Knox Trained in New Procedure
Dr. Thomas E. Knox of Regional Orthopaedic Health Care in Mountain Home is among the first surgeons in this country — and one of only three in Arkansas — who have been trained in the new Birmingham Hip Resurfacing technique. Rather than replacing the entire hip joint, as in a total hip replacement, hip resurfacing simply shaves and caps a few centimeters of bone within the joint.
The bone-conserving approach of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System preserves more of the patient's natural bone structures and stability, covering the joint's surfaces with an all-metal implant that more closely resembles a tooth cap than a hip implant. This approach reduces the post-operative risks of dislocation and inaccurate leg length, and because the all-metal implant is made from tough, smooth cobalt chrome, it has the potential to last longer than traditional hip implants.
April 2007
Study Finds Arkansas Autism Rate High
A UAMS study has found that 1 in 145 Arkansas children has autism, the fourth highest rate among 14 states participating in a national study.
UAMS' Arkansas data was used as part of the largest-ever U.S. study of autism published Feb. 9 by the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study found that about 1 in 150 American children, or 560,000, have autism, making the disorder an "urgent public health issue," said Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, chief of the developmental disabilities branch of the CDC.
The national prevalence of autism prior to the study was thought to be about 1 in 166.
Arkansas' study was conducted by the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), a program of the Department of Pediatrics in the UAMS College of Medicine. The study establishes a baseline so that autism trends can be tracked, said David Deere, director of the UCEDD program.
April 2007
Malik Receives Grant
With $143,000 in grant money from the American Heart Association, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute investigator Dr. Sadia Malik, MD, hopes to find genetic information that will enable researchers to establish a birth defects prevention program that potential parents could use before a baby's conception. Malik also is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
The funds from her grant will be split over a two-year period that began Jan.1, 2007 and runs through the end of 2008.
Malik will use new genomic tools provided by the Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project to look at whether genetic variations in the way mothers metabolize tobacco could cause an increase in their risk of bearing an infant with congenital heart defects.
April 2007
XL7 Honored for Hospital Video
XL7-TV/Reynolds Media Inc. has won two Aurora Awards, a Gold Award and a Platinum Award, for the Baxter Regional Medical Center Employee Fund Drive video.
The Aurora Awards are designed to recognize local, regional, independent, and industrial excellence. Judging panels are chosen from award winning industry professionals from throughout the United States and abroad.
April 2007
St. Vincent Gets $6.4 million for Improvements
St. Vincent Health System has received approval for an additional $6.4 million from its parent organization, Catholic Health Initiatives, to increase the scope of the $40 million expansion project announced in July 2006. This brings the total capital infusion to more than $46 million for improvements at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock. Renovations will begin soon to prepare for consolidating services currently provided at St. Vincent Doctors Hospital to St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. The two hospitals are both on University Ave. St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center is located on the east side of University and St. Vincent Doctors is on the west side.
In July 2006 St. Vincent announced a $40 million project to construct a new and larger emergency facility, expansion and upgrading of critical care and surgical facilities and the addition and upgrading of patient rooms. The project is St. Vincent's single largest capital investment since 1978 when the outpatient services facility was added to St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. Groundbreaking is scheduled for the first quarter of 2007.
April 2007
Thapa Named Finalist for Humanism in Medicine Award
Dr. Purushottam B. Thapa, MD, a physician at UAMS, has been selected as a distinguished finalist for the Association of American Medical Colleges' (AAMC) Humanism in Medicine Award.
Thapa is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the UAMS College of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology of the UAMS College of Public Health.
April 2007
Arkansas Program in the Top Five for Country
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the UAMS was ranked fifth in the nation recently for the amount of published and cited research by its faculty, according to rankings published in the Jan. 12 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The program in the UAMS College of Pharmacy and UAMS Graduate School ranked fifth in the pharmaceutical sciences and medicinal chemistry category – despite having the smallest faculty among the top 10.
April 2007
Hampton Joins Little Rock Clinic
Dr. John R. Hampton III, MD has joined Little Rock Internal Medicine Clinic. Dr. Hampton has practiced medicine for more than 30 years. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine.
April 2007
Baker Named to National Ultrasound Exam Task Force
Anthony Baker, an instructor in the diagnostic medical sonography program at UAMS, has been selected by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) to assist with the development of national certification examinations for sonographers.
Baker was named one of the "subject matter experts" on the ARDMS' Ultrasound Physics and Implementation Exam Development Task Force. His three-year term on the task force began in February, when he will start assisting with the development of certification exams.
April 2007
Ryan Voted President-Elect of Medical Library Association
Mary L. Ryan, director of the library at UAMS, has been chosen president-elect of the national Medical Library Association (MLA).
Ryan will assume the office of president-elect and join the MLA Board of Directors during a May meeting of the MLA in Philadelphia. She will become president in 2008.
April 2007
Baptist Health Adds Occupational Therapy Assistant School
The Baptist Health School of Occupational Therapy Assistant is the newest program for the Baptist Health Schools of Nursing and Allied Health. The program, which began in response to a need for occupational therapy assistants in the community, is the only one of its kind in the central Arkansas area.
Working under the supervision of an occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistants use purposeful activity to aid clients with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities in functioning as independently as possible in the areas of self-care, work, and leisure. Occupational therapy assistants work in a variety of settings including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, school systems, long-term care facilities, pediatric clinics, and mental health facilities.
Three added to Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation Board
Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation has announced that Mel Coleman, John Dyess and Norene Prososki have been named to its Board of Directors.
Prososki is publisher for the Ozark County Times in Gainesville, Mo., while Salem's Coleman is CEO of North Arkansas Electric Cooperative and Dyess has been president of Altronic Research and Power Film Systems, industry leaders in the design and production of specialized broadcast equipment
April 2007
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