Dr. Phillip Porcelli, Section Chief of Neurosurgery at VA in Little Rock, has been selected by the United States Army Selection Committee as their reserve neurosurgeon for the Army Medical Department Professional Management Command. His commissioning ceremony took place on August 25, 2022 receiving the rank of Major. This opportunity will allow Dr. Porcelli to […]
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UAMS Starts Digital Health Program to Help Spine Patients Statewide
By Ben Boulden June 26, 2019 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has begun a digital health spine clinic to allow patients across Arkansas with spinal disorders, spinal cord tumors, and patients who have recently undergone surgery to go to the location closest to home without having to travel to Little Rock […]
Neurostimulator Significantly Reduces Seizures for Missouri Man
By Katrina Dupins March 18, 2019 | Matthew Pinegar was 3 months old when he had his first seizure. He was put on medication to keep them at bay, then taken off the medicine in junior high. “It wasn’t until I was 21 when I had my first grand mal,” Pinegar said. “After that happened […]
Patient Uses FaceTime to Call Family During Brain Surgery
By Katrina Dupins Feb. 15, 2019 | Before his seizure on May 31, 2018, Chris Stephenson, of Horatio, Ark., had no idea he had a tumor the size of an orange in his brain. He was logging about 4,000 miles a week in his big rig and happened to be driving when the seizure happened. […]
Fort Smith Woman has Fewer Seizures Thanks to Surgical Implant
By Katrina Dupins Tori Hatcher used to wake up many mornings in intense pain due to epileptic seizures. They often happened as she slept. “Sometimes my tongue or lip would be bleeding when I woke up,” Hatcher said. “It’s exhausting. Your whole body tenses up in a seizure. By the time it’s over, you’re so […]
Diabetic Pain Study at UAMS to Test Spinal Cord Stimulation Device
By David Robinson People with chronic painful diabetic neuropathy are being enrolled in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research study of a spinal cord stimulation device designed to reduce the pain. Led at UAMS by Erika Petersen, M.D., a neurosurgeon and researcher, the study is part of a clinical trial being conducted […]
Here’s to Dr. Pait
Dr. T. Glenn Pait, Professor of Neurosurgery, is the voice of UAMS’s “Here’s to Your Health” broadcast on KUAR, the National Public Radio affiliate at UA Little Rock. This is a popular weekly radio show that delivers patient education, general medical information and translational research. As a measure of appreciation, a listener of Dr. Pait’s […]
11th Annual Parkinson’s Symposium
Sunday, April 12, 20261 – 3 p.m.Jack T. Stephens Building – 12th FloorFree to public April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. Each year, 50 to 60 thousand new cases are diagnosed in the United States. Researchers are working toward finding a cure and making progress on the best treatment options. April 12, 2026, UAMS will […]
UAMS Cancer Researchers Receive NIH Grant to Develop New Cancer Therapies
By Linda Haymes UAMS College of Medicine researchers have received a $604,208 grant to study how an abnormal protein found in ovarian cancer and some brain tumors helps tumors grow. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the three-year grant to Karen Abbott, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry […]
Dr. Erika Petersen live on KLRT
Dr. Erika Petersen was live on KLRT to talk about a new study that can help reduce pain from leg amputation. The types of pain the study focuses on are chronic pain that makes it hard to wear a prosthesis and phantom pain, which occurs when a missing part of their body hurts even though it […]
Erika Petersen M.D. – The Face of Neurosurgery in Arkansas
Dr. Erika Petersen was featured in the AY Magazine as the Face of Neurosurgery in the State of Arkansas. “Erika Petersen, M.D., became the first female neurosurgery faculty member at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2010. Petersen was recruited to the school to build and direct a program in functional neurosurgery and […]
Neurosurgeons Dagoberto Estevez-Ordonez, M.D., Ph.D., and Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, M.D., Join UAMS
By Linda Satter
UAMS Neurosurgeons Trade Scalpels for Bats at National Softball Tournament
By Linda Satter Residents and faculty in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently competed as one of 56 neurosurgery softball teams in a tournament in New York City’s Central Park. The 21st Annual Neurosurgery Charity Softball Tournament, a fundraising event for brain tumor research, is a one-day, elimination-style […]
UAMS Mourns Death of Famed Neurosurgeon M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) was saddened to learn of the June 11 death of M. Gazi Yaşargil, M.D., an internationally renowned pioneer in neurosurgery who is often referred to as the “Father of Modern Microneurosurgery.”
UAMS Honors Famed Neurosurgeon, Nurse at Symposium
A recent symposium honoring the legacy of M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., an internationally renowned neurosurgeon who is often referred to as the “father of modern microneurosurgery” and who spent nearly 20 years at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his wife, Dianne Yasargil, a former UAMS nurse, drew an enthusiastic crowd to UAMS and the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.
UAMS Names Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., as Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine named Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., MBA, as chair of the Department of Neurosurgery, effective March 1.
UAMS Hosts Nation’s First Pediatric Green Lab for Neurosurgery Residents
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Neurosurgery recently held its first “pediatric green lab” for neurosurgery residents — part of its ongoing efforts to provide training that is more sustainable, affordable and environmentally conscious.
Renowned Neurosurgeon Praises UAMS Emeritus Professor M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., at Lecture
The UAMS Fred Smith Auditorium became a classroom for neurosurgeons, neurosurgeons-in-training and others Feb. 23, when Jacques J. Morcos, M.D., presented a lecture on cerebrovascular and skull base surgery as part of the M. Gazi and Dianne C.H. Yasargil Lectureship, “Advances in Neuroscience.”
Neurosurgeon Hector Enrique Soriano-Baron, M.D., Joins UAMS as Co-Director of Spine Services
Hector Enrique Soriano-Baron, M.D., a triple fellowship-trained neurosurgeon, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as co-director of UAMS spine services.
Vascular Neurosurgeon Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., Joins UAMS Department of Neurosurgery
Deanna Sasaki-Adams, M.D., a vascular and skull base neurosurgeon experienced in the specialized treatment of aneurysm clipping has joined UAMS.
UAMS Performs 1,000th Gamma Tile Brain Surgery in U.S.
UAMS neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and radiation oncologist Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., successfully performed the 1,000th Gamma Tile brain surgery in the United States last month.