UAMS College of Medicine
September 26, 2016
Elders Inducted Into Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
Sept. 26, 2016 | Former U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D., was recently inducted into the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center. Elders, an emeritus professor of pediatrics and distinguished professor of public health for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was appointed U.S. surgeon…
September 20, 2016
Sports Medicine Specialist Chase Smith, M.D., Joins UAMS
Sept. 20, 2016 | Orthopaedic sports medicine specialist Chase Smith, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedics in the UAMS College of Medicine. He began Aug. 31. “Dr. Smith is an incredibly talented physician that we are thrilled to have join…
September 7, 2016
W. James Chon, M.D., to Direct UAMS Renal Transplant Program
Sept. 7, 2016 | W. James Chon, M.D., has been named medical director of the Renal Transplant Program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Chon will also serve as an associate professor of medicine in the College of Medicine. “My role at UAMS will be to develop a kidney transplant program that is…
August 29, 2016
Hand and Nerve Specialist Mark Tait, M.D., Joins UAMS Orthopaedics Department
Aug. 29, 2016 | Hand and upper extremity surgeon Mark Tait, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedics in the UAMS College of Medicine. He began Aug. 15. “We are excited to have Dr. Tait join our staff,” said C….
Hand and Nerve Specialist John Bracey, M.D., Joins UAMS Orthopaedics Department
Aug. 29, 2016 | Hand surgeon John W. Bracey Jr., M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedics in the UAMS College of Medicine. He began Aug. 15. “Dr. Bracey was a tremendous resident in our program, and we are excited…
August 26, 2016
2016 UAMS Alumni Weekend Reunites Classmates, Friends
Aug. 26, 2016 | Although he’d traveled from Anchorage, Alaska, to Little Rock for the weekend, Tim Coalwell, M.D., felt a little guilty about winning a prize for the longest drive. “That’s because I didn’t drive,” quipped Coalwell, a 1991 UAMS College of Medicine graduate. Held Aug. 19-21 at the University of Arkansas for Medical…
August 24, 2016
Med Student Hopes Minority Scholarship Inspires Others
Aug. 24, 2016 | Amanda Compadre, a third-year medical student at UAMS, is grateful to have been named a 2016 AMA Foundation Minority Scholarship Award recipient by the American Medical Association, but more importantly, she hopes this inspires more people from minority backgrounds to pursue a career in medicine. “It’s a national, prestigious award that…
August 10, 2016
College of Medicine Class of 2020 Dons White Coats
Aug. 10, 2016 | The 174 freshmen in the UAMS College of Medicine’s class of 2020 donned white coats Aug. 5 in a ceremony symbolizing the start of their journey toward becoming physicians. Before a crowd of family, friends and loved ones at the Statehouse Convention Center, the students first recited the medical student oath…
August 5, 2016
Artificial Cornea Procedure Restores Arkansas Woman’s Vision
Aug. 5, 2016 | An artificial cornea procedure, offered at UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, has allowed Jessica Ferguson to see again. Ferguson, 28, was working with bleach at a salon in 2006 when a chemical burn occurred that would alter the next several years of her life. “I put the bleach in a bowl,…
July 27, 2016
Arkansas Mutual Awards $10,000 Scholarship to UAMS Medical Student To Pursue Primary Care
July 27, 2016 | Mikaila Wilson Calcagni, of Fayetteville, has been awarded the Arkansas Mutual Medical Student Award, a scholarship for third-year medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), who want to practice primary care in rural Arkansas.
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