Baptist Health has appointed John Goodman as its corporate Vice President of oncology, pharmacy and respiratory Services. In this role, Goodman will steer cancer services for all of Baptist Health and lead development and execution of cancer services in partnership with…
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UAMS Oncologist Named President Elect of American College of Physicians
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffOmar 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…
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UAMS Researcher First in State to Win Prestigious NIH Award
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffBrian Koss, Ph.D., a researcher with the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, is the state’s first recipient of the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award, UAMS officials announced Monday. Part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, the Early…
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UAMS, Mayo Clinic Discover Key to Destroying Cancer Proteins in Cells
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffResearchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and the Mayo Clinic have discovered a way to supercharge molecular cancer treatments to destroy more cancer-causing proteins in cells. The research findings of UAMS’ Hong-yu…
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UAMS, Baptist Health Open New Cancer Center in North Little Rock
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe first UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center is now open on the Baptist Health Medical Center campus in North Little Rock, bringing cancer research, diagnostic and treatment services available at UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to more Arkansans.…
Samer Al Hadidi, M.D., has joined the Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he will treat patients with myeloma and other plasma cell disorders, the institute announced. …
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UAMS Announces Unprecedented Therapy for Myeloma Patients
The Myeloma Center at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced Monday that it is offering a new cutting-edge immunotherapy treatment for myeloma patients. UAMS is the first and only medical…
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State’s First Phase 1 Cancer Clinical Trial Aims to Protect Hearts While Treating Cancer
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences researcher Dr. Hui-Ming Chang has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to study how the drug dexrazoxane could protect the heart without hampering its cancer fighting ability. The grant…
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New UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Will Feature State’s First Proton Therapy Machine
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has broken ground on a Radiation Oncology Center building. Part of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the expanded Radiation Oncology Center will house a Proton Center – the first in…
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UAMS Myeloma Center Receives $1.8 Million from Riney Foundation
by Emily Beirneby Emily BeirneThe Paula and Rodger Riney Foundation gifted $1.8 million to the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Myeloma Center in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to assist in funding multiple myeloma research. “Paula and I are pleased to invest…