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Accolades

Accolades is a weekly roundup of some of the honors and accomplishments of College of Medicine faculty, staff, residents and fellows by Dean and Executive Vice Chancellor Steven A. Webber, MBChB, MRCP

Accolades

Accolades – January 15, 2025

Above: Dr. Debopam Samanta, Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at Arkansas Children’s, is the lead and primary author of the first clinical guidelines for neuromodulation therapies to treat one of the most severe forms of epilepsy.

Accolades – January 8, 2025

Above: UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Research Institute clinician scientists Dr. Amy Scurlock and Dr. Stacie Jones (in photo on left) and Dr. Taufiek Konrad Rajab (on the right) were integral in two of the seven “breakthroughs that changed medicine in 2024” highlighted by National Geographic in December.

Accolades – December 18, 2024

Above: Dr. Kapil Arya, Associate Professor in the UAMS Department of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Neurology, has been selected to receive the 2025 Viste Patiant Advocate of the Year Award from the American Academy of Neurology.

Accolades – December 11, 2024

Above: Dr. Steve Schexnayder, Professor and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, was part of a team receiving a special honor at the American Heart Association’s recent Resuscitation Science Symposium in Chicago.

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