UAMS Northwest Regional Campus
June 19, 2020
UAMS and its Northwest Arkansas Community Partners Deliver Food to Families in Isolation or Quarantine
FAYETTEVILLE – Made possible by the collaboration of community partners across Northwest Arkansas, more than 50 volunteers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Arkansas Immigrant Defense, and Tyson Foods, among others fanned out over Washington and Benton Counties today to provide no-contact delivery of food boxes to over 200 families self-quarantined due…
June 18, 2020
UAMS North Street Clinic Earns a 2020 Gold Rating from the NAFC Quality Standards Program
FAYETTEVILLE – For its work to ensure the medically underserved have access to affordable health care, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) North Street Clinic in Fayetteville earned a 2020 Gold Rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC). The NAFC and its members are dedicated to ensuring that patients…
June 15, 2020
UAMS Receives Grant to Promote Car Passenger Safety
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $25,000 grant to promote child passenger safety in Northwest Arkansas. The grant program, called Buckle Up for Life, is a national child passenger safety education program created by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Toyota to encourage all families to buckle their…
May 27, 2020
UAMS Receives $1.28 Million Pledge to Develop School Nutrition Program for Healthier Food Choices in Northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will expand partnerships with local school districts to implement a school nutrition enrichment program in Northwest Arkansas to provide healthier food choices for students. The program expansion is supported by a $1.28 million grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation. It will build on a…
May 14, 2020
Walmart Foundation Funding Will Help UAMS, Arkansas Community Foundation Address Gaps in Food Access and Health Care Services During COVID-19
FAYETTEVILLE – With funding from the Walmart Foundation, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus is working with the Arkansas Community Foundation to address gaps in food access. The funding will also help UAMS address gaps in health care services in underserviced populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. UAMS received a $375,000…
May 12, 2020
Larry Balle II, M.D., M.P.H., Joins UAMS Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE — Larry Balle II, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a primary care sports medicine physician practicing at UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at 201 W. Van Asche Loop, formerly the Shoulder Center of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Balle is a part of the UAMS Sports Medicine team,…
April 24, 2020
UAMS Pharmacy Alum Volunteers for COVID-19 Relief in California
A UAMS College of Pharmacy alumnus saw a need and decided to do something about it. Lee (Leland) Turner (class of 2014) traveled to Santa Clara, Calif., at the beginning of April to volunteer with an emergency relief organization called Team Rubicon that is delivering care to recovering COVID-19 patients in Silicon Valley. A native…
April 15, 2020
UAMS Students Collect Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers
LITTLE ROCK – Students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in both central Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas are collecting personal protective equipment (PPE) to distribute to health care workers throughout the state. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a critical national shortage of masks, surgical gowns and eye gear desperately needed by doctors,…
April 10, 2020
UAMS Names New Director of Family Medicine Residency Program in Northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE – Following an extensive national search, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced today that Michael Macechko, M.D., will be the new program director for its family medicine residency program in Northwest Arkansas, effective July 1. A board-certified family medicine physician, Macechko will be responsible for teaching residents and students in community…
March 27, 2020
UAMS Names 12 New Internal Medicine Resident Physicians in Northwest Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced the 12 new internal medicine resident physicians who will begin practicing medicine in Northwest Arkansas on June 17. The new residents are: Raad Abbas, MBChB – Hometown: Warr Acres, Okla. Mamua Andela, M.D. – Hometown: Olathe, Kan. Ethan Anderson, DO – Hometown: Columbia, Mo….
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