Department of Surgery
May 15, 2018
BioVentures fastPace Course Helps Researchers Grasp Business Basics
May 15, 2018 | Even a classroom full of experienced researchers with Ph.D. and medical degrees still found useful things to learn about business during the fastPace course organized by BioVentures. “We enrolled in the class because we thought we had a good idea, but we didn’t really know how to take it to the…
March 29, 2018
Westbrook, Robertson, Wendel Recognized as Healthcare Heroes
March 29, 2018 | Three longtime UAMS physicians were honored by Arkansas Business as Healthcare Heroes at a luncheon March 28. The annual awards program was begun in 2015 to recognize individuals, companies and organizations making a significant impact on the quality of health care in Arkansas. Kent Westbrook, M.D., a distinguished professor in the…
October 14, 2016
Richard Turnage, M.D., Named UAMS Vice Chancellor for Clinical Programs and Hospital CEO
Oct. 14, 2016 | Richard Turnage, M.D., has been named vice chancellor for clinical programs for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and CEO of UAMS Medical Center, effective Dec. 1. He succeeds Roxane Townsend, M.D., who left UAMS at the end of September. “After conducting a national search, it was clear to me and…
May 8, 2015
Easts Give $1 Million for Surgical Oncology Chair
May 8, 2015 | A $1 million gift by James C. and Mary Kay East to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D. Chair in Surgical Oncology. The chair will provide resources to ensure patients have the opportunity to understand their disease and participate in decisions based on scientific evidence, treatment availability and their own wishes.
February 4, 2015
Kimbrough Named Fellow in American College of Surgeons
LITTLE ROCK — Mary Katherine (Whitlock) Kimbrough, M.D., assistant professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery has been chosen as a fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
October 23, 2013
Plastic Surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., Ph.D., Joins UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Plastic surgeon Keith Wolter, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He sees patients in the second floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and is an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery.
May 29, 2013
UAMS’ Westbrook Receives Distinguished Faculty Service Award
<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — Kent Westbrook, M.D., a surgical oncologist and faculty leader at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for 40 years, received the UAMS College of Medicine’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award on April 30. </p>