UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery


October 19, 2021

UAMS Named Top 10% in Nation for Joint Replacement

Yavonda Chase

UAMS ranks among the top 10% in the nation for joint replacement surgery for the second year in a row, according to Healthgrades. UAMS also received the Joint Replacement Excellence Award.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) ranks among the top 10% in the nation for joint replacement surgery for the second year in a row, according to Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems.


September 10, 2021

Knee Replacement Puts LR Golfer Back in the Swing of Things

Katrina Dupins

Thanks to knee replacement surgery at UAMS, Mimi Evans is back out on the links, enjoying working on her golf game.

The gradual increase of pain in Melissa “Mimi” Evans’ knees was subtle. In 2015, her co-workers pointed out to her that she was limping, favoring her left knee. She recognized it was more of a struggle to do everyday tasks, but she was able to live with it.


June 21, 2018

Girls Shown Science, Technology Opportunities at UAMS

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June 21, 2018 | A couple dozen school-aged girls broke into groups of four and five and spread out across the room. In each group, one girl stood in the center as the rest — armed with a pen, clipboard, paper and measuring tape — outfitted her with round, silvery, shiny markers to track movement….


June 11, 2018

Hip Replacement Opens Road to Fulfillment for Little Rock Woman

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Most hip replacement patients don't start running long-distance competitions after their surgery, but Mary Anne Hansen did.

June 11, 2018 | Running is more than a hobby for Mary Ann Hansen. It’s a reprieve. It’s liberation from a past life. Most runners make a connection with the road early in life that remains for a lifetime. Not Hansen. Her bond formed after she was 50 and following a hip replacement. She noticed…


May 7, 2018

Vacation Injury Puts Little Rock Woman on Circuitous Path to UAMS

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On the secluded island of Cayo Espanto, Joan Baldridge never expected to injure her hip. Her road home and to recovery passed through UAMS.

May 7, 2018 | On a normal day, Joan Baldridge could reach UAMS’ campus from her Little Rock home in a few minutes. That was not the case in November when Baldridge ultimately needed care in short order. Baldridge and her husband were at Cayo Espanto. The couple worked to pack and tidy up their…


April 2, 2018

Cabot Woman Back to Active Lifestyle after Hip Procedure

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Beverly Smith is back to traveling with her husband and living life to its fullest after a hip replacement performed by UAMS's Paul Edwards, M.D.

April 2, 2018 | Beverly Smith isn’t used to being held back. The now-retired Cabot resident loves to be on the move. She longs to travel. She lives for cruises and trips with her husband, and the freedom to do as they please. Last year, that way of life came to an abrupt halt when…


February 1, 2018

Hot Springs Village Man Still Active After Ankle Replacement

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Marcus Everett Ruth Thomas UAMS

Feb. 1, 2018 | It was a slope he knew to avoid, but one his adventurous spirit wouldn’t let him. “What I love about snow skiing is you’re in complete control of your destiny,” said 74-year-old Marcus Everett. “I got hooked on the speed.” He was halfway down the mountain in Breckinridge, Colorado, in 2008,…


December 11, 2017

Hearts2Soles Provides Free Foot Exam, Shoes to Local Homeless

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UAMS Ruth Thomas UAMS Hearts2Soles

Dec. 11, 2017 | Her youngest daughter, Cheyenne, covets new shoes like most 10-year-old children; her oldest child, 13-year-old Sequoia, continues to hit growth spurts every few months making new shoes a necessity; and she, 35-year-old Virginia Duck, has worn through the soles from her current pair of shoes. Those circumstances made the annual Hearts2Soles…


December 8, 2017

UAMS’ C. Lowry Barnes: Trinidad Trip ‘Very Rewarding’

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C. Lowry Barnes Trinidad UAMS Operation Walk

Dec. 8 2017 | The procedure itself was nothing out of the ordinary for a seasoned orthopaedic surgeon like C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., but the response he received from the patient will always be a special memory for him. In the middle of a medical mission trip to Trinidad, Barnes had just helped a middle-aged…


November 3, 2017

UAMS Nabs Health Literacy Award at National Conference

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UAMS Health Literacy Award

Nov. 3, 2017 | The UAMS Center for Health Literacy won Best Poster in Health Literacy recently at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare and Health Literacy Annual Research Conference held Oct. 8-11 in Baltimore. The conference was focused on both health care communication and health literacy, meaning the skills to find, understand and…



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