The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has established the Pamela Rakhshan Chair in Otolaryngology thanks to a $1 million gift from her father, Chris Rakhshan, in gratitude to the physician who saved her life.
UAMS will name a professor to the Rakhshan Chair at a later time.
Rakhshan, of Boulder, Colo., was living in Arkansas in 2008 when Pamela, then 18, was diagnosed with mucoepidermoid carcinoma, a malignant tumor of the trachea. The rare condition occurs only two or three times per 100,000 people per year, most often in the elderly.
Arkansas Hospice, the state’s largest provider of hospice services, announced the launch of “Committed to Veterans.” The program is designed to train Arkansas Hospice staff to identify military service-related issues that arise or remain unresolved as veterans enter hospice care, and connect them with additional resources.
Jill M. Mhyre, MD, an authority on obstetric anesthesiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been appointed chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the UAMS College of Medicine, effective July 1.
CARTI Vice President of Radiation Oncology/Imaging Jeremy Land has joined the American Cancer Society-Arkansas Area Board. The Arkansas board consists of eight members statewide who have a wide range of experience in the advocacy, mission, and events areas of the American Cancer Society.
Arkansas Hospice, the state’s largest nonprofit provider of hospice services, recently held ribbon-cutting celebrations in conjunction with open houses for the organization’s new Northwest Arkansas offices in Berryville and Rogers.