A spacious new center offering comprehensive breast imaging services opened today in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
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Gwendolyn Bryant-Smith, M.D., Brings Multi-Million Dollar Breast Study to UAMS
TMIST (Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial) compares two standard breast cancer screening methods: tomosynthesis (3D) mammograms and digital (2D) mammograms. The study is designed to help researchers determine whether one method is better than the other at finding life-threatening breast cancers.
UAMS Radiology Residents Nationally Recognized
The Department of Radiology continues to be well represented nationally, thanks to the recent accomplishments of several residents. The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) selected Dr. Ronald Mora (PGY3) for the Introduction to Academic Radiology program, and Dr. Surbhi Raichandani (PGY3) for the RSNA Resident Representative (R3) program. Meanwhile, PGY2 residents Dr. George Vilanilam […]
Harleen Kaur, M.D., Joins Faculty
Harleen Kaur, M.D., has joined the Department of Radiology as an assistant professor in the Division of Nuclear Medicine. She received her medical degree from Government Medical College in Amritsar, Punjab, India. She completed her nuclear medicine residency training at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, Michigan. Dr. Kaur served as an assistant professor of radiology in the Division of […]
Janice Brooks, M.D., Joins Faculty
Janice Brooks, M.D., has joined the Department of Radiology as an associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Radiology. Dr. Brooks received her medical degree at UAMS in 1987. She completed her transitional internship and diagnostic radiology residency at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She continued her training with a fellowship in pediatric radiology at Children’s Hospital Medical […]
Martin Radvany, M.D., Honored as Fellow of American College of Radiology
Martin Radvany, M.D. — chief of the Division of Interventional Neuroradiology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) — has been elected a fellow of the American College of Radiology, one of the highest honors the professional organization bestows on its members.
Kevin Wong, D.O., Joins Faculty
Kevin Wong, D.O., has joined the Department of Radiology as an Assistant Professor in the divisions of Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Interventional Radiology. Dr. Wong received his medical degree from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York in 2012. He completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Michigan State University in 2017 and continued […]
Arabinda Choudhary, M.D., M.B.A., Appointed Next Chair of Radiology at UAMS
Arabinda Choudhary, M.D., M.B.A., FACHE, has been named chair of the Department of Radiology in the UAMS College of Medicine. He will join the faculty on August 1, following the retirement of current chair James McDonald, M.D. “Dr. Choudhary brings extensive experience as a clinical, executive and academic leader at top tier hospitals,” UAMS Executive […]
New Spinal Surgery Gets Pulaski County Man Back on His Feet
By Katrina Dupins [youtubeui url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQERjU303OU”] Six months after a fall left him severely injured, Dewey Raper, 65, was not healing as quickly as he thought he would. “I spent so much time in a wheelchair, a walker and on crutches,” Raper said. “Eventually, I got an MRI. Dr. Radvany viewed it and took the case […]
Arkadelphia Man Strikes Out Stroke by Bowling
By Ben Boulden Timothy Raines didn’t have any rehabilitation or physical therapy after experiencing a stroke. Instead, after UAMS treated his stroke, he turned to bowling for his recovery. Raines, 47, was watching TV in the living room of his Arkadelphia home at about 2 p.m. Nov. 24 when his wife, Kendra Raines, thought he […]