UAMS College of Medicine
March 3, 2016
UAMS Helps Harmony Clinic Obtain Retinal Camera
March 3, 2016 | UAMS Glaucoma specialist Grant Morshedi, M.D., knows how important Little Rock’s Harmony Health Clinic is to those who need health care but can’t afford it. As a UAMS medical student in 2008, he worked with many others at UAMS and in the community to establish the free clinic that is staffed…
February 23, 2016
Medical Showcase Highlights Grant-Funded Research
Feb. 23, 2016 | Twelve projects were on display Feb. 10 at the latest Showcase of Medical Discoveries wine-and-cheese event hosted by the UAMS College of Medicine. The series was created to foster communication and collaboration among UAMS researchers. The research featured at the reception in the 10th floor lobby of the UAMS Winthrop P….
February 2, 2016
UAMS’ Vander Schilden Honored for 30 Years as Team Doctor for Trojans
Feb. 2, 2016 | UAMS orthopaedics professor Jack Vander Schilden, M.D., was recognized Jan. 30 for his 30 years of service with the Trojan athletic teams at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). Vander Schilden, who is the head team physician for all Trojan athletic teams, including the basketball team, was honored at…
Cornea Specialist Tayyeba Ali, M.D., Joins UAMS
Feb. 2, 2016 | Cornea and uveitis specialist Tayyeba K. Ali, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and sees patients at the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. Ali is also an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine. She comes to UAMS from the…
Eye Inflammation Specialist Ahmed A. Sallam, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
Feb. 2, 2016 | Ahmed A. Sallam, M.D., Ph.D., a physician with specialty training in uveitis, a form of eye inflammation that can lead to permanent vision loss, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and sees patients in at the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. Sallam also is an assistant professor…
January 29, 2016
Three Grants Presented to UAMS Cancer Researchers
Jan. 29, 2016 | Three UAMS scientists recently received start-up grants to advance their cancer research. The three grants of $10,000 each were presented to investigators at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute by the Envoys, a volunteer advocacy group of the Cancer Institute Foundation, during their “Doctor is In” reception and research poster…
January 14, 2016
Cornea Transplant Clears Blurry, Clouded World for Patient
Jan. 14, 2016 | Every morning, Robbie Smith, 37, gets a vivid reminder of how debilitating his eyesight used to be. Before he inserts a pair of special corrective contact lenses, “I’m only able to see a few inches from my face,” he said. At age 10, Smith, of Little Rock, was diagnosed with keratoconus,…
November 24, 2015
Corneal Transplant Lets Hensley Woman Read Again
Nov. 24, 2015 | Jamie Whitaker, of Hensley, knew her eyesight was diminishing. As someone who loved to read, Whitaker could tell she was having more difficulty making out the words. It reached the point where she had trouble reading road signs and distinguishing whether an oncoming vehicle was a truck or car. Still, she…
November 23, 2015
FDA Contract Funds UAMS Lung Cancer Research
Nov. 23, 2015 | A UAMS physician-scientist has received a $764,000 contract from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study a new method for lung cancer screening. Donald J. Johann Jr., M.D., will use the funding to determine if a simple blood test can detect lung cancer at an early stage, when the cancer…
September 30, 2015
Sunali Goyal, M.D., Joins UAMS Department of Ophthalmology
LITTLE ROCK — Cornea specialist Sunali Goyal, M.D., has joined the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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