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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
August 7, 2017
UAMS Named Among ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals...

UAMS Medical Center recently won the Most Wired Award, for the third year in a row, from the American Hospital Association’s Health Forum Inc.

The hospital, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has won the distinction 10 times. UAMS is one of only four hospitals in Arkansas to earn the honor for 2017. They include Unity Health in Searcy, White River Medical Center in Batesville—which was recognized with an award for Most Improved—and Stone County Medical Center in Mountain View, receiving an award for Most Wired – Small and Rural.

August 7, 2017
Foundation for Physical Therapy Recogniz...

Students in the University of Central  Arkansas Department of Physical Therapy received the Award of Excellence, and the Biggest Stretch Award for the 2016-2017 VCU-Marquette Challenge from the Foundation for Physical Therapy.

The Award of Excellence is given to schools that raise $10,000, or more, for the Challenge.

August 7, 2017
Arkansas Food Inspection Portal Now Live...

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) hosted a media briefing and training to support the launch of the Arkansas Food Inspection Portal. This portal contains electronic copies of retail food inspection reports. To access the portal, visit the food protection page on the ADH website at www.healthy.arkansas.gov.  

August 7, 2017
UAMS Researchers Receive National Scienc...

A team of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientists recently received a $422,610 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the mechanisms of control of emotional responses of men and women, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

August 7, 2017
Conway Regional, Surgeon Forming Center...

Tom Roberts, MD, has joined Conway Regional Health System as medical director of a new sports medicine program, as part of the formation of the Conway Regional Center for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. In his role, and in partnership with other physicians on staff at Conway Regional, Dr. Roberts will help to oversee six full-time athletic trainers across Faulkner County.