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Department News
Dr. Westbrook Receives Visionary Award
The UAMS Foundation Fund Board recognized four honorees Feb. 1 at UAMS’ annual All Boards Luncheon with lifetime achievement awards in gratitude for their decades of service and philanthropy to UAMS. Kent Westbrook, M.D., distinguished professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery, was named by the Foundation Fund Board as […]
UAMS Trauma System Saves Lives and Taxpayers’ Money
Arkansas Medical News featured the UAMS Trauma System and Ronald Robertson, M.D., professor and chief of the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery in the Department of Surgery. Read the article for more information.
Breast Surgeon Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., Named to Kohn Chair in Breast Surgical Oncology
https://uamshealth.com/news/2017/11/30/uams-breast-surgeon-ronda-henry-tillman-m-d-named-to-kohn-chair-in-breast-surgical-oncology/
Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., Named Chief of Breast Oncology at UAMS
https://uamshealth.com/news/2017/10/24/ronda-henry-tillman-m-d-named-chief-of-breast-oncology-at-uams/
Doctor Credits His Life to the Trauma System He Helped Create
He still has a long road to recovery, but Professor of Surgery Todd Maxson, M.D., said he likely wouldn’t be alive or in as good of shape is he’s in now if it weren’t for the state’s trauma system he helped establish. Read the full story on KATV’s website: http://katv.com/news/local/doctor-credits-his-life-to-trauma-system-he-helped-create
UAMS Scientists Believe Enzyme Could Help Avoid Transplant Rejection
https://uamshealth.com/news/2017/09/06/uams-scientists-believe-enzyme-could-help-avoid-transplant-rejection/
A New Champion for Children
Brian Reemtsen, M.D., to Lead Heart Institute at Arkansas Children’s and UAMS July 24, 2017 | There’s a new Champion for Children in Arkansas. Nationally renowned pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Brian Reemtsen, M.D., of Mattel Children’s Hospital and the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, has been named director of the Heart Institute at Arkansas Children’s […]
Arkansas’ only ACS-Verified Trauma Center
https://uamshealth.com/news/2017/04/20/uams-only-medical-center-in-arkansas-recognized-by-american-college-of-surgeons-as-adult-level-1-trauma-center/
UAMS surgeon leads Business of Medicine course for students
https://uamshealth.com/news/2017/02/10/business-of-medicine-course-preps-med-students-for-real-world/