UAMS College of Medicine
July 26, 2016
Jerad M. Gardner, M.D., Named Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
July 26, 2016 | Jerad M. Gardner, M.D., an assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s departments of pathology and dermatology, was recently appointed as a deputy editor-in-chief of the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. He is the youngest in the journal’s 90-year history to receive the appointment….
July 18, 2016
Pine Bluff Man Confident after Significant Scar Removal
July 18, 2016 | His mother calls him the “selfie king,” and says she could not be more pleased with the fact that her son Terrance Griffin, 28, feels confident in his looks. For many years, the Pine Bluff man was embarrassed and lived in a bubble because he had significant keloid scarring on his…
July 6, 2016
UAMS Physician Champions ANGELS at Politico Health Care Panel
July 6, 2016 | UAMS obstetrician Curtis Lowery, M.D., spoke of the impact a UAMS telemedicine program has had on the care of high-risk pregnancies in Arkansas at a Politico health care panel June 9 in Washington, D.C. Lowery, chair of the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, outlined how ANGELS, a…
July 5, 2016
UAMS Ophthalmologist Rids Little Rock Woman of Pain
July 5, 2016 | There was no aspect of Zantiel Mooney’s life not affected by the excruciating pain she felt in her left eye. Though she has temporarily lost sight in the eye, the work of UAMS cornea and uveitis specialist, Tayyeba Ali, M.D., took away the pain while ensuring she could keep the eye….
June 29, 2016
Orlando Shooting Victims Treated by College of Medicine Grad
June 29, 2016 | There was no way it could be this bad, thought Tory Weatherford, M.D., a 2013 UAMS College of Medicine graduate and third-year medical resident at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. The evening had been quiet and as the hours shifted from late Saturday night to early Sunday morning on June…
June 28, 2016
UAMS Receives NIH Grant for First Comprehensive Study of Synthetic Marijuana Dangers
LITTLE ROCK — A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers has received a federal grant to conduct the first comprehensive study of the dangers posed by synthetic marijuana products. The $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will enable a seven-member interdisciplinary…
June 15, 2016
James McDonald, M.D., Bruce Greenberg, M.D., Inducted as Fellows in American College of Radiology
June 15, 2016 | James McDonald, M.D., interim chair of the Department of Radiology, and Bruce Greenberg, M.D., professor of radiology and pediatrics, both in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), were recently inducted as Fellows in the American College of Radiology. The American College of Radiology is a…
June 9, 2016
UAMS First Arkansas Hospital Certified Gold for Infant Safe Sleep Practice
June 9, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first hospital in Arkansas to receive the gold certification from Cribs for Kids for its commitment to reducing infant sleep-related deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), through best safety practices, community outreach and education. UAMS is one of 44 hospitals…
June 2, 2016
New Device Provides Wider, High-Resolution Image of Retina
June 2, 2016 | Tonya Hooks, of Little Rock, had never experienced any sort of trouble with her eye sight, so when she noticed spots that were not going away, she was concerned. Diagnosed with lupus in 2013, she was warned by her doctor that some of the long-term effects of the chronic, autoimmune disease…
May 20, 2016
Benton Woman Finds Relief from Knee Pain
May 20, 2016 | Peggy Kinkaid, 65, of Benton, was willing to give surgery one more chance. The retired Benton Junior High secretary was in constant pain after she had knee replacement surgery on her right leg in 2013. That’s not the way she felt after her left knee was replaced in 2008. “I knew…
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