January 21, 2018

Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will focus on "The Science of Social Media" on Jan. 23. Panelists will discuss the positives and negatives of social media as a widely used global communications and employment recruiting tool.

The public forum will be from 7-9 p.m. at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road.

January 21, 2018

Anesthesiologists Jevin Smith, MD, Brad Lindsey, MD, and Jonathan Lee, MD, have partnered with Conway Regional Health System to form the Conway Regional Advanced Pain Management Center.

January 21, 2018

CHI St. Vincent announced that Dr. Doug Ross has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer.

Dr. Ross, of Hot Springs, previously was vice president of medical affairs for CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs. In his new position, he will oversee medical services throughout the CHI St. Vincent system.

January 15, 2018

Four computer classes — Computer Basics, Introduction to Genealogy, Intermediate Computers and Intermediate Computers for the Mac — and one computer workshop — One-on-One Computer Support — will be taught in February for adults at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.

The courses will be presented by the Little Rock Digital Learning Center, a nonprofit volunteer group. Courses begin Feb. 1. The schedule is:

·One-on-One Computer Support, Feb. 1-28; Call for appointment.

January 15, 2018

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Couples Center is hosting a four-week relationship enrichment series, designed to help couples make their bond stronger, happier, and healthier. The series will be held Feb. 13, 20, and 27 and March 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the UAMS Lobby Gallery. The cost is $250 per couple.

The sessions will be led by Chelsea Wakefield, PhD, LCSW, director of the Couples Center and nationally recognized psychotherapist and author, who is extensively trained in helping with problems related to relationships.