It’s hard to imagine an industry that has been as singularly transformed by the events of the past two and a half years than medicine. From debates over efficacies and safety of fast-tracked vaccines, to the physical and mental toll …
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UAMS Names Turnage as Vice Chancellor of Regional Campuses
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe 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 …
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Stanford University Professor to Lead UAMS Department of Psychiatry
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe 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 …
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UAMS Celebrates Completion of LR Campus $50M Electrical Power Plant
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated the completion of a new $50 million electrical power plant on the east side of its Little Rock campus Thursday morning. The plant is a key component of a $150 million …
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Washington Regional, UAMS Open Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic in NWA
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffWashington Regional, in partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has opened the Washington Regional Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic. The clinic, located inside the Women and Infants Center on the Washington Regional campus in Fayetteville, brings the …
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UAMS to Offer Booster COVID Vaccines Beginning Monday Sep. 27
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will begin offering third doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to qualifying individuals on Monday, Sept. 27, at the Vaccine Clinic at 401 S. Monroe St. in Little Rock. This clinic also …
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UAMS Receives $4.75M Grant for Physician Training, Rural Health Care
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received an additional $4.75 million in federal grant money to continue efforts to improve health care in rural Arkansas through training and retaining primary care physicians. The supplemental award from the …
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UAMS Board of Advisors Announces New Members
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named nine new members to its Board of Advisors. The Board of Advisors is comprised of business and community leaders and philanthropists who serve as ambassadors and raise public awareness of …
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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. …
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ID’ing the Infected: UAMS Launches Effort to Determine Prevalence of People with COVID-19 Antibodies in Arkansas
One of the most confounding elements of the COVID-19 pandemic is the large number of people who can be infected with the virus but not have symptoms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that the number …
