Congratulations and profound thanks are in order for Dr. Ron Robertson, Professor and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, and the entire UAMS Trauma Team. The team recently received Total Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) data that places UAMS in the top 10-20% of all Level 1 trauma centers in […]
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Morrilton Mom Donates Kidney to Toddler Son
By Katrina Dupins Nov. 28, 2018 | The pain following surgery ended up being greater than she anticipated, but Jessica Stacy says she would change it for nothing. The Morrilton mother smiles as she watches her 2-year-old son play happily with his toys, 10 days after she’d given him one of her kidneys. Stacy was 16 […]
After 57-Year Respite, Little Rock Woman Beats Breast Cancer a Second Time
By Susan Van Dusen Oct. 15, 2018| The year was 1961, and football season was in full swing. With her tickets in hand, University of Arkansas alumna Joyce Faulkner headed to Fayetteville to watch her beloved Razorbacks take the field. But first, she had one stop to make. A resident of Pine Bluff, Faulkner had […]
Lawrence E. Greiten, M.D., M.Sc., Joins the Department of Surgery
Lawrence E. Greiten, M.D., M.Sc., has joined the Department of Surgery as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Greiten received his medical degree in 2008 from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. He completed his general surgery, cardiovascular surgery and general thoracic surgery residencies at the Mayo […]
Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D., Joins UAMS as Kidney, Liver, Pancreas Transplant Surgeon
LITTLE ROCK — Emmanouil Giorgakis, M.D., M.Sc., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a liver, kidney and pancreas transplant surgeon. Giorgakis also serves as an assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery. Giorgakis will perform liver, kidney and pancreas transplants, as well as hepatobiliary and pancreatic […]
Pitch Perfect: Entrepreneurship Training ‘fastPace’ Quickly Hits Stride
A new entrepreneurship course for UAMS researchers arrived at just the right time for Marie Burdine, Ph.D., and her lab in the Division of Surgical Research. The lab is pursuing two patents through BioVentures LLC at UAMS, and there may be more on the way. Burdine learned about the TRI-supported training – fastPace – in […]
BioVentures fastPace Course Helps Researchers Grasp Business Basics
Even a classroom full of experienced researchers with Ph.D. and medical degrees still found useful things to learn about business during the fastPace course organized by BioVentures. “We enrolled in the class because we thought we had a good idea, but we didn’t really know how to take it to the next step,” said Marie […]
John Pagteilan, M.D., Elected Resident of the Year
The 2018 graduating class of the UAMS College of Medicine has elected John Pagteilan, M.D., a second-year resident in the Department of Surgery, as Resident of the Year. The students vote for this designation out of all the residents from each College of Medicine department. The presentation of the award will be made during the college’s Honors […]
Arkansas Children’s Hospital and UAMS College of Medicine Host Investiture Ceremony for Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine celebrated the investiture of Brian Reemtsen, M.D., professor in the Department of Surgery and Director of the Heart Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, as the recipient and steward of the Arkansas Log A Load For Kids Endowed Chair in Pediatric […]
Life-Saving Skills Taught at Stop the Bleed Event
Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma. It only takes four to seven minutes to bleed to death from a serious injury — a short timeframe that often doesn’t give first responders enough time to get to the scene, much less get the injured person to a hospital. Q: So […]