Some University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences employees saw red flags long before auditors discovered a deficit at the Myeloma Institute for Research & Therapy that was allowed to grow to $29 million over nine years. read more >
The Medical Center of South Arkansas of El Dorado plans to start construction next month on a $3.5 million cancer center. read more >
Physician-scientist Dr. Donald J. Johann Jr. receives a $1.47 million Food and Drug Administration grant to continue a clinical trial related to how physicians screen for lung cancer. read more >
Dr. T.W. Morris III has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock as a neurosurgeon. Natalie Cannady has been named the director of a new UAMS institutional wellness program. read more >
Joseph Bates III of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Health Care Heroes awards luncheon on April 24. read more >
Dr. Mark Moss has returned to Washington Regional in Fayetteville as an interventional neuroradiologist after completing a neuroendovascular fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. read more >
Dr. Brian Nichol of North Little Rock already has seen how marijuana has helped his patients deal with stress and pain. read more >
Arkansas needs nurses, but as a severe shortage persists nationwide, there’s no simple call button to push. read more >
Angela Wimmer has been appointed vice chancellor for institutional advancement at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
The Arkansas Senate has approved legislation that raises the minimum age to buy tobacco to 21 and increases some cigarette taxes for a cancer center. read more >
Robert “Lee” Archer was honored by the Pulaski County Medical Society with the President’s Award for a Lifetime of Outstanding Contributions to Medicine during the society’s annual meeting at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. read more >
Navaux Inc., an early stage life sciences company in Little Rock, has merged with Stage I Diagnostics Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' information technology department is being restructured after its vice chancellor announced her retirement on Tuesday and two other administrators resigned. read more >
Dr. Gareth Morgan, former director of the Myeloma Institute for Research & Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, said $29 million in operating losses detected by a recent audit were “accounting errors” outside his control. read more >
A bill filed at the Arkansas Legislature is an effort to clarify and regulate services partnerships between state supported medical entities and private health systems. But it doesn’t appear likely to settle the disagreement between the central Arkansas health care providers that started it all. read more >
When the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announced in April 2014 that Dr. Gareth Morgan would lead the Myeloma Institute for Research & Therapy, it was cause for a celebration. The cheers didn’t last long. read more >
Dr. Gerry Jones has been appointed vice president for medical affairs for central Arkansas at CHI St. Vincent in Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas can become a leader in the knowledge-based economy if its state government, industries and educators work together to develop a workforce attractive to innovators. read more >
Dr. Doug Ross has been appointed as the new president of CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs while keeping his duties as chief medical officer of the health system. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on Tuesday named Amanda George vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer. read more >
