Joe Cook


March 13, 2017

Promise to Patient Inspires UAMS Doctor to run Half Marathon

Susan Van Dusen

March 13, 2017 | When Nikhil Meena, M.D., crossed the finish line of his first half marathon March 5, his patient, the late Joe Cook, symbolically crossed it with him. Cook, who died of lung cancer July 2, 2016, had taken up long-distance running about a year earlier after watching several friends enjoy the sport….


January 25, 2013

UAMS Celebrates King’s Call to Service, Honors Employees

Ben Boulden

Jan. 25, 2012 | The annual University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebration of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. carried the theme of service — to others, to the community and in the role of fighting inequalities.