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November 21, 2016
UAMS, Arkansas Department of Education Partner to Implement $1.2 Million Grant for School Telemedicine
Nov. 21, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Arkansas Department of Education are partnering to implement a $1.2 million pilot program that will provide telemedicine to students, educators and families in rural Arkansas communities. School Telemedicine in Arkansas (STAR) is the first ever effort to bring telemedicine care to Arkansas’…
November 18, 2016
UAMS Highlights Advanced Practice Nurses For Nurse Practitioners Week
Nov. 18, 2016 | Each day, more than 150 advanced practice nurses (APNs) serve UAMS in a gamut of clinical areas as well as in education, shaping the next generation of nursing professionals. UAMS has more than 90 APNs who provide services in primary care, acute care, gerontology, women’s health, psychiatric and mental health, neonatal,…
UAMS Showers Local Veterans with Care Packages
Nov. 18, 2016 | UAMS delivered 375 care packages to local veterans Nov. 10 and 11 to thank them for their service and celebrate Veterans Day. That’s just one of the ways UAMS faculty, staff and students honored those who have served the country. The month-long celebration of veterans is organized by the UAMS Veterans…
November 17, 2016
UAMS’ van Rhee Receives Award for Castleman Disease
Nov. 17, 2016 | Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded the Castleman Disease Warrior Award for Best Physician of the Year Nov. 4 by the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) at its third annual Patients & Loved Ones Summit in Philadelphia. CDCN was established in 2012 to accelerate research and treatment for Castleman Disease —…
UAMS 12th Street Health & Wellness Center to Provide Health Screenings Dec. 1 for World AIDS Day
Nov. 17, 2016 | In observance of World AIDS Day, the public is invited to participate in free health care screenings from 5-8 p.m. Dec. 1 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) 12th Street Health & Wellness Center, 4010 W. 12th St. The center will provide free HIV testing. The testing will…
November 16, 2016
Schmieding Program in Springdale Hosts Healthy Families #Stick Together Nov. 18
Nov. 16, 2017 | A program to educate families and caregivers on the importance of adult vaccinations will be held from noon-1 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Schmieding Center for Senior Health & Education in Springdale, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Healthy Families #Stick Together is presented by the National Alliance…
UAMS First in State to Implement Infant Footprint Scan
Nov. 16, 2016 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is the first hospital in Arkansas to implement a program that will give new parents a keepsake of their child’s birth and an assurance of the newborn’s safety. Through a partnership with CertaScan Technologies’ First Footprint, parents will have the option to have their…
Wei Honored as Distinguished Faculty Scholar
Nov. 16, 2016 | If someone piled all the research journals, research reports and documents resulting from or associated with the professional life of Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., then it might have been as high as the Pauly Auditorium stage on which she stood Nov. 9. She was on the stage to be honored as…
November 15, 2016
UAMS’ James McDonald, M.D., Named Chair of Department of Radiology
Nov. 15, 2016 | James E. McDonald, M.D., has been named chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). McDonald has served as interim chair of the department since May 2014. He has been a full-time faculty member and director of the department’s Division…
First Time in US: Patient Treated in Trial Using Virus on Brain Tumor
Nov. 15, 2016 | Beth Rogers might have been the first person in the United States to be treated as part of a clinical trial that included the injection of a virus into her brain tumor in combination with immunotherapy treatments – but the Hazen resident said she had no fear. “I’ve got so much…
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