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October 31, 2018

UAMS Recognized for Interprofessional Education Program

Yavonda Chase

UAMS faculty who worked on the award application include (from left): Kathryn Neill, Pharm.D.; Susan Long, Ed.D.; Wendy Ward, Ph.D.; Amber Teigen, M.M.Sc.; and Lisa Rhoden, M.Ed.

On the strength of its interprofessional education curriculum, UAMS recently was identified as a Program of Merit by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP).


Klimberg Lectureship Brings Breast Cancer Luminaries Back to UAMS

David Robinson

Isabel Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., with Suzanne Klimberg, M.D., Ph.D., said Klimberg and UAMS changed her life.

Breast cancer treatments have improved dramatically over the last 20 years, with UAMS surgical pioneers such as V. Suzanne Klimberg, M.D., Ph.D., and Isabel T. Rubio, M.D., Ph.D., helping lead the way. Rubio, of Madrid, Spain, spent time at UAMS starting in 1996 as a Virginia Clinton Breast Oncology Fellow. She recently shared some of…


October 29, 2018

UAMS Elevates Kohler Endowed Professorship to Endowed Chair

Spencer Watson

Oct. 29, 2018 | The Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Endowed Distinguished Professorship in Health Disparities has been elevated to the endowed chair level at the Northwest Regional Campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). A distinguished professorship is established with gifts of $500,000 to support the educational, research and clinical activities of…


October 26, 2018

Amputation Pain Study at UAMS Enrolling Participants

David Robinson

Erika Petersen, M.D.

People with frequent and recurring pain from an amputated leg are being enrolled in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research study of a device designed to reduce amputation pain. Led at UAMS by Erika Petersen, M.D., a neurosurgeon and researcher, the study is part of a clinical trial being conducted at sites…


September 28, 2018

UAMS-Sponsored Senior Expo Attracts More Than 1,500

Ben Boulden

UAMS staff visit with one of the attendees at the Senior Expo at the Statehouse Convention Center.

Sept. 28, 2018 | More than 1,500 seniors thronged the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock to add another banner year to the Senior Expo’s history of success.


September 25, 2018

Center on Aging-Northeast Will Assist in Medicare Open Enrollment

Ben Boulden

Sept. 25, 2018 | The Center on Aging-Northeast, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will once again assist Medicare participants with their prescription drug plans during the open enrollment period by providing  non-biased evaluations and enrollment assistance.


September 21, 2018

UAMS Physician Saves Teen from Effects of Rare Stroke

Ben Boulden

Dra Bishop, 16, prepares to shoot a free throw. Bishop had a stroke in late May, but after treatment from UAMS physician Martin Radvany, M.D., he is almost fully recovered.

Early on May 27, UAMS neuroradiologist Martin Radvany, M.D., was working to make sure that a joke about stroke from teenager Dra Bishop was not the last joke Dra made. Bishop’s stroke was not a laughing matter. Dra, 16, a Bentonville High School and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball player, was feeling a little sluggish…


September 20, 2018

FAITH Summit Draws Leaders to Address Mental Health Disparities

Ben Boulden

Kenneth O. Young, right, watches as Leanne Lefler guides a blindfolded volunteer from the audience through an obstacle course at the FAITH Network Summit.

Sept. 20, 2018 | A blindfolded volunteer stood Sept. 14 at the FAITH Network Summit in Little Rock as people in the audience shouted directions to guide her through an improvised obstacle course of stools and chairs.


September 19, 2018

Visiting Lecturer: Swelling Key to Diagnosing Mozart’s Death

David Robinson

Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., pointed to Mozart's edema/anasarca (swelling) as key to his theory on Mozart's death.

Sept. 19, 2018 | At 35, Mozart was feeling well and was as productive as ever, then a sudden illness killed him less than two months before his 36th birthday. The cause of death has been the subject of speculation ever since, with more than 100 proposed diagnoses. Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., MBA, was invited…


Adult Vaccinations to Be Given Sept. 28 at UAMS Schmieding Center in Springdale

Ben Boulden

Sept. 19, 2018 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Schmieding Caregiver Training Program and Walgreens are working together to provide adult vaccinations Sept. 28 at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale. Adult vaccinations for flu and pneumonia will be administered from 9-11 a.m. at the center at…



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