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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
CARTI Cuts Ribbon on Heber Springs Cancer Center
Arkansas Children’s Names Alison Ziari, MD, as Senior VP of Practice Plan, President of ACPSO
Second Annual Baptist Health Stroke Walk is May 29 in Little Rock
October 2, 2017
Stavros Manolagas, MD, PhD, Receives Top...

Stavros Manolagas, MD, PhD, who holds several roles at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, received the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research’s oldest and most prestigious honor – the William F. Neuman Award – at the ASBMR’s annual meeting, held Sept. 8-11 in Denver.

The Neuman Award honors an ASBMR member for outstanding and major scientific contributions in the area of bone and mineral research, and for contributions to associates and trainees in training, research, and administration.

September 25, 2017
Google Restricts Advertising for the Dru...

Google has set restrictions on paid advertising through their Adwords platform for advertisements related to many drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. Details have still not been officially released by Google; however, certain keywords and keyword combinations are now restricted from triggering ads on Search and YouTube Search.

September 25, 2017
Free Skin Cancer Screening Offered at UA...

People concerned about spots on their skin are invited to participate in a free skin cancer screening from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Oct. 14 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The screenings will take place on the second floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

Patients will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis, and are encouraged to arrive no later than 1 p.m. Free parking is available in UAMS Parking 3 at Cedar Street and Capitol Avenue. For information, call (501) 686-5960.

September 25, 2017
UA System President Bobbitt Names Gina T...

University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt has named longtime senior audit director Gina Terry as chief financial officer for the UA System.

Terry, the former senior regional audit director who joined the UA System in 2001, took over the role Sept. 1. Jacob Flournoy, chief audit executive, had served as the interim chief financial officer.

September 25, 2017
Physicians Can Earn Continuing Education...

Primary care physicians can earn 21.75 hours of continuing education at the 21st annual Family Medicine Update with Tobacco and Disease Preconference from Oct. 26-28 at the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Topics include mental health, tobacco use, sexually transmitted diseases, new insulin therapies, personalized treatment, immunotherapy, dirty wounds, and dog bites. The conference is sponsored by the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Continuing Medical Education Division.