UAMS College of Medicine

🎉 It’s Match Week! The Class of 2026 will soon learn where they matched for residency in the National Resident Matching Program. Join us Friday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. ET to celebrate this unforgettable milestone and watch the moment it happens live. #Match2026 #FuturePhysicians

🏀🎉 MATCH MADNESS 2026: UAMS 🎉🏀 March 20, the spotlight shifts from buzzer-beaters to envelope-openers at UAMS Match Day! 🗓 March 20 | 10:30 a.m. 📍Benton Events Center, Benton, AR One Shining Moment. Years of hard work. Class of 2026, it’s your big play. Let’s go!🔥

$40 MILLION! A transformational investment championed by @johnboozman to expand faculty-led programs addressing the urgent maternal health crisis. This is how we improve health outcomes in #AR and prepare tomorrow's physicians. news.uams.edu/2026/02/09/uam…

The Global OBGYN Student Interest Group hosted internationally recognized gynecologic oncologist Dr. Lisa Bazzett-Matabele, who shared her work in global surgery. With dozens of student interest groups, our students can explore their passions far beyond the classroom.

UAMS College of Medicine Dean Dr. Steven Webber celebrated @uams_anes during a Bravo Break honoring UAMS anesthesiologists whose quiet behind-the-scenes work across UAMS, Arkansas Children’s and the VA is critical in patient care and medical education. 👏Bravo indeed, @uams_anes

Join us for the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Global Women’s Health 🌎 March 5 ⏰ 4:00 PM 📍Sam Walton Auditorium (10th floor, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute) All faculty, staff, students and trainees are welcome!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $3.5 million to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to lead a five-year statewide effort to improve the rate of colorectal cancer screening in the state. news.uams.edu/2026/01/21/uam…

On March 9, 2024, during a junior bull riding competition in Natural Dam, Ark., Cayson Hall was bucked off his bull, a horn smashing into his throat. For his family, the only question that mattered was whether Cayson would survive and thrive. archildrens.org/stories/arkans…

D. Micah Hester, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Humanities and Pediatrics and Chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, has been selected by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to receive the 2026 William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence.

Big news for UAMS! news.uams.edu/2025/12/19/uam…

UAMS College of Medicine freshmen gathered on Dec. 9 to pay homage to the individuals who donated their bodies for the Human Structure course, which helps future physicians learn the complexities of human anatomy . medicine.uams.edu/blog/gratitude…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Surgery on Nov. 18 held its first Gratitude Grand Rounds to reconnect medical staff with the people they saved. medicine.uams.edu/surgery/uams-d…

UAMS Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine received $51,313 for multiple sclerosis research from the Rampy MS Research Foundation during a ceremony today. news.uams.edu/2025/12/09/ram…

José Miguel Morales, M.D., MSc, a vascular neurologist and neuro-interventional surgeon, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Department of Neurology. news.uams.edu/2025/12/04/vas…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Steven A. Webber, M.D., UAMS executive vice chancellor and College of Medicine dean, in the Arkansas Medical Society Distinguished Dean’s Chair during a Nov. 17 ceremony. news.uams.edu/2025/11/26/uam…

UAMS has received a five-year, $10.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop biomarkers for all human diseases including cancer through the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics. news.uams.edu/2025/12/02/uam…

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences named Gresham Richter, M.D., as chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, effective Dec. 1. news.uams.edu/2025/11/25/uam…

Joycelyn Elders, M.D., the 15th United States surgeon general and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) professor emeritus of pediatrics and distinguished professor of public health, recently received a major honor. news.uams.edu/2025/11/21/joy…

Katie McClanahan, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two young children from midtown Little Rock, says she wouldn’t be alive to share her story without the extraordinary efforts of the UAMS Trauma Team and other partners. news.uams.edu/2025/11/17/gra…

G. Richard Smith, M.D., better known simply as Rick Smith, shared pearls of wisdom gathered during more than four decades of leadership at UAMS with a packed auditorium as he presented the third annual Last Lecture on Oct. 30. news.uams.edu/2025/11/14/g-r…