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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

January 09, 2024

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is a public health sciences university in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is part of the University of Arkansas System and consists of six colleges, seven institutes, several research centers, a statewide network of community education centers, and the UAMS Medical Center.[4]

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
TypePublic medical school
Established1879
Parent institution
University of Arkansas System
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
ChancellorCam Patterson, M.D., MBA
ProvostStephanie Gardner, Pharm. D., Ed. D.
Administrative staff
 11,098 [2]
Students3021[3]
Location
Little Rock, Arkansas
,
U.S.

34°44′58″N 92°19′12″W / 34.74944°N 92.32000°W / 34.74944; -92.32000
CampusUrban
Websiteuams.edu

History edit

In 1879, eight physicians, led by P.O. Hooper of Little Rock, each invested $625 to secure a charter for a medical school from Arkansas Industrial University (which later became the University of Arkansas).[5] They purchased the Sperindio Restaurant and Hotel building on West Second Street in Little Rock for $5,000 to house the school, which opened on Oct. 7, 1879 with 22 students. In 1880, Dr. Tom Pinson was the first graduate of the medical school. In 1935, the medical school was moved to a new building next to the City Hospital in Little Rock.[6] The six-story, $450,000 structure gave the School of Medicine a boost in clinical instruction of medical students. The hospital's physicians were members of the school's teaching faculty. The medical school building now houses the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's William H. Bowen School of Law; the hospital building was torn down and became the law school's parking lot.

In 1950, a 26-acre (110,000 m2) tract of land on West Markham Street was formally deeded to the university by the Arkansas State Hospital, a state-owned psychiatric hospital.

In 1951, the School of Pharmacy was established making it a medical sciences campus, followed in 1953 by the School of Nursing. In 1956, the university, then known as University of Arkansas Medical Center (UAMC), moved to the West Markham campus where it is currently. The university also assumed control of City Hospital, which moved with it; it became known as University Hospital, and more recently UAMS Medical Center. In 1970, the School of Health Related Professions was approved by the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees.

In 1975, the names of the schools on campus were changed to colleges and the executive officer's title became chancellor. In 1980, after being known by several different names through history, the institution's name changed to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

In 1995, the UAMS Graduate School was granted independent status from the Graduate School at the University of Arkansas. In 2003, the College of Public Health opened. In 2005, the College of Public Health was named for the late Dr. Fay W. Boozman, a UAMS graduate who led the Arkansas Department of Health from 1998 until his death in 2005.

Dr. James L. Dennis was named the first chancellor. He was originally named vice president of health sciences in 1970, becoming chancellor in 1975 when the title of the institution's executive officer was changed. To honor his achievements the Section of Pediatrics building was named after him.

Dr. Harry P. Ward succeeded Dennis, served 21 years as chancellor and is credited with leading UAMS’ transformation from a small medical school with a charity hospital to an academic health center and research leader. The hospital's Harry P. Ward Tower is named for him.

Dr. I. Dodd Wilson followed Ward as chancellor. Wilson came to UAMS in 1986 as a professor and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he was a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine. He was named chancellor in 2000 and retired in 2009. The I. Dodd Wilson Education building is named in his honor.

Dr. Dan Rahn was chosen as the fourth chancellor of UAMS in 2009. He previously served as president of the Medical College of Georgia and vice chancellor for health and medical programs for the University System of Georgia before coming to UAMS.[7] Under Rahn's leadership and facing a budget deficit, UAMS launched efficiency measures that saved more than $100 million. Also during his tenure, UAMS opened a regional campus in Fayetteville and the UAMS Medical Center became the state's only adult Level 1 trauma center. Rahn retired from UAMS in 2017.[8] Just prior to his retirement, UAMS named in his honor the Daniel W. Rahn Interprofessional Education Building, which houses the administrative offices for the colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and the university's interprofessional education program.[9]

Dr. Cam Patterson succeeded Rahn, becoming chancellor in June 2018, following a national search. Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Stephanie Gardner served as interim chancellor from Rahn's 2017 retirement until Patterson's arrival.[10] A cardiologist and health care administrator, Patterson previously served since 2014 as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Weill-Cornell Medical Center and Komansky Children's Hospital/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York.[11]

Organization edit

 
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Southwest Regional Center in Texarkana

UAMS has 6 academic units:

  1. UAMS College of Medicine
  2. UAMS College of Pharmacy
  3. UAMS College of Nursing
  4. UAMS College of Health Professions[12]
  5. Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
  6. UAMS Graduate School

UAMS is an academic health center and medical school. It combines its education efforts with the patient care resources of a hospital and outpatient center and the specialized care and research at the following institutes:

  1. Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
  2. Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute
  3. Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
  4. Translational Research Institute
  5. Psychiatric Research Institute
  6. Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute
  7. Institute for Digital Health & Innovation

John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital-VA Medical Center (Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System) and Arkansas Children's Hospital are affiliates of UAMS and contracts UAMS's physicians for clinical services. UAMS doctors are on staff at the two facilities and both serve as clinical locations for UAMS students and resident physicians to receive hands-on experience treating patients.

The community outreach efforts of UAMS include eight regional centers[13] in Fayetteville, Pine Bluff, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Helena, and Magnolia; networks of senior health centers and centers for young children with special health care needs; and interactive video education and medical consultation services to community hospitals around the state.

UAMS is the state's largest basic and applied research institution, with a total budget of $1.3 billion and more than $100 million in annual research funding, grants and contracts and internationally renowned programs in multiple myeloma, aging and other areas.[14]

UAMS is the largest public employer in the state with more than 10,000 employees. As of fall 2015, UAMS had 3,021 students, including 694 medical students, 475 in the College of Pharmacy, 781 in the College of Nursing, 662 in the College of Health Professions, 180 in the College of Public Health and 229 in the Graduate School. There were also 789 resident physicians and 1,429 faculty members.[14]

UAMS and its affiliates have a total economic impact in Arkansas of about $3.92 billion per year.[15]

Rankings and recognition edit

For 2022, out of 191 medical schools ranked by U S News & World Report UAMS was ranked #39 in Best Medical Schools: Primary Care, #75 in Best Medical Schools: Research, and #35 in Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care Fields.[16][17]

UAMS was the first medical center in Arkansas and among the first in the nation to implement a star rating system for UAMS physicians.[18]

UAMS has the only high-risk pregnancy program, the only adult cystic fibrosis center, and the only liver and kidney transplant program in the state of Arkansas.[14] UAMS is also home to 200 physicians featured in the list of Best Doctors in America, some of which are at Arkansas Children's Hospital and Central Arkansas Veteran's Healthcare System, where UAMS faculty serve as staff.[14]

In 2003, UAMS implemented a telehealth program to enhance access to care for high-risk pregnant women living in rural areas.[19]

In research, UAMS is working on multiple myeloma, geriatrics, vision, and spine treatment research and is home to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute and the UAMS Bioventures Business Incubator. UAMS is ranked in the top 20% of all US Colleges & Universities in research funding from Federal Government. In 2016, the university's research funding was more than $111.9 million.[20] Clinical researchers at UAMS performed the first outpatient bone marrow transplant in the US, as well as the first gene therapy for multiple myeloma in the US. They are also home to a number of robotic, experimental, and advanced treatment facilities found nowhere else in the state of Arkansas.[21]

The school has the second highest yield of all United States Medical Schools.[22]

Campus edit

 
An aerial view of the UAMS main campus

The UAMS campus, now encompassing more than 84 acres (340,000 m2), is located on Markham Street in Little Rock. The university moved to the property in 1956. The campus includes an estimated 5,200,000 square feet (480,000 m2) of buildings.

Adjacent to the UAMS campus to the south is the John L. McClellan Veterans Administration Hospital, a part of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. To the west are the Arkansas State Hospital grounds. Just south of the VA hospital is Interstate 630, a major east–west thoroughfare through Little Rock.

Off campus, UAMS owns or leases several properties, including its eight regional centers, 11 locations across Arkansas of its Kids First pediatric day health clinics, the Westmark building near their main campus, the Westside Campus facility on the Arkansas Children's Hospital campus and a portion of the Freeway Medical building in Little Rock. UAMS also owns over two dozen single family homes and numerous empty lots and parking lots immediately to the east of their main campus. Their master plan calls for the space between Pine street and Cedar street to continue to be purchased when possible as a target zone for future campus growth.[23]

Campus expansion edit

In 2004, UAMS embarked on the most significant expansion efforts in its history with a slate of projects to provide additional space for its education, patient care, research and outreach programs. The over $500 million[24][25][26] expansion effort encompassed several expansion and renovation projects. The largest project was a 553,282-square-foot (51,401.6 m2), $197 million expansion of the UAMS Medical Center, which includes new patient rooms, operating rooms and space for other programs and services. The hospital expansion was needed to replace the outdated original hospital building, which opened in 1956. The original hospital underwent renovation in phases to host new academic and research facilities[24]

The 10-floor new hospital expansion includes 332 adult beds and 64 neonatal beds. The first 9 floors opened on January 19, 2009,[27] with the 10th floor originally being a shell space for future expansion.[28] Due to high hospital bed occupancy, that expansion was launched in 2011.[26]

The hospital expansion was built at the site of the old student dormitory, which was imploded on Feb. 19, 2006. The dorm was replaced with a 92,000-square-foot (8,500 m2), 177-unit Residence Hall, which opened to students in August 2006.[27]

The six-floor, 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) Psychiatric Research Institute facility, a 40-bed facility built adjacent to the hospital expansion, includes space for inpatient and outpatient treatment, education, research and administration.[29] It opened in December 2008.[29] A 1,000-car parking deck was built adjoining and underneath the hospital expansion and PRI.

On September 28, 2007, UAMS honored the late Winthrop P. Rockefeller, former Arkansas governor, by renaming its Arkansas Cancer Research Center (ACRC) for him while celebrating the groundbreaking for a major expansion to the facility. The 12-floor, $130 million, 330,000-square-foot (31,000 m2) addition, located just north of the existing 11 story 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) facility, allows the institute to treat more patients and host more research into new treatments.[30] The addition opened in July, 2010.[31]

A five-floor, 56,000-square-foot (5,200 m2) addition to the Jones Eye Institute opened in April 2006. It is named the Pat Walker Tower for the Springdale philanthropist whose gift made the project possible.

In 2010, construction began on a four-floor, 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) addition to the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.[32] The $30.4 million addition was built on top of the existing four-story 96,000-square-foot (8,900 m2) building, established by a similar grant from the Donald W Reynolds Foundation in 2000.[33]

An approximately 43,000-square-foot (4,000 m2) I. Dodd Wilson Education Building was completed in 2008, including 14 25-seat classrooms, two 40-seat classrooms and two 214-seat auditoriums.[27]

UAMS assisted with the construction of a 148,000-square-foot (13,700 m2) new state hospital in return for the land where the new residence hall is located and most of the old state hospital buildings that transferred to UAMS when construction was completed in 2008. Those renovated buildings now house programs for the College of Health Professions.

A regional campus in Northwest Arkansas opened in the 2009–2010 academic year in the former Washington Regional Medical Center hospital. The UAMS Northwest campus further expands UAMS student enrollment in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and allied health and accommodates additional medical residents.[34]

In 2021, UAMS broke ground on two new buildings on the main campus in Little Rock: a new radiation oncology and proton center[35] and a new surgical hospital.[36]

Notable people edit

Alumni edit

  • Warren L. Carpenter, highly decorated Air Force physician involved in early designs of the space suit and the F16 cockpit.
  • William J. Darby, founder of the first nutrition research center at an American medical school at Vanderbilt University, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and widely regarded nutrition scientist.[37]
  • Joycelyn Elders, 15th Surgeon General of the United States and first black Surgeon General.[38]
  • Edith Irby Jones, first black graduate from a medical school in the American South
  • Samuel L. Kountz, pioneer of kidney transplant surgery and co-developer of one of the first kidney perfusion machines.
  • Harry M. Meyer, co-developer of the Rubella vaccine and Assistant Surgeon General of the United States.[39]
  • Volney W. Steele, pathologist and historian of medicine. Established the first pathology laboratory in the state of Montana, and wrote the popular book Bleed, Blister, and Purge: A History of Medicine on the American Frontier. Was also Asst. Prof. of Pathology at UAMS, 1956–1959.[40]

Current and former faculty edit

  • Paul L. Day, discovered "vitamin M," demonstrated that it was folic acid, and characterized the effects of folic acid deficiency in non-human primates. Later became the first scientific director of the United States Food and Drug Administration.[41]
  • Jack A. Hinson, developed the first blood tests to measure acetaminophen-cysteine adducts in proteins to aid diagnosis of acetaminophen overdose.[42]
  • Timothy J. O'Brien, developed the CA125 antibody now widely used in a tumor marker test to monitor cancer. Also founded Bioventures, the commercialization arm of UAMS.[43]
  • Cam Patterson, chancellor of UAMS, accomplished scientist in cardiac pathophysiology, former COO of New York Presbyterian / Weill-Cornell Hospital, biotech executive, and author.[44]
  • Phillip L. Rayford, first black department chair at UAMS, and renowned researcher in gastrointestinal physiology.[45]
  • Jerome K. Sherman, expert in cryobiology and pioneer of sperm banking and artificial insemination.[46] Reported the first successful pregnancies using cryopreserved sperm.[47]
  • Volney W. Steele, pathologist and historian of medicine. Established the first pathology laboratory in the state of Montana, and wrote the popular book Bleed, Blister, and Purge: A History of Medicine on the American Frontier. Also a graduate of UAMS.[40]
  • Gazi Yasargil, Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon. In 1999 he was honored as "Neurosurgery’s Man of the Century 1950–1999" at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. He is regarded as one of the greatest neurosurgeons in the modern age.[48]

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Further reading edit

  • Gamble, Vanessa Northington. " 'No Struggle, No Fight, No Court Battle': The 1948 Desegregation of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine." Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences 68.3 (2013): 377-415. online

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences UAMS is a public health sciences university in Little Rock Arkansas It is part of the University of Arkansas System and consists of six colleges seven institutes several research centers a statewide network of community education centers and the UAMS Medical Center 4 University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesTypePublic medical schoolEstablished1879Parent institutionUniversity of Arkansas SystemAcademic affiliationsSpace grantChancellorCam Patterson M D MBAProvostStephanie Gardner Pharm D Ed D Administrative staff11 098 2 Students3021 3 LocationLittle Rock Arkansas U S 34 44 58 N 92 19 12 W 34 74944 N 92 32000 W 34 74944 92 32000CampusUrbanWebsiteuams edu Contents 1 History 2 Organization 3 Rankings and recognition 4 Campus 5 Campus expansion 6 Notable people 6 1 Alumni 6 2 Current and former faculty 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory editIn 1879 eight physicians led by P O Hooper of Little Rock each invested 625 to secure a charter for a medical school from Arkansas Industrial University which later became the University of Arkansas 5 They purchased the Sperindio Restaurant and Hotel building on West Second Street in Little Rock for 5 000 to house the school which opened on Oct 7 1879 with 22 students In 1880 Dr Tom Pinson was the first graduate of the medical school In 1935 the medical school was moved to a new building next to the City Hospital in Little Rock 6 The six story 450 000 structure gave the School of Medicine a boost in clinical instruction of medical students The hospital s physicians were members of the school s teaching faculty The medical school building now houses the University of Arkansas at Little Rock s William H Bowen School of Law the hospital building was torn down and became the law school s parking lot In 1950 a 26 acre 110 000 m2 tract of land on West Markham Street was formally deeded to the university by the Arkansas State Hospital a state owned psychiatric hospital In 1951 the School of Pharmacy was established making it a medical sciences campus followed in 1953 by the School of Nursing In 1956 the university then known as University of Arkansas Medical Center UAMC moved to the West Markham campus where it is currently The university also assumed control of City Hospital which moved with it it became known as University Hospital and more recently UAMS Medical Center In 1970 the School of Health Related Professions was approved by the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees In 1975 the names of the schools on campus were changed to colleges and the executive officer s title became chancellor In 1980 after being known by several different names through history the institution s name changed to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences UAMS In 1995 the UAMS Graduate School was granted independent status from the Graduate School at the University of Arkansas In 2003 the College of Public Health opened In 2005 the College of Public Health was named for the late Dr Fay W Boozman a UAMS graduate who led the Arkansas Department of Health from 1998 until his death in 2005 Dr James L Dennis was named the first chancellor He was originally named vice president of health sciences in 1970 becoming chancellor in 1975 when the title of the institution s executive officer was changed To honor his achievements the Section of Pediatrics building was named after him Dr Harry P Ward succeeded Dennis served 21 years as chancellor and is credited with leading UAMS transformation from a small medical school with a charity hospital to an academic health center and research leader The hospital s Harry P Ward Tower is named for him Dr I Dodd Wilson followed Ward as chancellor Wilson came to UAMS in 1986 as a professor and dean of the UAMS College of Medicine from the University of Minnesota Medical School where he was a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Medicine He was named chancellor in 2000 and retired in 2009 The I Dodd Wilson Education building is named in his honor Dr Dan Rahn was chosen as the fourth chancellor of UAMS in 2009 He previously served as president of the Medical College of Georgia and vice chancellor for health and medical programs for the University System of Georgia before coming to UAMS 7 Under Rahn s leadership and facing a budget deficit UAMS launched efficiency measures that saved more than 100 million Also during his tenure UAMS opened a regional campus in Fayetteville and the UAMS Medical Center became the state s only adult Level 1 trauma center Rahn retired from UAMS in 2017 8 Just prior to his retirement UAMS named in his honor the Daniel W Rahn Interprofessional Education Building which houses the administrative offices for the colleges of Nursing Pharmacy Public Health and the university s interprofessional education program 9 Dr Cam Patterson succeeded Rahn becoming chancellor in June 2018 following a national search Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Stephanie Gardner served as interim chancellor from Rahn s 2017 retirement until Patterson s arrival 10 A cardiologist and health care administrator Patterson previously served since 2014 as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Weill Cornell Medical Center and Komansky Children s Hospital New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York 11 Organization edit nbsp University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences nbsp The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Southwest Regional Center in TexarkanaUAMS has 6 academic units UAMS College of Medicine UAMS College of Pharmacy UAMS College of Nursing UAMS College of Health Professions 12 Fay W Boozman College of Public Health UAMS Graduate SchoolUAMS is an academic health center and medical school It combines its education efforts with the patient care resources of a hospital and outpatient center and the specialized care and research at the following institutes Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute Donald W Reynolds Institute on Aging Translational Research Institute Psychiatric Research Institute Jackson T Stephens Spine amp Neurosciences Institute Institute for Digital Health amp InnovationJohn L McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital VA Medical Center Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Arkansas Children s Hospital are affiliates of UAMS and contracts UAMS s physicians for clinical services UAMS doctors are on staff at the two facilities and both serve as clinical locations for UAMS students and resident physicians to receive hands on experience treating patients The community outreach efforts of UAMS include eight regional centers 13 in Fayetteville Pine Bluff El Dorado Texarkana Fort Smith Jonesboro Helena and Magnolia networks of senior health centers and centers for young children with special health care needs and interactive video education and medical consultation services to community hospitals around the state UAMS is the state s largest basic and applied research institution with a total budget of 1 3 billion and more than 100 million in annual research funding grants and contracts and internationally renowned programs in multiple myeloma aging and other areas 14 UAMS is the largest public employer in the state with more than 10 000 employees As of fall 2015 UAMS had 3 021 students including 694 medical students 475 in the College of Pharmacy 781 in the College of Nursing 662 in the College of Health Professions 180 in the College of Public Health and 229 in the Graduate School There were also 789 resident physicians and 1 429 faculty members 14 UAMS and its affiliates have a total economic impact in Arkansas of about 3 92 billion per year 15 Rankings and recognition editFor 2022 out of 191 medical schools ranked by U S News amp World Report UAMS was ranked 39 in Best Medical Schools Primary Care 75 in Best Medical Schools Research and 35 in Most Graduates Practicing in Primary Care Fields 16 17 UAMS was the first medical center in Arkansas and among the first in the nation to implement a star rating system for UAMS physicians 18 UAMS has the only high risk pregnancy program the only adult cystic fibrosis center and the only liver and kidney transplant program in the state of Arkansas 14 UAMS is also home to 200 physicians featured in the list of Best Doctors in America some of which are at Arkansas Children s Hospital and Central Arkansas Veteran s Healthcare System where UAMS faculty serve as staff 14 In 2003 UAMS implemented a telehealth program to enhance access to care for high risk pregnant women living in rural areas 19 In research UAMS is working on multiple myeloma geriatrics vision and spine treatment research and is home to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute and the UAMS Bioventures Business Incubator UAMS is ranked in the top 20 of all US Colleges amp Universities in research funding from Federal Government In 2016 the university s research funding was more than 111 9 million 20 Clinical researchers at UAMS performed the first outpatient bone marrow transplant in the US as well as the first gene therapy for multiple myeloma in the US They are also home to a number of robotic experimental and advanced treatment facilities found nowhere else in the state of Arkansas 21 The school has the second highest yield of all United States Medical Schools 22 Campus edit nbsp An aerial view of the UAMS main campusThe UAMS campus now encompassing more than 84 acres 340 000 m2 is located on Markham Street in Little Rock The university moved to the property in 1956 The campus includes an estimated 5 200 000 square feet 480 000 m2 of buildings Adjacent to the UAMS campus to the south is the John L McClellan Veterans Administration Hospital a part of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System To the west are the Arkansas State Hospital grounds Just south of the VA hospital is Interstate 630 a major east west thoroughfare through Little Rock Off campus UAMS owns or leases several properties including its eight regional centers 11 locations across Arkansas of its Kids First pediatric day health clinics the Westmark building near their main campus the Westside Campus facility on the Arkansas Children s Hospital campus and a portion of the Freeway Medical building in Little Rock UAMS also owns over two dozen single family homes and numerous empty lots and parking lots immediately to the east of their main campus Their master plan calls for the space between Pine street and Cedar street to continue to be purchased when possible as a target zone for future campus growth 23 Campus expansion editIn 2004 UAMS embarked on the most significant expansion efforts in its history with a slate of projects to provide additional space for its education patient care research and outreach programs The over 500 million 24 25 26 expansion effort encompassed several expansion and renovation projects The largest project was a 553 282 square foot 51 401 6 m2 197 million expansion of the UAMS Medical Center which includes new patient rooms operating rooms and space for other programs and services The hospital expansion was needed to replace the outdated original hospital building which opened in 1956 The original hospital underwent renovation in phases to host new academic and research facilities 24 The 10 floor new hospital expansion includes 332 adult beds and 64 neonatal beds The first 9 floors opened on January 19 2009 27 with the 10th floor originally being a shell space for future expansion 28 Due to high hospital bed occupancy that expansion was launched in 2011 26 The hospital expansion was built at the site of the old student dormitory which was imploded on Feb 19 2006 The dorm was replaced with a 92 000 square foot 8 500 m2 177 unit Residence Hall which opened to students in August 2006 27 The six floor 110 000 square foot 10 000 m2 Psychiatric Research Institute facility a 40 bed facility built adjacent to the hospital expansion includes space for inpatient and outpatient treatment education research and administration 29 It opened in December 2008 29 A 1 000 car parking deck was built adjoining and underneath the hospital expansion and PRI On September 28 2007 UAMS honored the late Winthrop P Rockefeller former Arkansas governor by renaming its Arkansas Cancer Research Center ACRC for him while celebrating the groundbreaking for a major expansion to the facility The 12 floor 130 million 330 000 square foot 31 000 m2 addition located just north of the existing 11 story 200 000 square foot 19 000 m2 facility allows the institute to treat more patients and host more research into new treatments 30 The addition opened in July 2010 31 A five floor 56 000 square foot 5 200 m2 addition to the Jones Eye Institute opened in April 2006 It is named the Pat Walker Tower for the Springdale philanthropist whose gift made the project possible In 2010 construction began on a four floor 55 000 square foot 5 100 m2 addition to the Donald W Reynolds Institute on Aging 32 The 30 4 million addition was built on top of the existing four story 96 000 square foot 8 900 m2 building established by a similar grant from the Donald W Reynolds Foundation in 2000 33 An approximately 43 000 square foot 4 000 m2 I Dodd Wilson Education Building was completed in 2008 including 14 25 seat classrooms two 40 seat classrooms and two 214 seat auditoriums 27 UAMS assisted with the construction of a 148 000 square foot 13 700 m2 new state hospital in return for the land where the new residence hall is located and most of the old state hospital buildings that transferred to UAMS when construction was completed in 2008 Those renovated buildings now house programs for the College of Health Professions A regional campus in Northwest Arkansas opened in the 2009 2010 academic year in the former Washington Regional Medical Center hospital The UAMS Northwest campus further expands UAMS student enrollment in medicine pharmacy nursing and allied health and accommodates additional medical residents 34 In 2021 UAMS broke ground on two new buildings on the main campus in Little Rock a new radiation oncology and proton center 35 and a new surgical hospital 36 Notable people editAlumni edit Warren L Carpenter highly decorated Air Force physician involved in early designs of the space suit and the F16 cockpit William J Darby founder of the first nutrition research center at an American medical school at Vanderbilt University member of the National Academy of Sciences and widely regarded nutrition scientist 37 Joycelyn Elders 15th Surgeon General of the United States and first black Surgeon General 38 Edith Irby Jones first black graduate from a medical school in the American South Samuel L Kountz pioneer of kidney transplant surgery and co developer of one of the first kidney perfusion machines Harry M Meyer co developer of the Rubella vaccine and Assistant Surgeon General of the United States 39 Volney W Steele pathologist and historian of medicine Established the first pathology laboratory in the state of Montana and wrote the popular book Bleed Blister and Purge A History of Medicine on the American Frontier Was also Asst Prof of Pathology at UAMS 1956 1959 40 Current and former faculty edit Paul L Day discovered vitamin M demonstrated that it was folic acid and characterized the effects of folic acid deficiency in non human primates Later became the first scientific director of the United States Food and Drug Administration 41 Jack A Hinson developed the first blood tests to measure acetaminophen cysteine adducts in proteins to aid diagnosis of acetaminophen overdose 42 Timothy J O Brien developed the CA125 antibody now widely used in a tumor marker test to monitor cancer Also founded Bioventures the commercialization arm of UAMS 43 Cam Patterson chancellor of UAMS accomplished scientist in cardiac pathophysiology former COO of New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Hospital biotech executive and author 44 Phillip L Rayford first black department chair at UAMS and renowned researcher in gastrointestinal physiology 45 Jerome K Sherman expert in cryobiology and pioneer of sperm banking and artificial insemination 46 Reported the first successful pregnancies using cryopreserved sperm 47 Volney W Steele pathologist and historian of medicine Established the first pathology laboratory in the state of Montana and wrote the popular book Bleed Blister and Purge A History of Medicine on the American Frontier Also a graduate of UAMS 40 Gazi Yasargil Turkish medical scientist and neurosurgeon In 1999 he was honored as Neurosurgery s Man of the Century 1950 1999 at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting He is regarded as one of the greatest neurosurgeons in the modern age 48 References edit Michael R Wickline November 28 2022 Arkansas number of full time state employees up 108 in fiscal 2022 Arkansas Democrat Gazette Little Rock WEHCO Media ISSN 1060 4332 Retrieved March 5 2023 Fiscal Year 2022 1 Fast Facts University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 About UAMS uams edu Retrieved 2020 08 21 History Uamshealth com 27 June 2015 Retrieved 20 May 2019 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences History retrieved 2009 12 22 Arkansas News archives arkansasnews com Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 14 January 2022 Staff Talk Business amp Politics 19 September 2016 Dan Rahn To Step Down As UAMS Chancellor In July 2017 www ualrpublicradio org Retrieved 2020 08 21 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a first has generic name help Lyon John UAMS names building for retiring chancellor Times Record Retrieved 2020 08 21 Widner Amy 2018 06 01 UAMS Welcomes New Chancellor Cam Patterson M D MBA UAMS News news uams edu Retrieved 2020 08 21 Tilley Michael 2018 01 04 Cam Patterson named new UAMS chancellor Talk Business amp Politics Retrieved 2020 08 21 College of Health Professions Healthprofessions uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 Regional Campuses Regionalprograms uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 a b c d University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fast Facts PDF Web uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 About UAMS University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences web uams edu about Retrieved 12 March 2020 Methodology 2022 Best Medical Schools Rankings usnews com U S News amp World Report L P Retrieved 28 July 2021 Top Medical Schools University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences usnews com U S News amp World Report L P Retrieved 28 July 2021 Physician Ratings Transparency UAMS Journal Summer 2016 p 12 13 Statewide Telehealth Program Enhances Access to Care Improves Outcomes for High Risk Pregnancies in Rural Areas Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2013 05 08 Retrieved 2013 05 10 Research Funding Hits New Peak at 111 9 million UAMS Journal Winter 2017 p 52 54 Points of Pride Uamshealth com 27 June 2015 Retrieved 20 May 2019 10 Medical Schools That Enroll the Most Accepted Students Usnews com Retrieved 20 May 2019 Masterplan Master Document all pages doc PDF Retrieved 20 May 2019 a b Campus Growth Uamshealth com 27 June 2015 Retrieved 20 May 2019 Thoroughly modern Archived from the original on 2010 08 08 Retrieved 2010 09 29 a b UAMS bond issue of 52 million OK d Arkansas Online 13 November 2010 Retrieved 20 May 2019 a b c UAMS Hospital University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Uamshealth com Retrieved 20 May 2019 New UAMS Hospital Fact Sheet PDF Uamshealth com Retrieved 20 May 2019 a b UAMS News News uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 Monday Mark Friedman Jul 12 Read 2010 12 00 Am 1 Min UAMS Unveils 130 Million Cancer Institute Expansion Arkansas Business Retrieved 20 May 2019 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Inside the 130 Million Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute Expansion at UAMS Living in Arkansas Retrieved 20 May 2019 UAMS Aging Institute Receives 33 4 Million From Reynolds Foundation News Archive Donald W Reynolds Institute on Aging Retrieved 20 May 2019 UAMS Donald W Reynolds Institute on Aging Aging uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 Northwest Arkansas Campus Uamshealth com 27 June 2015 Retrieved 20 May 2019 New Radiation Oncology and Proton Center Uamshealth com 25 May 2021 Retrieved 6 July 2021 New Surgical Hospital Uamshealth com 12 April 2021 Retrieved 6 July 2021 Biography of William J Darby Retrieved 30 Nov 2020 Dean s Distinguished Alumni College of Medicine Medicine uams edu Retrieved 20 May 2019 Obituary Los Angeles Times 27 August 2001 Retrieved 1 Aug 2019 a b Volney Dr Steele Obituary Visitation amp Funeral Information Obituary of Dr Paul Day The Washington Post Retrieved 20 November 2020 Drug Metabolism and Disposition a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Obituary for Dr Tim O Brien Arkansas Democrat Gazette Retrieved 30 September 2023 American Society for Clinical Investigators profile Retrieved 1 Aug 2019 Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage website Retrieved 1 Aug 2019 Encyclopedia of Arkansas profile Bunge R G Sherman J K October 1953 Fertilizing Capacity of Frozen Human Spermatozoa Nature 1953 Nature 172 4382 767 768 doi 10 1038 172767b0 PMID 13111181 S2CID 4285594 Retrieved 1 Aug 2019 Neurosurgery Further reading editGamble Vanessa Northington No Struggle No Fight No Court Battle The 1948 Desegregation of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences 68 3 2013 377 415 onlineExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Official 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