Department of Orthopaedic Surgery


November 5, 2021

Insall Traveling Fellows Visit UAMS for Fourth Consecutive Year

News Staff

2021 Insall Fellows Martin Faschingbauer, M.D., Sumon Nandi, M.D., and J. Ryan Martin, M.D. (center) shown with UAMS hip and knee surgeons Jeffery Stambough, M.D., Simon Mears, M.D., Ph.D. Lowry Barnes, M.D., and Ben Stronach, M.D.

In October, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed the 2021 John N. Insall Traveling Fellows for a two-day program hosted by the College of Medicine’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.


October 20, 2020

UAMS Researcher Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Study Bone Health, Exercise Connection

News Staff

"Scientists have long understood there is a connection between bone size and strength related to physical activity," said Jinhu Xiong, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine.

LITTLE ROCK — A researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how physical activity improves bone health, with possible implications for bone loss from osteoporosis and aging. Jinhu Xiong, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of…


October 10, 2018

UAMS Orthopaedic Surgeon Bumpass Among Nation’s Top Young Spine Professionals for 2018

Linda Haymes

Dr. David Bumpass

LITTLE ROCK — David Bumpass, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was named one of the nation’s outstanding young spine care providers by the North American Spine Society’s SpineLine magazine in its inaugural “20 Under 40” list honoring spine professionals under the age of 40. Bumpass, 37, is…


May 11, 2015

Hand Telemedicine Program, UAMS Physician Save Batesville Man’s Hand

Ben Boulden

May 11, 2015 | A split-second connection between a table saw blade and a wedding ring almost took Tommy Watts’ hand.