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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
July 24, 2017
UAMS Program to Improve Doctor-Patient C...

Health care providers in five Arkansas counties are invited to participate in a program offered free of charge by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The program is designed to improve doctor-patient communication.

The How to Talk to Your Doctor program will be provided to clinics and hospitals in Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, White, and Van Buren counties, thanks to a more than $60,000 donation from BHP, an Australia-based international producer of iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, and uranium, as well as oil, gas, and energy coal.

July 24, 2017
Conway Regional Health System Named Amon...

Conway Regional Health System has been named among 36 companies as one of the Best Places to Work in Arkansas. The fifth annual recognition program was created by Arkansas Business and Best Companies Group as a way of identifying, recognizing, and honoring the best employers in Arkansas, as well as how they benefit the state’s economy, workforce, and businesses.

July 24, 2017
CARTI Offering Workshop Designed for Can...

Teaching cancer caregivers the importance of taking care of themselves, as well as their loved ones, is the focus of a new, free workshop being offered on July 27 at the CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock.

“Who Cares? You Care: Taking Care of the Cancer Caregiver” is a free, open educational workshop addressing the unique gifts, challenges, and fears associated with cancer diagnosis and treatment.

When faced with the cancer diagnosis of a loved one, those closest to the patient will also embark upon his or her own unique cancer experience.

July 24, 2017
Grant Aims to Improve Services for Devel...

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor has secured $710,000 in grant funding for the continuation of an interdisciplinary training program for health professionals, with the aim of improving services for children with developmental disabilities.

UAMS has directed the Arkansas Regional Leadership Education in Neuro-Developmental Disabilities (LEND) Project since 1994. The project has been funded by grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration.

July 24, 2017
Kasey Nix, MD, is New Conway Regional Ho...

Kasey Nix, MD, has joined Conway Regional Health System as a hospitalist. A Family Medicine specialist, Dr. Nix began practice on July 17.

Dr. Nix completed a residency and medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from UCA, which is part of what led him back to Conway.