July 15, 2018

Jessica McNeese, an advanced practice nurse, has joined Conway Regional Medical Clinic-Russellville.

She will practice alongside Ben Kriesel, MD, MRO, and Ken Turner, MD, at the clinic which recently joined Conway Regional Health System. 

July 15, 2018

UAMS Medical Center has become the first and only healthcare provider in Arkansas to be certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.

The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States.

July 15, 2018

Namvar Zohoori, MD, PhD, MPH, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary’s Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030. Zohoori is the chief science officer at the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH).

July 9, 2018

More than half of obese fifth through eighth graders in the Magazine School District reduced their obesity in the last year after participating in a program by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Center for Distance Health.

July 9, 2018

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received approval from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education for a nurse anesthesia specialty in the College of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.