Bill Allows Funding for New Cancer Research Center

The Arkansas Legislature has put construction of a new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) cancer research center a step closer to reality.

With Gov. Mike Huckabee’s signature April 7 on House Bill 1021, UAMS now has authority to borrow up to $40 million, using bonds to support construction of the research, clinical and teaching facility.

UAMS now must raise $25 million to $30 million to pay the $60 million - $70 million cost of a 200,000 square-foot building.

Sen. Steve Faris of Malvern and Rep. Daryl Pace of Siloam Springs, the bill’s two chief sponsors, hailed the bill’s passage.

“We definitely need more cancer research and treatment available in Arkansas,” Faris said. “I can’t think of a better use of tobacco money than to spend it on a cause such as this.”

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Gov. Mike Huckabee signs House Bill 1021 that will allow UAMS to issue bonds to help build a new cancer research center at UAMS.

Nationally Recognized Gastroenterologist to Lead UAMS Division

A gastroenterologist recognized as one of the nation’s best the past three years has been named director of the gastroenterology program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The program will add two more gastroenterologists in the next few months.

Kevin W. Olden, M.D., will start at UAMS on July 1 as director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Levy Professor of Internal Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine. For the past three years, Olden was named one of the top gastroenterologists by the America’s Top Doctors reference book, which highlights physicians nominated by peers as among the best in both patient care and research.

Farshad Aduli, M.D., also will join the UAMS faculty in July as an assistant professor of gastroenterology in the Department of Internal Medicine in the UAMS College of Medicine. Aduli, who received his medical degree from the University of Paris in France, will arrive at UAMS after completing a fellowship in gastroenterology at Tulane University in New Orleans.

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