sports medicine

January 19, 2021

UAMS Health Launches Back and Neck Clinic

Yavonda Chase

At the UAMS Health Back and Neck Clinic, patients receive team-based care from both a physical therapist and a doctor who specialize in spine and sports injuries. The clinic is located at 10815 Colonel Glenn Road in Little Rock.

LITTLE ROCK — The new UAMS Health Back and Neck Clinic launched today, combining the best of established programs to offer team-based care at one convenient location, 10815 Colonel Glenn Road in Little Rock.

July 16, 2020

UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Opens Second Location in Northwest Arkansas

David Wise

Ortho Location in Lowell

FAYETTEVILLE – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) opened a second Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine location in Northwest Arkansas today at 519 Latham Drive in Lowell. All physicians are fellowship trained and will see patients at both locations. Additionally, the Lowell facility will be home to a new certified hand therapist. The Fayetteville…

April 20, 2015

UAMS, UA Athletics Partner in State’s First Sports Medicine Fellowship

Spencer Watson

April 20, 2015 | The state’s first sports medicine fellowship for family physicians, offering advanced training on diagnosis and treatment of sports-related illness and injury, will start this summer on the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) northwest Arkansas campus with cooperation from the University of Arkansas Athletics Department and clinical partners.

August 27, 2014

James Andrews to Speak at UAMS

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — World-renowned sports surgeon James R. Andrews, M.D., of Gulf Breeze, Fla. and Birmingham, Ala., will be the featured speaker at the 30th Annual Arkansas Orthopaedic Forum, to be held Sept. 5 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

September 25, 2013

Sports Medicine Specialist Rivera-Vega Joins UAMS

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK —Alexandra M. Rivera-Vega, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the UAMS College of Medicine.