UAMS Department of Neurosurgery


November 23, 2021

UAMS’ Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Selected for Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program

Yavonda Chase

UAMS neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., is one of 52 early-stage researchers invited to participate in the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation's Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program.

LITTLE ROCK — The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF), along with its partners National Medical Fellowships and the American Association for Cancer Research, selected University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., to participate in its Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Program.


July 20, 2015

Deep Brain Stimulation Relieves Patient’s OCD Symptoms

Kelly Gardner

July 20, 2015 | Thomasine Williams of Sherwood was constantly washing her hands and arranging and rearranging items. She was unable to go anywhere in public without taking a towel to sit on. She balked at opening doors and using silverware at restaurants.


July 13, 2015

Debilitating Headaches Reduced After Treating Brain Aneurysm

Katrina Dupins

July 13, 2015 | Fanny Long, of Fayetteville, loves to travel with her husband and two daughters. With extended family members living all over the country, there is always a place to visit and enjoy the scenery.But her hobby had to take a backseat once she began having frequent, debilitating headaches more than a year ago.


June 16, 2015

Senior Olympian Gets Relief from Back Pain

Kelly Gardner

June 16, 2015 | After four previous spine surgeries, Frank Dicus wasn’t sure he would ever experience relief from his back pain, but he wasn’t ready to give up hope.


February 13, 2015

Rare Procedure Gets Young Patient Back on Track

Katrina Dupins

Feb. 13, 2015 | Nine-year-old Zane Johnson recently received the “most improved award” in his class and for the first time, he is on the A/B honor roll. These accomplishments mean a lot to Zane and his Benton County family because so much of his life has been interrupted by constant seizures.