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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was founded in 1879 by eight physicians. Today UAMS is the state's only academic health center, part of a statewide network of post-secondary education institutions of the University of Arkansas System, governed by a 10 member Board of Trustees.
Education
Colleges
Education Statistics
- 65 degree programs
- 2,775 students (50% increase since 2000)
- 811 students graduated - May 2009
- College of Nursing - 637 students
- College of Medicine - 618 students
- College of Health Related Professions - 632 students
- College of Pharmacy - 481 students
- College of Public Health - 140 students
- Graduate School - 267 students
- 733 residents
- 1,352 faculty members
- U.S. News & World Report ranks Geriatrics, Primary Care and Nursing Master's programs
- Chronicle of Higher Education ranks Pharmaceutical Sciences program 5th in nation
- New Residence Hall opened August 2007
- I. Dodd Wilson Education Building opened August 2008 (43,000 sq ft)
- UAMS - Northwest Campus opened 2009
Patient Care
- 540,000 sq. ft expansion of hospital opened 2009
- Total capacity: 332 adult beds, 64 newborn bassinets, 40 psychiatry beds
- New state-of-the-art emergency room
- New parking deck
- Psychiatric Research Institute opened 2008, 100,000 sq. ft., five floors
- Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute 300,000 sq. ft expansion, opening 2010
- Outpatient visits - 371,955
- Inpatient discharges - 19,582
- Surgical cases - 12,353
- Emergency visits - 43,510
- 8,000 plus stem cell transplants performed for multiple myeloma
- 5-year survival rate for multiple myeloma – 65%, which is twice national average
- Only adult cystic fibrosis center in Arkansas
- First liver transplant in Arkansas
- First bone marrow transplant in Arkansas
- Liver and kidney transplant survival rates higher than national average
- Only high-risk pregnancy program in Arkansas, only board-certified maternal fetal specialists
- Faculty physicians staff Arkansas Children's Hospital and the Central Arkansas Veteran's Healthcare System
Research
Outreach
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25 Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics
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Head Start, Pulaski County, 23 facilities, 1,130 children
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Poison Control Hotline - 35,602 calls
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Center for Distance Health Stroke Diagnosis and Treatment Network
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ANGELS high risk pregnancy consultation, diagnosis through telemedicine
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Evidence-Based Prescription Drug Program (College of Pharmacy) has saved the State of Arkansas $70 million since its inception in 2005
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Philanthropy
- Campaign Imagine at $346M - goal of $325M surpassed more than a year early
- 36,826 donors to campaign
- 5 donors contributed $10M or more
- 4 donors contributed between $5M and $10M
- 32 donors contributed between $1M and $5M
- 33 chairs/ professorships
- $4.8M secured for scholarships
- More than $40M for immediate use for research
Institutes of Excellence
- Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
- Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute
- Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy
- Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
- Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute
- Psychiatric Research Institute
Budget 2010
| Patient Care |
$847,168,936
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70%
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| Grants, Contracts and Other* |
$232,293,464
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19%
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| State Appropriations |
$109,444,580
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9%
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| Tuition and Fees |
$25,041,036
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2%
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| Investment Income |
$2,227,588
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1%
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TOTAL $1,216,175,604
*Includes gifts
Charity and unreimbursed care - $139,373,019
10,552 employees statewide (Arkansas' largest public employer)
Total Sq. Ft. on campus - 4.8M
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