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 […]
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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 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 over.” Martin […]
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 […]
Physician Treats Rare Cerebrovascular Disease, Restores Patient’s Vision
By Katrina Dupins The first thing Valerie Hutchens noticed when she woke up in the recovery room after surgery was how much clearer the voices around her sounded. “I can hear you!” she said to her surgeon, Martin Radvany, M.D., UAMS interventional neuroradiologist. Among the myriad of symptoms Hutchens experienced with idiopathic intracranial hypertension was a […]
New Faculty – January 2019
Kelli Schmitz, M.D., has joined the Department of Radiology as an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Radiology. She received her medical degree from UAMS in 2000. Dr. Schmitz completed her residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Florida Health Science Center/Shands Jacksonville in 2005. She continued her training, completing a fellowship in […]
UAMS Physician Saves Teen from Effects of Rare Stroke
Sept. 21, 2018 | Early on May 27, UAMS neuroradiologist Martin Radvany, M.D., was working to make sure that a joke about stroke from teenager Dra Bishop was not the last joke Dra made. Bishop’s stroke was not a laughing matter. Dra, 16, a Bentonville High School and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball player, was […]
Radiology Staff Turns Department’s Newest Residents into “Captive” Audience
Sept. 12, 2108 | Those who pursue a medical degree know the endeavor isn’t all fun and games but at times, learning and levity can intersect. Just ask the new UAMS radiology residents who recently found themselves locked in a room, working together to escape the clutches of a fictional crazy physician with hazardous nuclear […]