Arkansas Heart Hospital (AHH) recently partnered with the Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) to offer comprehensive heart attack risk assessments for teachers and administrative staff members. AHH will offer assessments tailored to the specific needs of PCSSD’s teachers and…
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McFadden to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Annual Recovery Gala
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFormer Razorback and Dallas Cowboy Darren McFadden will be the keynote speaker for the Wolfe Street Foundation’s 25th Annual Red Carpet Recovery Gala. On Thursday, April 25, at The Venue at Westwind in North Little Rock, the gala will raise…
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Op-Ed: Lowering Drug Prices is the Key to Global Competitiveness
*Disclaimer: The views expressed in this opinion piece do not necessarily reflect the views of AY Media Group. We often hear about the fierce economic and geopolitical competition between the United States and China – and for good reason. America’s…
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10th Annual Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium Approaches
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFrom Feb. 26 – 27, the Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium (AR-BIC) will meet at the Wyndham Riverfront in North Little Rock. The two-day event, which was first launched to foster collaboration among the state’s bioinformatics community, has grown in both scope…
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ARCOM Student Chosen for Prestigious NASA Internship
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffYevgeniy Zhivotovskiy, a fourth-year medical student at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM), has been chosen to intern with NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. The internship, scheduled to commence in April 2024…
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Arkansas Employers, Chambers Join Forces to Tackle Childcare Crisis
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFor the first time on Friday, Jan. 26, a statewide business coalition gathered in Rogers to discuss tackling the childcare crisis in Arkansas. Since 2020, Excel by Eight (E8) has mobilized Arkansas businesses to identify workable solutions that address the…
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CHI St. Vincent North Welcomes Bonney as President
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCHI St. Vincent recently hired Megan Bonney as president of CHI St. Vincent North, which went into effect on Jan. 7. Bonney has served as the CHI St. Vincent director of orthopedics and cardiovascular services since 2022. In her new…
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CHI St. Vincent North Recognized for Stroke Care Performance
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCHI St. Vincent North, home of the CHI St. Vincent Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, has been awarded the prestigious Stroke Care Performance Diamond Award by the Arkansas Department of Health. The award honors CHI St. Vincent for excellence in stroke patient care in the category…
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Arkansas Surgical Hospital Ranks in Top 5% of Nation
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas Surgical Hospital (ASH) recently announced that it has been named a 2023 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award winner for the fifth year in a row by Press Ganey. This award is part of Press Ganey’s annual ranking…
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Baptist Health Reveals Leadership Changes in Little Rock Hospital
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffTwo existing members of leadership at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock have received promotions. Mackenzie Clyburn has been promoted to vice president of hospital operations at BHMC-Little Rock. Dr. David Shenker is now the hospital’s chief medical officer. Clyburn, a…