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 2007 Arkansas Archives

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Fort Smith Launching Physician Business-Assistance Program
Physicians practicing in Fort Smith or relocating to the area now have access to support that few, if any, other physicians in the nation have. In September, the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, the City of Fort Smith, and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith opened the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) at Fort Smith. The IEC’s mission is to create an environment that stimulates the community’s entrepreneurial spirit, develops entrepreneurial skills and creates programs that support entrepreneurs to enable the creation, stabilization and growth of companies and jobs.
JENNIFER BOULDEN

Grand Rounds October

Highlands Oncology Group Expands Clinical Trials

Highlands Oncology Group began doing clinical research in 1996 with Phase II - Phase IV clinical trials. The clinical research staff started small with one research nurse. The practice and research staff has grown over the past 11 years to include 6 oncologists, 2 nurse practitioners, and 7 full time research staff.

Painful Knees and Hips Can Be Fixed
The first Arkansan to have a radical new knee replacement procedure offering hope to adults of all ages was a 71-year-old who could no longer manage his daily three-mile run. Raymond Foltz retired from his job as chief of maintenance for O’Hare International Airport in Chicago 10 years ago, and since then, he and his wife have made a comfortable, active retirement in Cabot. Foltz has had arthritis pain in his knee for over sixteen years ...
JENNIFER BOULDEN