About Us
UAMS Medical Center is the patient care network of
the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. We combine the resources of the
University Hospital, the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, the Harvey & Bernice Jones
Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging and a number of associated outpatient
clinics covering every medical specialty. Taken individually, each is an impressive health
care facility and often the only such facility of its kind in Arkansas. Together, they
offer world class care to the people of Arkansas.
As the state’s only academic medical
center, UAMS Medical Center remains on the forefront of new medical procedures and
technologies beneficial to all citizens of Arkansas.
UAMS Medical Center offers you so much:
• A hospital with the most advanced diagnostic and
treatment equipment in the
state
• A state-of-the-art emergency/trauma department,
• A neonatal intensive care unit,
• One of the nation's leading cancer treatment centers, which operates one of the largest
bone marrow transplant programs in the world,
• One of only 20 free-standing ophthalmology research
and treatment centers
in the country,
• A world-renowned center for skull-base surgery,
• The state’s only primary care center for geriatrics,
• The state's only gamma knife radiosurgery center.
Truly International In Scope.
Although UAMS Medical Center is located in Pulaski County, we do not restrict our care to
this area. Last year we treated Arkansans from all 75 counties and no one was turned
away--regardless of their ability to pay.
In addition, we treated patients from 49 states plus Washington, D.C.
and 23 foreign nations.
Recognized As One Of The Best.
The quality of care offered at UAMS Medical Center has not gone unnoticed either.
in 2001, leading physicians across the country were polled by Best
Doctors, Inc. and
asked to name the physicians they considered the best in their field. This list was
compiled and 239 Arkansas physicians were selected as "The Best Doctors in
America." We’re proud that 137 of these "Best Doctors" are on the
faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
*The Best Doctors in America:
2001® Copyright 2001 by Best Doctors, Aiken, SC.
At the same time, U.S.
News & World Report continues to list our hospital among the
best hospitals in America. No other Arkansas hospital has ever
been named to this prestigious list.
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The UAMS Way
UAMS Medical Center aspires to provide the best medical care for our
patients through medical practice, medical research and medical education. UAMS Medical
Center is open to everyone. Thus, patients come from around the world to receive
comprehensive medical care of the highest quality through a coordinated and integrated
practice of medicine.
Because we are a teaching
hospital, the knowledge and experience of many different specialties can quickly be applied to a patient’s
problem. In addition, our research and educational programs inspire new ideas and methods
that help improve patient care and are a unique and valuable part of the way UAMS doctors
practice medicine.
We believe this system of
healthcare creates better medicine for our patients.
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
The patients you refer to the UAMS Medical Center will receive appropriate medical care
regardless of race, handicap, color, religion, national origin or source of payment. Our
goal is to listen when you request information and to see that you receive an appropriate
and timely response.
You can expect privacy and confidentiality in all aspects of your
patient’s care. Hospital records will be treated as confidential.
You can expect to know the name of the doctor responsible for your
patient’s care, to talk with that doctor and to obtain necessary information. Your
patients can expect to be informed of the course of treatment and to receive an
explanation of any planned procedures or operations.
The UAMS Medical Center wants to ensure that your patients receive the
best possible care. If you have any concerns about the care your patients receive, please
let us know.
All correspondence will receive prompt and personal attention.
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