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UAMS Invests Jorge Saucedo, MD, MBA, in Nolan Family Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine
Baptist Health Nurses Recognized Among Arkansas’ ‘40 Nurse Leaders Under 40’
UAMS Holds Topping Out Ceremony for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale
UAMS, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Forge Agreement to Expand Healthcare Education Pathways
State Medical Society Elects Officers
UAMS Receives $1M to Create Endowed Funds in Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Sisira Yadala, MD, Honored with AMS Best Faculty Award
Dorothy Snider Foundation Awards $110K Grant to UAMS College of Medicine for Scholarships
March 31, 2019
UAMS Event April 17 Features End-of-Life...

A free event sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will feature BJ Miller, MD, a nationally recognized expert on palliative and end-of-life care.

“Not Whether, But How: An Evening with BJ Miller” is set for 6:30 p.m. on April 17 at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave. in Little Rock. Although there is no cost to attend, seating is limited and preregistration is required at cancer.uams.edu/bjmiller.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and concessions will be available for purchase.

March 31, 2019
Music Can Be Used as Medicine, Distingui...

Many people consume and view music as simply a form of entertainment, but as renowned researchers Alex Pantelyat, MD, and Nina Kraus, PhD, explained, rhythm, song, and melody have a much deeper purpose.

“Music is so much more than just everyday background noise,” said Pantelyat. “Music can indeed be used as medicine, and I hope people young and old came away from the lecture thinking about it as something that can be used to heal, whether it’s Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, dementia, or non-neurological disorders. Music is a healthy prescription for the brain.” 

March 31, 2019
Hamilton House Pinwheels Placed at Mercy

Hamilton House Child and Family Safety Center recently partnered with Mercy to place pinwheels at Mercy on the corner of Rogers Avenue and 74th Street. The effort draws attention to Child Abuse Awareness Month in April.

Leaders from Hamilton House and Mercy placed the pinwheels in the ground.

March 31, 2019
Methodist Behavioral Health System, Inc....

The state’s only nonprofit behavioral hospital exclusively for children released its Community Health Needs Assessment this week.

This report is Methodist Behavioral Health System, Inc.’s initial Community Health Needs Assessment. 

The report can be accessed at https://www.methodistfamily.org/behavioral-hospital.html . 

March 31, 2019
Cara Petrus Appointed as Director for Ar...

CHI St. Vincent has appointed Cara Petrus as director for the Arkansas Neuroscience Institute (ANI). Petrus, who most recently served as the operational project manager for ANI’s transition to the CHI St. Vincent North campus, will now take a leadership role as the institute prepares to open the new, world-class Arkansas Neuroscience Institute Research and Education Center this summer.