Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
February 1, 2016
Research Support Offices Become Holiday Heroes for Leukemia Patient
Feb. 1, 2016 | It was Christmas night and Yogesh Jethava, M.D., was worried. Working the holiday at UAMS Medical Center, he had just diagnosed a leukemia patient’s rare, life-threatening liver disease. The only known treatment was a drug awaiting U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval and not available at most medical centers. What he…
January 29, 2016
Little Rock Mom Thankful for Beating Colon Cancer
Jan. 29, 2016 | Alice Rogers knew something was wrong. What started with abdominal cramps in March 2015 had progressed to severe pain by July. “It hurt every time I ate, sometimes making me double over,” she said, adding that she also was passing pencil-thin stools. “I knew something was wrong, but I just didn’t…
January 7, 2016
Research Grant Presentation to Highlight Free Event at UAMS Cancer Institute Jan. 28
LITTLE ROCK — The latest in a series of events offered by the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will include the presentation of research grants and a scientific poster presentation. “The Doctor is In” is set for 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 on the 10th floor of…
December 30, 2015
Freedom From Smoking Support Group to Begin Jan. 20 at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK – Make 2016 the year you quit smoking for good, with help from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The Freedom from Smoking support group will meet from 3-4:30 p.m. for seven Wednesdays beginning Jan. 20 at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s Patient Support Pavilion, located on the first…
December 29, 2015
UAMS to Host Cancer Survivorship Workshop Jan. 23
LITTLE ROCK – A workshop at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will focus on the needs and concerns of cancer patients, survivors and caregivers. I Am a Survivor: Cancer Survivorship Workshop is set for 8 a.m.- noon Jan. 23 on the 10th floor of the UAMS Cancer Institute. Interactive sessions will be led…
December 4, 2015
UAMS Becomes Home to Cancer Imaging Archive for National Cancer Institute
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has become home to The Cancer Imaging Archive of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) with the transfer to UAMS of more than 40 terabytes of data from the archive’s former home at Washington University in St. Louis. “Through the archive, UAMS has important linkages…
October 14, 2015
Surgical Oncologist J. Camilo Barreto, M.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK — Surgical oncologist J. Camilo Barreto, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He sees patients in the Cancer Surgery Clinic in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Barreto is also an assistant professor of surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. He earned his medical…
September 2, 2015
Emre Vural Named to Hamra Professorship in Otolaryngology
LITTLE ROCK – Emre Vural, M.D., has been named recipient of the Gerald F. Hamra Endowed Professorship in Otolaryngology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) at a ceremony held today.
June 16, 2015
Cross-Country Cyclists Visit the UAMS Cancer Institute
June 16, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed about 30 University of Texas students June 15 as they rode through Little Rock on the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world.
June 15, 2015
UAMS Welcomes Texas 4000 Bicyclists
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today welcomed about 30 University of Texas students as they rode through Little Rock on the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world. The Texas 4000 team visited the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and UAMS Myeloma Institute as a stop along…
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