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UAMS Receives Initial Accreditation for Preventive Medicine Residency Program
War Does Not Make America Healthy, Again
FDA Releases Results from Largest-Ever Testing of Infant Formula in the U.S.
UAMS Invests Jorge Saucedo, MD, MBA, in Nolan Family Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine
Baptist Health Nurses Recognized Among Arkansas’ ‘40 Nurse Leaders Under 40’
UAMS Holds Topping Out Ceremony for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Hospital in Springdale
UAMS, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Forge Agreement to Expand Healthcare Education Pathways
State Medical Society Elects Officers
November 24, 2025
UAMS Receives $1.5M NCI Grant for Gradua...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a $1.5 million, multiyear grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to create a new graduate-level certificate program focused on the commercialization of cancer-related technologies.

The UAMS Cancer and Developing Entrepreneurial Technologies (CADET) program will provide UAMS graduate and postdoctoral students with formal instruction, mentorship, and hands-on experience in translating laboratory discoveries into innovations that benefit cancer patients. 

November 24, 2025
CARTI Completes Expanded El Dorado Cance...

CARTI has completed its $19 million cancer center in El Dorado. Patients, physicians, government officials, and community supporters joined the not-for-profit cancer care provider to recognize its expansion, which brings full-time breast care, advanced imaging, radiation therapy and, in January 2026, urologic services to the region.

November 24, 2025
UAMS Invests Sanjaya Viswamitra, MD, In...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Sanjaya Viswamitra, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Radiology in the College of Medicine, in the Ernest J. Ferris, MD, Chair in Diagnostic Radiology during a Nov. 6 ceremony. 

A recognized leader in cardiac, body, and musculoskeletal imaging, Viswamitra has played a pivotal role in shaping both clinical services and academic programs at UAMS.

November 17, 2025
UAMS Researcher Leads $2.2M Project Addr...

Ann Chou, PhD, MPH, professor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, is leading a $2.2 million community-based study that addresses access to preventive health services for Arkansas’ youth.                                    

November 17, 2025
Arkansas Children’s Hosts Annual Toy, Do...

Arkansas Children’s is hosting Festival of Stars, its largest statewide giving event. This toy and donation drive helps patients and families reach better outcomes through providing toys during the holiday season and throughout the year.

Donors can purchase and donate new and unused toys to benefit patients at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Children’s Northwest, and their clinics throughout the state.

Festival of Stars will be held Dec. 12 from 7 a.m.- 7 p.m. at: