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UAMS Says Proton Center Continues Operating Amid Payment Dispute
Michael Huber, MD, FACC, Joins Baptist Health Heart Institute/Arkansas Cardiology
Constance Chapman, MD, MPH, Joins UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Gary Clark, PD, Boosts Family Scholarship in UAMS College of Pharmacy
Arkansas Children’s, Lyon College School of Dental Medicine to Partner 
UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Receives $200,000
UAMS Receives Initial Accreditation for Preventive Medicine Residency Program
War Does Not Make America Healthy, Again
October 30, 2017
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton is Designated...

CHI St. Vincent Morrilton has once again been designated as a “Pathway to Excellence” hospital, maintaining its distinction as the first and only hospital in Arkansas to receive the “Pathway to Excellence” recognition for its exceptional nursing care.

The prestigious designation awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognizes a heathcare organization for quality nursing standards and patient care. As a “Pathway to Excellence” hospital, CHI St. Vincent Morrilton has demonstrated its commitment to a positive nursing environment.

October 30, 2017
Six Scientists Join Arkansas Children...

Six early-career scientists have joined the Arkansas Children's Research Institute's (ACRI) Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention, as the program announces its first wave of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded projects to help make children better today, and healthier tomorrow.

These investigators are part of a nationally regarded research program making strides in addressing obesity across the nation.

October 30, 2017
UAMS Scientist Daohong Zhou, MD, Receive...

A scientist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has reached a status few achieve by being awarded his third concurrent R01-type Research Project Grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Daohong Zhou, MD, received the $1.8 million grant to support his research on a therapy to prevent, and possibly reverse, a lung disease found in patients who undergo radiation therapy for cancer. Zhou is associate director for basic research in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

October 30, 2017
Interventional Cardiologist Deepali Tuka...

Deepali Tukaye, MD, PhD, a board-certified interventional cardiologist, has joined Drs. Don Steely and Lensey Scott in practice at the Conway Regional Cardiovascular Clinic.

October 30, 2017
Lyle Burdine, MD, Joins UAMS as Kidney,...

Lyle J. Burdine, MD, PhD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a kidney, liver, and pancreas transplant surgeon.

Burdine also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. Burdine will perform kidney and liver transplants, as well as combined kidney-pancreas transplants. UAMS is the only center in Arkansas that offers adult liver or kidney transplantation.