UAMS College of Medicine

Lindsey Sward, M.D., associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, has been appointed to the newly created position of Assistant Dean for Clinical Education. In this role, she will continue…

Baptist Health – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Education Program celebrated its first class of residents to graduate on Friday, June 17.    Troy Wells, President and CEO of Baptist Health, and Cam Patterson, M.D., chancellor of the…

Omar Atiq, M.D., a medical oncologist specializing in head and neck cancers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS in Little Rock, is now president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in…

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has officially designated The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) of Little Rock a, “Center for Comprehensive MS Care.” The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a nonprofit organization that was founded in New York…

Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have discovered how a key switch in the body’s immune response is turned on and off, which experts say could open the door to new treatments for those with life-threatening, uncontrolled…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has named Richard Turnage, M.D., as vice chancellor for Regional Campuses, effective immediately. He succeeds Amy Wenger, MHSA, who became vice chancellor of the Northwest Regional Campus on Dec. 1. “Richard is a…

Arkansas Children’s Research Institute (ACRI) will be a key partner in a 14-state consortium focused on pediatric COVID-19 long haul cases, part of a massive nationwide research effort funded by the National Institutes of Health. The work at ACRI will…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has selected Laura B. Dunn, M.D., as the next chair of the Department of Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine, and director of the Psychiatric Research Institute. Dunn is currently a…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its affiliate research institutions saw research funding grow by 12.2 percent this past year, with $177.4 million in grants by the end of the fiscal year on June 30. It is…

Doctors at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently activated the first lung biopsy robot in Arkansas. The robot allows doctors to discover and biopsy previously undetectable cancerous nodules in the far reaches of the lungs. “This enables…