February 10, 2021
UAMS Hip and Knee Replacement and Spine Surgery Recognized By Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield
By Spencer Watson Feb. 10, 2021 | LITTLE ROCK – The Hip and Knee Replacement and Spine Surgery programs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have both earned a Blue Distinction Plus designation by Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield. UAMS is the only hospital in central Arkansas to have Blue Distinction Plus…
January 24, 2021
UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine partners with American Track League to serve top athletes in four-meet, indoor track and field series
By Jennifer Gurley UAMS Health Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is partnering with the American Track League to serve as its sports medicine providers for a four-meet, made-for-TV series on ESPN/ESPN2. The series, which kicks off today at 2:00 pm CST features some of the top men’s and women’s track and field athletes in the world. …
January 19, 2021
Theresa Wyrick, M.D., appointed to AOC Leadership Team; Co-Chair of Women’s Leadership Forum
By Jennifer Gurley DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY – Theresa Wyrick-Glover, M.D., Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was recently appointed to the leadership team of the Academic Orthopaedic Consortium (AOC) and will serve as Co-Chair of the Women’s Leadership Forum. The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium (AOC) was established in 2005 to…
January 11, 2021
Lowry Barnes, M.D. discusses what’s needed to thrive in outpatient total joint replacements in Becker’s ASC Review
Becker’s ASC Review asked 5 experts, including C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Chair of the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, to weigh in on outpatient total joint replacements. Dr. Barnes, a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement surgery at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences says that hip and knee surgeons are moving more to…
January 6, 2021
Benjamin Stronach, M.D., Becomes UAMS’ Fourth Total Joint Replacement Surgeon
By Linda Satter Jan. 5, 2021 | Benjamin Stronach, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee arthroplasty, a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to restore function to a joint. Stronach will be seeing patients at the UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic at 2 Shackleford W Blvd. in…
December 28, 2020
C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., among “65 Total Knee Replacement Surgeons to Know in 2020”
C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Professor and Chair of the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was recently named in Becker’s ASC as one of the “65 total knee replacement surgeons to know | 2020”. The surgeons featured on the list have led accomplished careers and hold leadership positions at some of the top institutions across the…
Jeffrey Stambough, M.D. featured in Orthopaedics This Week
A new article, “TJA: WILD DISCREPANCIES IN RISK PREDICTION CALCULATORS” in the weekly news and commentary newsletter Orthopaedics This Week features Jeffrey B. Stambough, M.D., orthopaedic hip and knee surgeon and assistant professor in the UAMS Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Stambough, who is a co-author of a new study “Readmission, Complication, and Disposition Calculators in…
December 7, 2020
Orthopaedic Surgery’s John Sherrill, MPH, Ph.D. Selected as TRI Entrepreneurship Postdoctoral Scholar
The UAMS Translational Research Institute Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HSIE) Postdoctoral Training Program has named four postdoctoral scholars for its class of 2022, including the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery’s John Sherrill, MPH, Ph.D. The scholars, selected in a competitive application process, will begin two years of mentored entrepreneurship training July 1. The HSIE Postdoctoral…
Abstracts Rated in Top 100 Posters at 30th Annual AAHKS Meeting
Two abstracts submitted by hip and knee surgeons Jeffrey Stambough, M.D., C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., and Simon Mears, M.D. were among the top 100 graded posters selected at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) 30th Annual Meeting that took place early November. The abstracts (below) will be published in the Proceedings Volume…
December 6, 2020
Orthopaedic Surgery Researchers Awarded $25,000 Pilot Grant to Study Biomechanics of the Human Spine
Researchers in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery received a $25,000 grant to support investigator-initiated research conducted by faculty in the UAMS College of Medicine. The Barton Pilot Grant supports the design and development of studies focused on the biomechanics of the cervicothoracic junction of the human spine and characterizing the mechanical burden of surgical implants…