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 UAMS hospital and institute on aging, eye, spine and neurosciences, myeloma, cancer and psychiatry
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)
  • 870 students graduated - May 2010
  • 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 2007
  • I. Dodd Wilson Education Building - opened 2008
  • UAMS - Northwest Campus opened 2009

 

Patient Care

  • New hospital expansion - opened 2009 
  • Hospital capacity - 332 adult beds, 64 newborn bassinets, 40 psychiatry beds
  • New state-of-the-art emergency room
  • Psychiatric Research Institute - opened 2008
  • Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute expansion - opening 2010
  • Outpatient visits - 371,955
  • Inpatient discharges - 19,582
  • Surgical cases - 12,353
  • Emergency visits - 43,510
  • Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Outpatient visits - 175,096
  • 8,000 plus stem cell transplants performed for multiple myeloma
  • 5-year survival rate for multiple myeloma – (65%) 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

  • Ranking in top 20% of all US Colleges & Universities in research funding from Federal Government
  • Total National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding - $61 million
  • Research space - 500,000 sp. ft. - Barton Research Building (1961), Biomedical Research Buildings I (1993) and II (2004) and throughout campus 
  • UAMS BioVentures Business Incubator - 44 companies with $21M annual payroll
  • World leader in multiple myeloma research and treatment

Outreach

  • Regional Programs include 8 Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) and a comprehensive Rural Hospital Program
  • 25 Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics
  • Head Start, Pulaski County, 23 facilities, 1,130 children
  • Poison Control Hotline - 35,602 calls
  • 8 Arkansas Aging Initiative Centers on Aging
  • Center for Distance Health Stroke Diagnosis and Treatment Network
  • ANGELS high risk pregnancy consultation, diagnosis through telemedicine
  • Evidence-Based Prescription Drug Program (College of Pharmacy) has saved the State of Arkansas $70 million since its inception in 2005  

Philanthropy

  • Campaign Imagine at $350M - 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 

        $914,792,444

          70%

      Grants/Contracts 

        $198,936,533

        15%

      State Appropriations  

       $113,556,345

        9%

      Tuition and Fees  

      $28,147,288

       2%

      Gifts/Other

      $58,485,792

       4%

      TOTAL                                 $1,313,918,402   

      *Includes gifts

       

       

       

       

    • Charity and unreimbursed care - $173,126,082
    • 10,552 employees statewide (Arkansas' largest public employer)
    • Total Sq. Ft. on campus - 4.8M
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