G. Richard Smith, MD, has been named chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and director of UAMS’ Psychiatric Research Institute.
November 12, 2018
November 12, 2018
Healthy Active Arkansas (HAA) and the Junior League of Little Rock (JLLR) have partnered again this year to offer a breastfeeding nook for breastfeeding moms as part of the 2018 Holiday House. The nook is a comfortable, private space for mothers who need to breastfeed their children or pump while visiting the event. This is the second year that a designated breastfeeding space has been offered as part of Holiday House.
Peer counselors from the Arkansas Department of Health will be at the breastfeeding nook and available to answer questions about breastfeeding.
November 12, 2018
Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have received a $604,208 grant to study how an abnormal protein found in ovarian cancer and some brain tumors helps tumors grow.
November 12, 2018
Medical Center of South Arkansas (MCSA) announced that it is joining the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) Nursery Alliance in a move that will directly coordinate care between neonatologists at ACH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and physicians at MCSA in El Dorado. The collaboration elevates neonatal care for the region’s newborns and addresses one of the state’s most vexing health problems—infant mortality. For every 1,000 babies born in the state, eight die before their first birthdays.
November 5, 2018
Lawrence Greiten, MD, MSc, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine as a cardiothoracic surgeon and will practice at the Heart Center at Arkansas Children’s.
He will serve alongside Brian Reemtsen, MD, who took the helm as director of the Arkansas Children’s Heart Center last year.
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