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Internal Medicine
News and Notes
LITTLE ROCK – Three
University
of Arkansas for
Medical
Sciences (UAMS) programs are featured in
the latest U.S. News & World Report
“America’s
Best
Graduate Schools,” which hit newsstands this month
(UAMS College of
Medicine Geriatrics and Primary
Care Programs,
College of Nursing Masters
Program).
The UAMS College of Medicine Primary Care
Program, which includes family
medicine,
internal medicine and pediatrics, ranked 35th among top
medical
schools in the nation, up 10 places from last year. UAMS tied with
Mayo
Medical
School
in Minnesota,
University
of California
– San Diego,
University
of Maryland,
University
of Virginia and Wake
Forest
University
in North Carolina.
Important discoveries in research from the
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
faculty
is highlighted
and discussed extensively in an article from
the latest issue of
BioEssays
(30:102-106; 2008). The review article is titled "Which
way
does the Wnt blow? Exploring the duality of canonical Wnt
signaling on cellular
aging." Faculty include
Maria Schuller
Almeida, PhD; Li Han,
MD; Marta Martin-Millan, MD; Charles
O'Brien, PhD; and Stavros Manolagas, MD,
PhD.
Paul Hermonat, PhD,
Mehta Stebbins Chair in
Medicine
and Professor of Internal Medicine, is the editor of the newly
published book,
Cancer and Gene Therapy
2007. Contributing
writers from UAMS include
Jawahar Mehta, MD, PhD; Frits Van Rhee, MD, PhD;
Mahendran Mahadevan,
DVM, PhD; and Liu Yong, MD, PhD.
 Best Doctors in America * for 2007
includes 350
distinguished Arkansas physicians
statewide. The following 26 physicians
from the Department of
Internal Medicine are part of this honored group:
Cardiovascular Disease
Joseph K. Bissett, MD
James D. Marsh, MD
Eugene S. Smith III, MD
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Philip A. Kern, MD
Stavros C. Manolagas, MD, PhD
Debra L. Simmons, MD
Gastroenterology
Kevin W. Olden, MD
Infectious Disease
Robert W. Bradsher, MD
Rebecca Edge-Martin, MD
Thomas P. Monson, MD
Internal Medicine (General)
Robert T. Cheek, MD
William Golden, MD
Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD
Robert C. Lavender, MD
Roberta Monson, MD
Sara G. Tariq, MD
Medical Oncology and Hematology
Laura F. Hutchins, MD
Ann-Marie Maddox, MD
Issam Makhoul, MD
Nephrology
Sameh Abul-Ezz, MD
Thomas E. Andreoli, MD
Michelle W. Krause, MD
Robert L. Safirstein,
MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine
Paula J. Anderson, MD
F. Charles
Hiller, MD
Rheumatology
Eleanor Lipsmeyer, MD
Drug Study Reveals Possible Adverse Effect on Breast
Cancer Patients
Laura F. Hutchins, MD
Director, Division of Hematology
&
Oncology
Shorey Wins
Outstanding Woman Faculty Award
Jeannette Shorey, MD
Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education & Faculty Affairs
UAMS’ Hutchins Named Clinton Kelley Chair for
Breast Cancer Research
Laura F. Hutchins, MD
Director, Division of Hematology
&
Oncology
Gov. Beebe Recognizes UAMS’ Shah and
World Kidney Day
Sudhir V. Shah, MD
Director, Division of Nephrology
UAMS, CAVHS
Unveil Quicker Route to Treat Heart Attacks
Ibrahim Fahdi, MD
Division of
Cardiovascular Medicine
Statins Extend Life for Elderly at
Risk of Dying
J. L. Mehta, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
UAMS Researcher Kern Earns
Prestigious NIH Funding
Phillip Kern, MD
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
UAMS' Manolagas Named First Andreoli
Chair
Stavros Manolagas, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Contact regarding webpage content:
GibAnn Berryhill
University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences
College of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine,
Slot 832
4301 W. Markham
Little Rock, AR 72205
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