physician assistant


January 28, 2014

UAMS Programs Receive More Than $450,000 in Grants from Blue & You Foundation, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Jon Parham

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Center for Dental Education, the planned internal medicine residency program in northwest Arkansas and the physician assistant program were among UAMS programs that received grants totaling more than $450,000 from the Blue & You Foundation and its parent company, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.


April 18, 2013

UAMS Physician Assistant Program Achieves Accreditation

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The physician assistant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, the final approval needed before admitting its first class of students.</p>


March 19, 2013

Verizon Foundation Awards $20,000 to PA Program

Jon Parham

March 19, 2013 | The Physician Assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions recently received $20,000 from the Verizon Foundation to equip students in the new program with skills to recognize and care for victims of domestic violence.


July 1, 2011

UAMS Moving Toward Physician Assistant Program

Jon Parham

July 1, 2011 | A physician assistant program at UAMS could see its first students in summer 2013 after getting green light from the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education, and the physician assistant accrediting agency.