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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Ron Robertson Awarded Arkansas Business Physician of the Year
Ron Robertson, M.D., has received the Arkansas Business Physician of the Year award. Read more at the Arkansas Business website.
Dr. Kent Westbrook Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Kent C. Westbrook, M.D., Distinguished Professor in the Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine at UAMS, has received the Arkansas Business Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award. Get more information in the article on the Arkansas Business website.
Investiture of Brian Reemtsen, M.D.
You are cordially invited to attend the formal investiture of Brian Reemtsen, M.D. as the recipient and steward of the Log a Load for Kids of Arkansas Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery a program of Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine. Wednesday, April 4, 2018 4:00 […]
Invasive Colon Cancer Caught Following Primary Care Visit
In the summer of 2016, Stuttgart native Blake Pond, 36, moved back to his home state after living in Dallas for 16 years. He, his wife, Ann, with their infant daughter, Caroline, wanted to be closer to family. So Pond accepted a position as chief of staff at the UAMS Myeloma Institute. On Oct. 5, […]