UAMS neonatal intensive care unit


October 15, 2021

UAMS Remembers Those Mourning Infant and Pregnancy Loss

Linda Haymes

Doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and genetic counselors gathered at sunset on Oct. 7 to remember more than 250 perinatal losses at UAMS during the past year.

As the sun set Oct. 7, doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and genetic counselors gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to remember more than 250 perinatal losses at UAMS during the past year. “Parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members want to know that their children are loved and remembered,”…


August 2, 2018

Hat Club of Little Rock Lifts UAMS Neonatal Program with $30,000 Gift

Benjamin Waldrum

Close to two dozen Hat Club members collectively presented a check July 13 to UAMS Consortium board members.

Aug. 2, 2018 | Flush with young professionals and new fathers, members of the Hat Club of Little Rock recently presented a $30,000 check to benefit the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Close to two dozen of the club’s members collectively presented a check July 13 to UAMS Consortium board members Daniel Beck, Mitsy…


August 28, 2017

Hat Club of Little Rock Donates $15,500 to UAMS NICU

Benjamin Waldrum

Aug. 28, 2017 | Members of the Hat Club of Little Rock presented a $15,500 check to the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) on Aug. 15, earning a symbolic tip of the cap from doctors, nurses and staff. Blue and white from the Hat Club’s distinctive baseball caps intermingled with strings of more than…


February 24, 2017

UAMS NICU Receives $20,000 from Blue & You Foundation Grant to March of Dimes

Liz Caldwell

A $20,000 gift from the Blue & You Foundation to the Arkansas chapter of the March of Dimes will benefit the UAMS NICU. From left are UAMS’ Courtney Higginbotham, R.N., Ginny Smith, R.N., and Misty Williams, R.N.; Blue & You Foundation’s Patrick O’Sullivan; UAMS’ Emily Gordon and Rebekah Thacker, R.N.; March of Dimes’ Kristin Powell; UAMS’ Whitt Hall, M.D., and March of Dimes’ Rachel Guerin.

Feb. 24, 2017 | The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas awarded a $20,000 grant to the March of Dimes for the Family Support Program in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at UAMS Medical Center for a second year. A joint effort of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas March of…


December 27, 2016

Former Student Donates Books, Teddy Bears to NICU Families

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UAMS NICU Bears

Dec. 27, 2016 | Spending the holiday season in the hospital can be difficult, which is why Erin Brewer was inspired to act. Armed with a bag full of teddy bears and a box full of “Cuddle Bear” books, Brewer and her two sons, Evan, 4, and Owen, 1, visited the UAMS neonatal intensive care…


May 13, 2016

Julep Cup Jaunt Raises $103,000 for Preemies

Benjamin Waldrum

Julep Cup Jaunt UAMS 2016

May 13, 2016 | For all the excitement that was the 142nd Kentucky Derby, the loudest cheers of the day were reserved for the littlest guest. Around 300 guests decked out in derby attire gathered for the 13th Julep Cup Jaunt at UAMS, held May 7 in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center on the…