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November 30, 2017

UAMS Breast Surgeon Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., Named to Kohn Chair in Breast Surgical Oncology

Susan Van Dusen

Nov. 30, 2017 – Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., F.A.C.S., was invested Nov. 29 as recipient of the Muriel Balsam Kohn Chair in Breast Surgical Oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She is chief of Breast Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. The endowed chair is the result of…


June 1, 2017

Teaching with Technology Symposium Slated for July 20-21

Susan Van Dusen

LITTLE ROCK – Educators from across Arkansas are invited to attend Teaching with Technology, a symposium to give educators new tools and ideas for teaching in the classroom and online. The symposium will be held July 20-21 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The registration fee for the symposium is $95; $75…


October 15, 2015

Cancer Researcher Published in New England Journal of Medicine

David Robinson

LITTLE ROCK – Identifying a patient’s genetic mutation led University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician-researcher Ling Gao, M.D., Ph.D., to an existing drug that eliminated the patient’s stage IV Merkel-cell carcinoma. Gao’s findings, made in collaboration with two other UAMS researchers, were published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. Metastatic Merkel-cell…


June 11, 2015

UAMS, American College of Physicians Collaborate To Increase Adult Immunization Rates in Arkansas

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), together with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the Arkansas Pharmacists Association and the Arkansas Immunization Action Coalition are partnering with the national ACP in a major new effort called I Raise the Rates with the goal of raising adult vaccination…


August 23, 2011

New Translational Research Institute Bridges Gaps in Care

Holland Doran

LITTLE ROCK – In an ideal world, everyone would have access to the best and very latest medical treatments available.


‘Pathway’ Helps Crossett Man Survive Ruptured Aorta

Holland Doran

Aug. 23, 2011 | When Frank Englerth’s aorta began to rupture, the stabbing pain high in his back woke him in the middle of a cold February night.


Ovarian Cancer Survivors Invited to UAMS Retreat Sept. 24

Holland Doran

<p>LITTLE ROCK – A day-long retreat celebrating survivors of ovarian and other gynecological cancers is set for Sept. 24 at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).</p>


August 10, 2011

Surgeon Modrall Joins UAMS Vascular Team

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – J. Gregory Modrall, M.D., a board-certified general and vascular surgeon, is now seeing patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). </span>


May 10, 2010

Monticello Woman’s Irregular Heartbeat Cured at UAMS

David Robinson

May 10, 2010| For most of us, the electrical impulses that keep our heartbeat steady are rarely given much thought. But when the circuitry goes haywire, as it did for Glenda Kay Newton Wood of Monticello, finding the right physician is critical.



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