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March 1, 2018

Digital X-ray, 4-D Ultrasound Enhance Care at UAMS South

Ben Boulden

March 1, 2018 | A new digital x-ray system for patient care at the South Regional Campus of  the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Magnolia has increased  efficiency and reduced the amount of radiation exposure while improving image quality. The new system, which cost about $80,000, wirelessly transmits the digital x-ray images…


November 13, 2017

UAMS’ Curtis Lowery, M.D., Receives National Award from American Public Health Association

Ben Boulden

Nov. 13, 2017 | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Curtis Lowery Jr., M.D., on Nov. 6 was honored for his work in maternal-fetal medicine with the Effective Practice Award from the Maternal and Child Health Section of the American Public Health Association. The Effective Practice Award recognizes individuals or groups whose work has…


June 7, 2017

Cancer Diagnosis Yields Big Surprise for New Mom

Susan Van Dusen

Carmen and Angel Martinez

Read the Spanish version of this story here. June 7, 2017 | If the circumstances surrounding Angel Castillo’s birth are any indication, his life will be full of surprises. It was during a routine gynecological exam in January 2016 when Angel’s mom, Carmen Martinez, got some very unexpected news: She had cervical cancer. As a…


May 4, 2017

UAMS Center for Distance Health Named Top 25 Program by Harvard University’s Ash Center

Ben Boulden

May 4, 2017 | The Center for Distance Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently was recognized as a Top 25 innovative program by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Every year for more than 20 years, the Ash…


September 29, 2015

Expo Raises Awareness of Telehealth Programs

Ben Boulden

Sept. 29, 2015 | UAMS’ telehealth capabilities and outreach were on display recently at the first Telehealth Expo on the UAMS campus that truly made the event worthwhile. “We had a nice cross section of people from all departments ranging from information technology and hospitality to physicians and attorneys,” said Erin Bush, project director for…


Angel Eye Completes Installation of 10 Cameras in Connecticut Children’s NICUs

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Angel Eye Camera Systems, a company established in 2013 with support from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures, recently completed the installation of 10 camera systems in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and plans to install another 10 cameras in the Connecticut Children’s NICU at University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.


August 11, 2015

UAMS’ Lowery Talks Telemedicine at TEDx Event

ChaseYavondaC

Aug. 11, 2015 | A UAMS obstetrician highlighted how technology has improved health care in Arkansas, and the increased part it will play moving forward in his address at a TEDx event in Little Rock on July 24.


December 17, 2014

UAMS’ Lowery Speaks at Brookings Institute

Spencer Watson

Dec. 17, 2014 | Curtis Lowery, M.D., chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine and director of maternal-fetal medicine at UAMS, recently participated on a panel discussing delivery of health care to rural communities at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.


November 10, 2014

UAMS provides maternal telemedicine in Oklahoma

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today started providing support via telemedicine to high-risk pregnant mothers and physicians at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology who treat them at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


July 15, 2014

UAMS to Host Breastfeeding Symposium Aug. 8

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invites physicians, nurses, dieticians and other health care providers who support and promote breastfeeding to attend the Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition Symposium on Aug. 8, in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building on the UAMS campus.



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