May 29, 2020

Navin Kilambi, M.D. Joins UAMS Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Fayetteville

May. 27, 2020 | Navin R. Kilambi, M.D., has joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon practicing at UAMS Health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Fayetteville. Kilambi is fellowship trained in sports medicine and arthroscopy, or minimally invasive, camera-enabled joint surgery. He is part of the UAMS Sports Medicine team,…

Larry Balle II, M.D., M.P.H., Joins UAMS Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Fayetteville

May. 12, 2020 | FAYETTEVILLE — Larry Balle II, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a primary care sports medicine specialist with the Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine team in Fayetteville. Balle is a part of the UAMS Sports Medicine team, which includes orthopaedic surgeons, sports-certified physical therapists, certified athletic trainers and…

May 1, 2020

Two New Publications Featured in Journals Spring Edition

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Injury in Crossfit Gean RP1, Martin RD2, Cassat M2, Mears SC2. ¹Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Abstract The present study aims to investigate the incidence and pattern of injury in Crossfit. This study used a database search…

April 27, 2020

David Bumpass, M.D. Receives Inaugural Team Science Award

April 27, 2020 Ι David Bumpass, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery was recently named an inaugural recipient of the UAMS Translational Research Institute’s Team Science Voucher Award. The voucher program aims to increase the quantity, quality and effectiveness of cross-disciplinary research at UAMS. Awards of up to $50,000 went…

April 10, 2020

Hand Surgeons Purchase Transport Ventilators to Help Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

Health care workers across the U.S. have risen to the occasion in combating the coronavirus pandemic as hospitals are being faced with the challenge of responding to the potential shortage of masks and other protective materials, as well as ensuring they are equipped with enough respiratory care equipment to support the potential demand. At UAMS,…

April 3, 2020

UAMS’s Barnes Becomes President of American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

By Spencer Watson April 1, 2020 | C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), took office as the 30th president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons during its board of directors video conference March 25. The meeting was to be…

March 19, 2020

Orthopaedics Scholarship Encourages Student Diversity

By Spencer Watson March 19, 2020 – The UAMS College of Medicine has established a scholarship to recruit underrepresented minority students to its orthopaedics program, one of only a handful of medical schools in the country to do so. The scholarship provides financial support to encourage fourth-year minority students outside of UAMS to apply for…

March 17, 2020

Streamlining Hospital Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infection

UAMS Orthopaedic surgeons developed a prosthetic joint infection protocol that can significantly shorten hospital LOS without increased risks by streamlining tx with an ortho-specific ID physician. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and costs. We developed a fast-track PJI care system using an infectious disease physician to work directly with the…

January 9, 2020

Tyler CarlLee, M.D., joins UAMS Orthopaedics in Northwest Arkansas

December 27, 2019

G. Thomas Frazier, M.D., Invested in Inaugural G. Thomas Frazier, M.D. Chair in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

By Benjamin Waldrum Thomas Frazier, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), was invested Dec. 19 in the inaugural G. Thomas Frazier, M.D. Chair in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. “It’s a really auspicious day, and having everybody here…