointed the college’s associate dean for northwest Arkansas. Worley has worked in northwest Arkansas for several years. She…


April 26, 2018

Hiccups

Tim Taylor

These programs were first broadcast the week of April 30, 2018.


April 25, 2018

NICU Graduates Show off Growth in 7th Annual Reunion

Katrina Dupins

April 25, 2018 | A steady stream of healthy, happy and adventurous infants and toddlers visited UAMS Medical Center April 21 for the Seventh Annual NICU Reunion. Karrissa Newby has been to the event once before, when her baby was about 3 months old and a very recent graduate of the UAMS neonatal intensive care…


April 19, 2018

UAMS Student Pharmacists Win Three-Award Sweep in National Competition

Ben Boulden

April 19, 2018 | Students of the UAMS College of Pharmacy recently took home three American Pharmacists Association (APhA) national awards for patient care and education. Several of the college’s faculty and alumni also were elected to leadership positions in the association. Nicki Hilliard, Pharm.D., a professor in the college, became the first Arkansan to…


April 18, 2018

Long-Term Myeloma Survivor Uses Photos, Humor to Inspire

Ashley McNatt

Kathy Kupka produced humorous greeting cards to help her as she fought myeloma.

April 18, 2018 | In April 2001, I was photographing a young boy in my home studio and decided to bring my cockapoo, Buddie, to the photo session to make the boy laugh. When I bent over to pick up my little dog, I broke my collarbone. My doctor told me I had Multiple Myeloma……


March 23, 2018

Community Groups Gather to Discuss Housing Insecurity of Pregnant Women

Ashley McNatt

Attendees Listen

March 23, 2018 | Finding a solution for the housing insecurity problem of pregnant women in Arkansas was the topic for leaders and community groups who gathered March 14 at the Supporting Families in Crisis workgroup held at the Centre at University Park in Little Rock. The conference, presented by the FAITH Network, brought together…


March 20, 2018

UAMS South Women’s Health Practitioner Sees Rising Demand for Her Expertise

Ben Boulden

March 20, 2018 | Apart from her knowledge and training, Adriane Delaney, women’s health nurse practitioner, has something special to offer the patients at the UAMS South Regional Campus in Magnolia — herself. Health care providers often are in short supply in rural parts of the United States and south Arkansas, and patient demand for…


March 19, 2018

Invasive Colon Cancer Caught Following Primary Care Visit

Katrina Dupins

Blake Pond with his daughter, Caroline, and wife, Ann.

March 19, 2018 | In the summer of 2016, Stuttgart native Blake Pond, 36, moved back to his home state after living in Dallas for 16 years. He, his wife, Ann, with their infant daughter, Caroline, wanted to be closer to family. So Pond accepted a position as chief of staff at the UAMS Myeloma…


March 16, 2018

Emotions Run High as COM Students Match for Residency

News Staff

Couple smiling at mic

March 16, 2018 | Tears came in all shapes and sizes at Match Day 2018 – tears of joy, tears of relief and tears from proud families. “I’m going to cry,” College of Medicine senior class President Grant Cagle said prophetically while welcoming the audience, made up of the 155 seniors who participated in the…


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