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July 13, 2017

Medical Review by UAMS Physician, Co-Author Shows How President Kennedy’s Back Pain Affected His Life, Death

Ben Boulden

July 13, 2017 | How President John F. Kennedy’s back pain affected his life and presidency along with the role it may have played in how he died are examined in a review of the 35th president’s medical history done by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) physician and his co-author. In their…


August 14, 2014

UAMS Neurosurgeon First in Arkansas to Implant New Spinal Cord Stimulation Device to Alleviate Chronic Pain

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Erika Petersen, M.D., recently became the first neurosurgeon in Arkansas to implant in a patient the Protégé IPG device, the world’s first and only neurostimulation system that can be updated through software rather than surgery.