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About UAMS
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is part
of the University of Arkansas System. UAMS
has 2,538 students in six academic units: the Colleges of
Medicine,
Pharmacy,
Nursing,
Health Related Professions,
and Public Health and the
Graduate School. UAMS also has
more than 733 resident physicians completing their training at UAMS or at one of
the eight Area Health Education Centers
around the state.
UAMS is one of the largest public employers in the state with about 9,600
employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to
patients at UAMS and its affiliates,
Arkansas Children's Hospital and the
VA Medical Center.
UAMS combines the patient care resources of a state-of-the art hospital and
outpatient center with the Winthrop P.
Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Harvey and
Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Donald
W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Myeloma
Institute for Research and Therapy, the
Psychiatric Research Institute and
Jackson T. Stephens
Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
The outreach efforts of UAMS include eight Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)
in Fayetteville, Pine Bluff, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fort Smith, Jonesboro,
Batesville/Mountain Home and Helena, Ark.; networks of senior health centers and
centers for young children with special health care needs; and interactive video
education and medical consultation services to community hospitals around the
state.
UAMS is the state's largest basic and applied research institution, with more
than $107 million in annual research funding, grants and contracts and
internationally renowned programs in multiple myeloma, aging, cancer and other
areas.
UAMS and its affiliates, Arkansas Children's Hospital and the Central Arkansas
Veterans Healthcare System have a total economic impact in Arkansas of about $5
billion per year. UAMS receives only 10 percent of its funding from the state.
Its operation is funded by payments for clinical services (64 percent), grants
and contracts (18 percent), philanthropy and other (5 percent), and tuition and
fees (2 percent).
The main campus is located at 4301 W. Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas,
72205-7199. For more information call (501) 686-7000.
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