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February 21, 2024

UAMS Again Designated as a Level 1 Trauma Center

Linda Satter

photo of outside emergency room with words: UAMS has a comprehensive Emergency Department prepared to treat a wide variety of medical needs with immediate, around-the-clock access to orthopaedic and trauma surgeons, neurologists, cardiologists and other specialists.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was again designated by the American College of Surgeons as the state’s only adult Level 1 Trauma Center — a distinction UAMS has held for seven years. “This means that UAMS has a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals committed and always prepared to…


February 20, 2024

UAMS Names Regional Vice Chancellor’s Office in Honor of Mary Ann and Reed Greenwood

David Wise

Reed Greenwood and UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson stand in front of the sign dedicating the UAMS Northwest Campus vice chancellor's office as the Mary Ann and Reed Greenwood Office of the Vice Chancellor

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently paid tribute to Reed Greenwood and his late wife, Mary Ann, by naming an office in their honor on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus. The “Mary Ann and Reed Greenwood Office of the Vice Chancellor” recognizes the Greenwoods’ commitment and support of increasing access…


February 15, 2024

Michael and Paula Jennings Pledge $2 Million to Establish Endowed Chair and Endowed Scholarship

Andrew Vogler

Jennings

LITTLE ROCK — Michael L. Jennings, Ph.D., and Paula M. Jennings, M.A., pledged $1 million to create the Michael and Paula Jennings Endowed Chair in Physiology in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, and $1 million in additional support for the Dr. Michael and…


February 6, 2024

UAMS Research Team Discovers Potential Alzheimer’s Drug

David Robinson

UAMS' Sue Griffin, Ph.D., and Meenakshisundaram, Balasubramaniam, Ph.D., led the discovery of the potential Alzheimer's drug for people with the inherited Alzheimer's gene.

LITTLE ROCK — A potential new drug to prevent Alzheimer’s disease in people with the so-called Alzheimer’s gene has been discovered by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team led by Sue Griffin, Ph.D. The findings were published Jan. 8 in Communications Biology and include discoveries of a druggable target and a…


February 1, 2024

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Achieves $30 Million Fundraising Goal for NCI Designation

Andrew Vogler

NCI Designation fundraising goal press conference

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) met its $30 million fundraising goal for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s campaign to achieve National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designation. The fundraising milestone was achieved with a $5 million gift from the Chris Fowler family of Jonesboro. In total, 8,700 philanthropic gifts have…


January 29, 2024

UAMS Kidney, Liver Transplant Programs Again Rated Among Best in Nation

Linda Satter

Burdine, second from left, at the Helena-West Helena satellite transplant clinic.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) kidney and liver transplant programs have again received some of the highest ratings in the country in a report comparing transplant programs nationwide. A January report by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) shows that both solid-organ programs scored five out of five…


January 19, 2024

Arkansan Sees Advanced Cancer Disappear with Experimental Drug Offered at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

Marty Trieschmann

Dr. Michael Birrer speaks with a patient during a clinic visit

A Little Rock man with resistant kidney cancer who underwent experimental immunotherapy in Phase 1 Clinical Trials at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has experienced a complete remission.


January 11, 2024

UAMS, Western Piedmont Community College Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Student Transfers

Ben Boulden

Susan Long, right, signs the Memorandum of Understanding as Nathan Johnson, left, and officials of Western Piedmont Community College, onscreen, look on.

Western Piedmont Community College and the UAMS College of Health Professions signed an agreement to help qualified graduates of the community college transfer to the Medical Laboratory Sciences program in the university’s Department of Laboratory Sciences.


December 28, 2023

UAMS Regional Campuses Mark 50th Anniversary

Chris Carmody

During its annual convention in November, the Arkansas Farm Bureau honored UAMS Regional Campuses with a plaque that recognized the 35th anniversary of the MASH program’s founding. The Arkansas Farm Bureau is a longtime supporter of MASH and other youth-outreach programs at UAMS.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 2023 celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Regional Campuses, a network that has provided high-quality education and health care in rural and underserved communities throughout the state.  UAMS Regional Campuses, originally known as the Arkansas Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program, were founded in 1973 to…


December 27, 2023

The Year in Review, 2023: UAMS Opens Several New Buildings, Expands Clinical Programs

Ben Boulden

In 2023, UAMS celebrated several openings of new facilities as well as broke ground on new construction. Starting top left, they were: 1 - Urology Center in Premier Medical Plaza; 2 - Orthopaedic & Spine Clinic in North Little Rock; 3 - new Radiation Oncology Center; 4 - Proton Center; 5 - The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital; 6 - Cancer clinic and infusion center at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock; 7 - Orthopaedics & Sports Performance Center in Springdale (concept art); and 8 Milk Bank.

The spring and summer of 2023 brought growth to UAMS as the university opened several new facilities including a new hospital  on the Little Rock campus and broke ground on a new sports performance center in Northwest Arkansas.



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