Nicki Hilliard, PharmD, a pharmacy professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently became the first Arkansan to serve as president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the largest pharmacy professional organization. Hilliard will serve for the 2018-2019 term.
Hilliard is a professor in the College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice.
CHI St. Vincent marked a milestone in the expansion of its Arkansas Neuroscience Institute with a formal groundbreaking for a $17 million education and research center at CHI St. Vincent North in Sherwood.
The new education and research building at CHI St. Vincent North near Little Rock will be part of a destination neurosciences institute that provides advanced neurosurgery care to patients in Arkansas, in the United States, and internationally.
Organizations in five Arkansas counties are invited to participate in programs offered free of charge by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) designed to improve doctor-patient communication.
The How to Talk to Your Child’s Doctor program will be provided to clinics, hospitals, schools, and other interested community organizations in Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, White, and Van Buren counties thanks to a donation of $60,122 from BHP, an Australia-based global resources company with shale operations in Arkansas.
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning of a possible Hepatitis A (Hep A) exposure after an employee of the Flash Market/Subway, located at 105 North Missouri Avenue in Corning tested positive for the virus. Hep A is a contagious liver disease.
Family physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and physical therapists will learn updates on marijuana and medicine, fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, and common orthopedic issues at the 40th Annual Family Medicine Intensive Review Course slated for May 10 – 12 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
With more than 23 hours of content, including a full day of orthopaedic topics, the conference will feature updates on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 by Amy Mullins, MD, medical director for the American Academy of Family Physicians.
