The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) ranks among the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for cranial neurosurgery, according to a new analysis by Healthgrades, a leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems.
Epilepsy Experts Share Updates on Condition during UAMS Symposium
Six multidisciplinary experts on epilepsy shared the latest updates on the neurological condition that affects over 65 million people worldwide, including 3.4 million in the United States, in a virtual epilepsy symposium hosted Nov. 6 by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
UAMS Pioneers Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
A new minimally invasive surgical technique at UAMS is streamlining spine surgery, allowing more precise work and speeding up patients’ recovery time. Called Lateral-in-Prone or ‘LIP,’ the new technique allows surgeons to operate on patients through their back as they lie face-down, or prone, as spine surgery has traditionally been performed, while simultaneously accessing the […]
UAMS Performs First GammaTile Brain Surgery in Arkansas
Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Removal Gives Morrilton Grandmother ‘a Second Chance’
UAMS Neurosurgeon Erika Petersen Granted Patent for Device To Treat Head, Neck and Facial Pain
Epilepsy Symposium 2020 – Send us a question
Dr. Analiz Rodriguez shares her CNS Leadership Experience
Erika Petersen, M.D., First Female Neurosurgeon Named Professor in Arkansas
Heather Pinckard-Dover, M.D., is First Female to Graduate UAMS Neurosurgery Residency
By Amy Widner It doesn’t take long for many young girls to be exposed to messages about what girls “can” and “cannot” do. Thankfully, Heather Pinckard-Dover never got the memo. She is the first female neurosurgeon to complete a residency at UAMS, Arkansas’ only academic health sciences center. “From the time I was little, my […]