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November 16, 2016
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…
November 14, 2016
Reynolds Institute Celebrates Family Caregivers
Nov. 14, 2016 | Two guest speakers from out of state recently found something at UAMS they wanted to take back with them more than any souvenir: the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program. “You have no idea how fortunate you are in Arkansas,” said John Schall, CEO of the national Caregiver Action Network. “The fact…
November 10, 2016
Patient with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Urges Screenings
Nov. 10, 2016 | For more than a decade, Chester Palmer’s doctor kept close watch on the aneurysm in his aorta. An aneurysm is an enlargement or ballooning of a blood vessel. Palmer’s was in the aorta, the main blood vessel in the body that extends from the heart through the abdomen and into the…
November 9, 2016
Manolagas Receives Middleton Award for VA Research
Nov. 9, 2016 | Stavros Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the 2016 recipient of the Veterans Administration Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service’s highest honor, the William S. Middleton Award. Given annually, the award honors a senior VA research scientist in recognition of outstanding scientific contributions and achievements in the areas of biomedical and behavioral…
November 8, 2016
College of Nursing Dean Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., Debra Jeffs, Ph.D., R.N. Inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellows
Nov. 8, 2016 | Patricia A. Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and faculty member Debra Jeffs, Ph.D., R.N. were inducted Oct. 22 as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. The American Academy of Nursing has more than 2,300 Fellows, including nursing…
November 7, 2016
All I Want for Christmas Free Family Caregiver Event to be Held Nov. 17
Nov. 7, 2016 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), in cooperation with True Home Care, invites family caregivers and the public to attend the All I Want For Christmas event from 1-3 p.m. Nov. 17 at the South Central Center on Aging, 4747 Dusty Lake Drive….
November 3, 2016
Free South Arkansas Caregiver Celebration Nov. 15
Nov. 3, 2016 | The Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program together with the South Arkansas Center on Aging, both part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold a free South Arkansas Caregiver Celebration on Nov. 15, 2016, from 1-4 p.m. at the El Dorado Conference Center, 311 S West Ave. There will…
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