The Arkansas SAVES telemedicine stroke program, led by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named one of three national finalists for the 2019 Hearst Health Prize for Excellence in Population Health.
Founded in 2008 by UAMS’ Curtis Lowery, MD, the Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support (AR SAVES) program links patients in rural emergency rooms to remote neurologists through interactive video to diagnose and treat stroke.
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University has hired Kristin Cohen, PhD, as assistant dean of student administration and Rajendram Rajnarayanan, PhD, as assistant dean of research. The announcement was made by Dean Shane Speights, DO.
People with chronic painful diabetic neuropathy are being enrolled in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research study of a spinal cord stimulation device designed to reduce the pain.
Led at UAMS by Erika Petersen, MD, a neurosurgeon and researcher, the study is part of a clinical trial being conducted at sites across the United States.
The Association of Social Work Boards recently elected Harold Dean, LCSW, OSW-C, clinical social work program manager for the Myeloma Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), as president-elect of the association’s board of directors.
General surgeon Dr. Bertrand Fonji has joined Baptist Health Surgical and Specialty Clinic-Conway on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway.
Fonji, who has spent eight years in medicine, studied at SUNY Downstate Medical School in New York and completed a residency at Orlando Health in Florida. He is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
Prior to joining Baptist Health, Fonji practiced at three hospitals in the Orlando area, including Orlando Health, and additionally practiced at Baptist Health in Corbin, Ky.
