2018 Philanthropy Advancement Report

Advancing the Health and Health Care of Arkansas

2018 ADVANCEMENT REPORT UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES

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Chancellor’s Message Since joining UAMS just a few months ago, I have been deeply touched by the welcome my family and I have received from people all across our beautiful state. I feel fortunate to be a part of UAMS, which is not only an economic engine for Arkansas but is transforming lives every day through its many programs in patient care, education and research.

The world of health care is transforming rapidly and dramatically, and we must change along with it if we are to provide the care that the 3 million people in Arkansas need and deserve.

As the state’s only health sciences university, UAMS is well-positioned to navigate dynamic changes in biomedical technology and the health care marketplace. It is a university with a tremendous history – and a bright future. The potential here is remarkable.

Our priority remains the same as ever: improving health and delivering high-quality health care outcomes to keep people healthy and productive. We achieve this through an uncompromising commitment to our core values of integrity, diversity and health equity, excellence and safety. We achieve this thanks to our more than 1,500 faculty members, 4,000 students and resident physicians, and more than 10,000 employees. We achieve this through partnerships with community, political and business leaders.

is critical to the advances we make every day. Thanks to your generous advocacy for and support of UAMS, we accomplish much together.

The next 10 years will bring many changes for UAMS and the state, and we need to be prepared to embrace the opportunities ahead of us. We need to continue to evolve and do great work for the people of Arkansas. That evolution begins here, right now, at UAMS. We will continue to nurture our partnerships throughout the state, engaging patients, clinicians, researchers, educators and community leaders. We will continue to unify our goals as an institution, working as a true team with shared purpose and mutual accountability. UAMS must continue to lead the way, with a commitment to better health and health care that is second to none.

We have an opportunity to build upon more than a century of service to the state and shape the future of health care for those who need it most. There’s a lot of work to be done.

Together, we will ensure that UAMS is strong and vibrant for years to come.

Let’s dream big.

With deepest gratitude,

And we achieve this thanks to you.

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Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA Chancellor University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3

Walker Family’s Philanthropic Legacy Continues to Benefit UAMS and Arkansas

Throughout their lives, Pat and Willard Walker directed their philanthropy and civic engagement to causes and organizations across the state. The Walkers were revered and among the most well-known philanthropic couples in Arkansas. Although Mr. Walker passed away in 2003, followed

by Mrs. Walker in 2016, their legacies live on through the continued good works of the foundation that bears their name.

It is no understatement to say that lives have been changed by the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, as it has helped to transform the medical and educational landscape in Arkansas. The significance of the family’s philanthropy is exemplified by their commitment to UAMS,

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The Walkers have maintained a strong philanthropic relationship with UAMS for 35 years. Their support has not been limited to one area of the institution, and it reflects the family’s interest and passionate support of medical research, education and patient care.

intensified the family’s commitment to finding improved treatments for cancer and in continuing the search for a cure. “Pat and Willard Walker were among the first major donors to the Cancer Institute,” said Kent Westbrook, M.D., distinguished professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and one of the Cancer Institute’s founding directors.

“We are most grateful to the entire family and the Walker Charitable Foundation for their continued support.”

Mr. Walker’s involvement as a board member of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, now known as the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, piqued his interest in the cancer programs at UAMS. His two successful battles with cancer only

Most recently, in 2017, the foundation pledged $4 million to expand the Cancer Institute’s network of infusion centers, which offers personalized care to patients receiving chemotherapy and other cancer-related treatments. The gift will

and their partnership in its mission to improve the health, health care and wellbeing of all Arkansans.

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help construct, equip and support a new infusion center on the sixth floor, which will be named in honor of the Walkers’ greatgrandson, Braxton Walker. The first floor infusion center will be named in memory of Mrs. Walker.

The Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute is another beneficiary of significant support from the Walker Charitable Foundation.

The Foundation’s gifts through the years have included $6.5 million in 2003 to establish the Pat and Willard Walker Eye Research Center; $15 million in 2006 for a five-story, 56,000-square-foot addition to the institute, providing more clinical and research space; and establishing the Pat Walker Chair in Ophthalmology in 2008 with a gift of $1 million. In 2011, Mrs. Walker gave another $1 million to support the Leland and Betty Tollett Retinal and Ocular Genetics Center.

In March 2018, a portion of the ninth floor of the Jones Eye Institute was dedicated as the Walker Eye Surgical Simulation & Education Center, named in gratitude for a $600,000 donation from the Walker Charitable Foundation. To date, the Walker family’s total gifts to the institute exceed $24 million.

“Once Pat was committed to something, she never wavered,” said John Shock, M.D., founder of the Jones Eye Institute.

“She truly believed she was put on this earth to serve others, be it family,

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friends or institutions. Her generosity and commitment continues to impact lives through medical advancements.”

A 2005 gift of $878,372 helped build the second floor outpatient service area of the Psychiatric Research Institute. The Walker Family Clinic is the institute’s home to the center’s specialty programs, including treatment for addictive, eating, anxiety, depressive and post-traumatic stress disorders.

The Walker Charitable Foundation also supports UAMS activities in northwest Arkansas. The Walker Student Clinical Education Center opened in 2013 on the UAMS Northwest Arkansas Regional Campus, providing much-needed space for outpatient exam rooms and a clinical skills area. The center allows students to practice simulated tasks, strengthen clinical communication and physical exam skills, and work as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team.

In 2005, the Walker Family Memory Research Center in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging was opened with a $5 million gift from the Walker Charitable Foundation. The center helps families struggling to care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. The Walker family cared for Willard as his Alzheimer’s disease progressed, and has said that an early diagnosis, and the care that he received at the Institute on Aging, extended his life.

In 2017, the Walker Charitable Foundation created the Pat Walker Distinguished Chair in Senior Health with a gift of $1.5 million.

The endowment supports the UAMS Department of Geriatrics’ programs in senior health care and education and the chair holder will be a faculty member who will work in Northwest Arkansas and who will hold a leadership position at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education, located in Springdale, Arkansas.

“The transformative gifts from the Walker Foundation to advance senior health and improve the quality of life for our population as we age will touch many lives, probably more than we will ever know,” said Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., executive director of the Reynolds Institute. “Senior health is one of the greatest health care needs facing us in the future.”

Today, the Walker Charitable Foundation continues to build a tradition of health and hope with UAMS, thanks to the legacy built

by Pat and Willard Walker through their selfless generosity and their vision to serve and help others.

“We are thankful for the many contributions the Walker family has made to UAMS through the years,” said Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D, Ed.D., UAMS senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost.

“UAMS would not be what it is today without the Walkers.”

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Baileys Give $150,000 to Create Distinguished Lectureship in Otology Sharon and H.A. “Ted” Bailey, M.D., have been steadfast supporters of UAMS for decades, particularly when it comes to education. So it’s only fitting that the Baileys chose to continue that tradition by establishing a distinguished otology lectureship with a gift of $150,000.

The Sharon and Dr. Ted Bailey Distinguished Lectureship in Otology will support lectures, seminars and other

education forums that will allow UAMS to invite and host renowned physicians and researchers as guest speakers to share their knowledge and advances in the field.

Otology is the study of the anatomy and diseases of the ear.

The lectureship will benefit the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the College of Medicine, which Ted Bailey oversaw for several years when it was still a division. The department plans to expand research in hearing loss and cochlear implantation in addition to its extraordinary research in head and neck cancers and vascular malformations.

“Sharon and I are pleased to continue our support of UAMS by bringing renowned otologic physicians and researchers to share the latest developments in this field,” said Ted Bailey. “Our goal for this distinguished lectureship series is to keep UAMS at the forefront of otologic care and thereby benefit the many thousands of Arkansans who suffer from hearing loss and other ear problems.”

professor in the College of Medicine who served as chair of the Department of Otolaryngology for 43 years.

“Dr. Bailey gave lectures to me when I was a student,” said Suen. “When I was a resident in training, I spent time in his office and he spent a lot of time teaching me.

We became good friends after I became chairman of the department, and that relationship has grown over the years. I am thankful that this lectureship will honor Dr. Bailey indefinitely and greatly enhance the education of our residents and faculty.

Dr. Bailey was one of the premier otologic surgeons in the U.S. He has restored hearing in thousands of patients.”

“Dr. Ted Bailey is an icon for ear surgery in Arkansas,” said John Dornhoffer, M.D., chair of the Department of Otolaryngology.

“This generous gift will allow us to bring national and international experts in hearing and balance disorders as invited lecturers to continue this tradition of excellence in otology.”

Ted Bailey, a 1947 College of Medicine graduate, taught UAMS medical students and residents for many years, including a young James Suen, M.D., a distinguished 6

Sharon and H.A. “Ted” Bailey, M.D.

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Bates Professorship Honors a Public Health Champion Joseph Bates, M.D., M.S., has always maintained a clear focus throughout his career on building a healthier Arkansas. To further his vision, Bates and UAMS recently established a professorship created to help ensure public health practice far into the future, named the Joseph H. Bates M.D., M.S., Professorship in Academic Public Health Practice. The endowment stems from the need for physicians to be educated in public health, and for physicians to assume leadership roles in academic public health practice.

“Dr. Bates is truly remarkable,” said James Raczynski, Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. “He is revered across Arkansas and around the world for his accomplishments in clinical medicine, medical education, research and public health practice. It’s an honor for the College of Public Health to be able to recognize his many accomplishments and immortalize him by creating this professorship, which will endure as long as the college exists.”

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population-based public health and practice-based research, with the end goal of education and leadership roles helping promote affordable and quality health care for all.

Bates’ medical accomplishments span more than five decades. He is an internationally recognized researcher in tuberculosis and a tireless leader and advocate for public health. Bates helped pioneer short-course, outpatient treatment of tuberculosis, transforming how it was perceived and managed. That innovation, in collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Health, helped eliminate tuberculosis as a major public health threat and reduced Arkansas case rates to well below the national average.

Bates is the associate dean for public health practice in the College of Public Health, as well as an adjunct professor.

He served as College of Medicine faculty for 35 years and was chief of the medical service at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare system for 30 years. He played a key role in the establishment of the College of Public Health at UAMS, and since 2005 has served as a member of its faculty and administration. He also has been a vocal supporter for state legislation

Joseph Bates, M.D., M.S.

affecting health and an advocate for the needs of the underserved.

Other pivotal work includes his advocacy for using Arkansas’ share of the landmark 2000 tobacco settlement strictly for health initiatives, state legislation in 2006 to ban smoking in most workplaces and indoor environments, and funding many health initiatives through a major tobacco tax in 2009. He has championed the health needs of the more than 11,000 Marshallese living in Arkansas, and the Springdale Arkansas Department of Health Bates Outreach Clinic is named in his honor.

Bates was honored by the Arkansas Medical Society with its 2014 Asklepion Award for contributions to health care in Arkansas, and was lauded that same year as a public health hero. In 2015, he was inducted into the College of Medicine Hall of Fame. In May, he received the UAMS Chancellor’s Award, presented to those whose service to UAMS is deserving of special recognition.

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Rissers Give $500,000 to UAMS, Securing Cutting-Edge Technology for Myeloma Patients Bud Risser, of St. Petersburg, Florida, is known as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and community leader. But perhaps his favorite title is “survivor.” Risser, who received treatment at the worldrenowned UAMS Myeloma Center, is now in continuous remission for multiple myeloma.

Each year, Bud and his wife, Fran, enjoy piloting his private plane to Little Rock.

Besides being fun, it represents the newfound freedom they have since Bud went into remission. So, when the Rissers found out that the Myeloma Center needed a similar lift, they stepped up.

Inspired by the center’s transformational research and treatments that helped save his life, the Rissers gave $500,000 and challenged others to make contributions.

Their challenge was accepted, and the combined gifts allowed the purchase of a $1.5 million, cutting-edge piece of equipment.

It’s another example of the Rissers leading from the front, but it means more to them than that.

“Fran and I were more than pleased to make this happen,” said Risser. “It gave 8

us so much joy to know the difference we could make. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing patients and families benefit from something you helped deliver.”

That delivery is the CyTOF instrumentation and super-computer infrastructure for mass cytometry, a biotechnology used in cell counting, cell sorting and biomarker detection. By suspending cells in a stream of fluid with heavy metal ion tags and passing them through an electronic detection apparatus, samples can be analyzed more quickly and accurately than using previous detection methods.

“One of the things that really motivated us was the order of magnitude improvement in the time taken, and the astounding increase in the number of cells that can now be simultaneously identified,” said Risser. “The previous system was limited to testing for three kinds of cells and took a long time, but the new equipment can track 43 different kinds of cells simultaneously, and in a fraction of the time.”

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an advanced system. It allows UAMS researchers to study the whole immune system at a single cell level to better understand its function, including how cells become diseased and how they respond to various therapeutic agents.

“I can understand that it may not mean much to some people, but for people who have some understanding it is light years ahead of what you could do previously,” said Risser. “This dramatic improvement will make it possible to track clinical treatments essentially in real time.”

With the help of the Rissers and other donors, the Myeloma Center Mass Cytometry Laboratory is now operational on the 9th floor of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

“Bud’s engineering skills allowed him to fully understand the order of magnitude in information that this technology can provide and to perceive the potential therapeutic benefit for patients with multiple myeloma,” said Gareth Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., of the Myeloma Center.

Center Photo: Sarah Johnson, Ph.D., uses the CyTOF system.

Bud and Fran Risser

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Members of Team UAMS were there to cheer on donations.

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#UAMSDAYOFGIVING UAMS’ First-Ever Day of Giving Raises $356,137 in 24 Hours

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Mark it down: UAMS’ first-ever Day of Giving, held in 2017, was a smashing success.

Over a 24-hour period, beginning early Oct. 5 and ending in the wee hours of Oct. 6, supporters from around Arkansas, the region and the world raised $356,137 for the state’s only academic health sciences university and its foundation.

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The Second Annual Day of Giving will be held on October 2, 2018.

“What a difference a day makes,” said Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost. “We at UAMS are humbled and grateful for the outpouring of support from so many for an institution that does so much. From this Day of Giving, UAMS emerged even stronger in its commitment to improve health and health care in Arkansas.”

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Gardner kicked off the day’s events by making its first official donation at 6 a.m., Oct. 5.

The campaign, the largest single-day philanthropic effort in UAMS’ 138-year history, blew past its stated goal of $250,000 before 5 p.m. Oct. 5, said Amanda May, director of annual giving.

“We had a number of challenge and matching gifts that were met quickly because of all the individual donations that kept flowing in,” May said. “It is truly amazing to have the support of so many who recognize the difference UAMS makes in their lives. They made today a success.”

All money raised will support the various programs, funds, colleges or institutes chosen by the donor and are spread across areas of patient care, education and research. Gifts came in from more than 1,000 donors from 16 states, and from as far away as the United Kingdom, May said.

At least 186 separate areas of UAMS were earmarked by donors to receive funds.

Most of the gifts were made via phone or online at the campaign website, dayofgiving.UAMS.edu, May said, but several were made in person at UAMS campuses across the state. Volunteers sporting shiny white-and-red buttons at tables festooned with red balloons accepted donations from employees passing by on a morning walk or during their lunch hour.

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Social media was abuzz with photos and videos from patients, families, employees and supporters using the hashtag #UAMSDayofGiving. They shared stories about the difference UAMS made for them, and why supporting the institution today will help those in need tomorrow.

Erin Wood, who delivered her donation by car, was grateful for the staff of the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and the Wall of Hope, which showcases photos of NICU graduates.

“Before our daughter was born at 23 weeks gestation, weighing 1 pound, 7 ounces, and we lost her twin brother, I was on bed rest at UAMS,” Wood said. “The Wall of Hope became my psychological lifeline, and remained so throughout our 128-day NICU stay,” she said. “Five years later, our daughter is thriving, I still pass the Wall of Hope with tremendous gratitude for the light it offered during a dark time.”

“UAMS saved my life,” said Shalonda Michelle, who survived stage 4 throat cancer. “UAMS has been there to help service the people in our community and all over the world. Let’s help them continue to do what they do best, and let’s save lives.”

More than 1 million patients each year are seen by UAMS faculty at its main campus, regional campuses, the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. UAMS graduates nearly

1,000 doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals each year, the majority of whom stay in Arkansas to practice. It’s a difference felt across the state.

UAMS relies in large part on its own revenue to support itself, but often that isn’t enough.

State appropriations are only about 6 percent of UAMS’ $1.5 billion annual budget. Patient care revenue makes up the lion’s share, or 75 percent, and includes significant support from the Medicaid expansion of Arkansas Works. As state appropriations remain flat from year to year, and needs continue to grow, UAMS seeks additional philanthropic support.

The Day of Giving helps alleviate some of the substantial financial hurdles that UAMS faces.

“The UAMS Day of Giving shows the kind of transformative change made possible by a shared belief in the mission of the institution,” said Brigitte Grant, UAMS interim vice chancellor for Institutional Advancement. “We are immensely grateful for the generosity and commitment of individuals, corporations and organizations that made this day possible.”

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Rakhshan Chair in Otolaryngology Established Through

“ Gifts of JOY and LOVE” Only a few years ago, the Rakhshan family’s lives were turned upside down. At age 18, Pamela Rakhshan had just completed her first year of college when she was diagnosed with mucoepidermoid carcinoma, a malignant tumor of the trachea. The rare condition only occurs 2 or 3 times per 100,000 people per year, and most often in the elderly.

Chris Rakhshan, Pamela’s father, knew he needed to seek out the best physician to find a cure for his daughter. Rakhshan, who at the time lived in Arkansas, didn’t have to look far.

“To my delight, it seemed the best surgeon in the country was practicing at UAMS, by the name of Dr. James Suen,” said Chris Rakhshan, who now lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Suen, who served as chair of the Department of OtolaryngologyHead and Neck Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine for 43 years, is known worldwide as a highly skilled head and neck cancer surgeon. A friend of the Rakhshan family attended medical school with Suen and knew of his extraordinary reputation, so he suggested the family reach out to him.

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Chris and Pamela Rakhshan

“I realized that my daughter’s life was in the balance, and I had to focus,” said Chris Rakhshan. “My part was to bring her the very best care I could, and once we met with Dr. Suen, I knew that I could not have done any better.”

Just days after that initial contact, Pamela was in the operating room for more than 10 hours under Suen’s care. It was a harrowing experience for Chris Rakhshan, and he feared the worst.

“I thought for sure that we had lost her,” he said. “But Dr. Suen told me later that he took extra time, because she’s so young, and he wanted to be sure that not only the operation was successful, but that she would never have any issues. He took extra time to make sure everything was done to perfection.”

During Pamela’s follow-up visits, her father was impressed with Suen’s skill and with his kind, soft-spoken and compassionate manner.

“I realized then how very lucky my family and I were to have Dr. Suen save my daughter’s life, and I determined that somehow

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I wanted to repay that kindness,” said Chris Rakhshan.

Chris Rakhshan, who moved to Colorado recently, donated his Arkansas home to UAMS, and UAMS used the proceeds of that sale – nearly $1 million – to establish the Pamela Rakhshan Chair in Otolaryngology, both to celebrate Pamela’s bright future and to honor Suen, who made it all possible.

“Sometimes we mistakenly measure our fortunes with what’s in our pocket,” said Chris Rakhshan. “And at the time, when I was going through this with my daughter, I realized that my true fortunes in life were what was in front of me – my family. And there’s no greater gratitude I could have had to Dr. Suen and UAMS for bringing her back to me.”

An endowed chair is among the highest academic honors a university can bestow on a faculty member and is established with gifts of $1 million, which are invested to maintain and build the endowment value to allow for spendable distributions from the endowment to be used for the educational, research and clinical activities of the chair holder. Those named to a chair are among the most highly regarded scientists, physicians and professors in their fields of expertise. The endowment will provide funding for continued research and advancements to treatments and surgeries for head and neck cancers.

“I would like to thank Chris Rakhshan for this generous donation, especially because it’s honoring his daughter,” said Suen. “This chair will be at UAMS for as long as UAMS exists, and the interest can be used year after year for research, helping us find cures for patients that have these vascular anomalies. This gift will make a huge difference and I think will save many lives in the future. We’re grateful to Chris and Pamela for that.”

“This is kind of like the eternal flame,” said John Dornhoffer, M.D., chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine. “This is going to continue to support – so long as there are sick people, so long as there are diseases, so long as there’s cancer – this is going to allow us, essentially forever, to continue this research. I think that’s a really powerful gift. For somebody who does research, for somebody who supports clinicians and researchers, this is going to allow us to do it in a way that otherwise would not be possible.”

Today, Pamela lives a life free of cancer, and Chris Rakhshan’s act of kindness will help many others.

“Gifts of joy and love must be paid forward, and it brings great joy to my heart to know that this gift will help save many beloved sons and daughters in the future,” he said.

James Suen, M.D.

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Caroline T. Briggs

Briggs Trust Donates $436,000 for Schizophrenia Research A gift of $436,000 will allow the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute to fund additional research for treatments and causes of schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder that can cause hallucinations, delusions and a loss of touch with reality.

According to the National Institutes of Health, about 1 in 100 people in the United States have schizophrenia, which affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves.

The donation from the Caroline T. Briggs Charitable Trust was delivered Dec. 19, 2017 by representatives of the trust and Simmons Bank to Pedro Delgado, M.D., director of the institute and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry in the UAMS College of Medicine.

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“We are very grateful for this gift, which I think will go a long way toward making a difference in the lives of people with schizophrenia,” said Delgado. “This will allow us to develop a program that focuses on an area where, until now, we’ve had a gap in our research portfolio. We will be able to bring in some new researchers in the field as well as involve some of our younger faculty members to grow this program.”

Simmons Bank’s Cathy Brazeale (left) and Laura Parrish (right) present a $436,000 check to Pedro Delgado, M.D., director of the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute, on behalf of the Caroline T. Briggs Charitable Trust.

very grateful for Briggs’ generosity and for her philanthropic vision to establish a trust designating funds to address such a debilitating medical condition and to help others in the future.

Briggs will be honored as a member of the UAMS 1879 Society for her planned gift, and as a member of the Society of the Double Helix as a donor who has given $100,000 or more in cumulative giving to UAMS.

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$1 Million Estate Gift to Benefit Breast Cancer Research at UAMS Cancer Institute She later joined Stephens, Inc. where she worked for 25 years in corporate finance and as managing director of investment banking.

Linda Garner Riggs

A $1 million gift from the estate of Linda Garner Riggs to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will be used to advance research of triple negative breast cancer. Riggs, a former Arkansas insurance commissioner and managing director at Stephens, Inc., died in November 2017.

“This gift will have long-lasting effects on UAMS’ ability to help women living with breast cancer. We are grateful to Mrs. Riggs for this transforming gift, which provides vital funds for our ongoing initiative for cancer research,” said Stephanie Gardner, Pharm.D., Ed.D., UAMS senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost.

A native of Fordyce, Riggs worked about 10 years in state government, serving as director of the research and committee staff of the Arkansas Legislature; legislative and budgetary director for Gov. Frank White; and insurance commissioner.

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“ This gift will have long-lasting effects on UAMS’ ability to help women living with breast cancer. We are grateful to Mrs. Riggs for this transforming gift, which provides vital funds for our ongoing initiative for cancer research.” Gardner

research will enable us to expand our efforts to help women with triple negative breast cancer, which is a very difficult type of breast cancer. Breast cancer research has always been an area of significant emphasis for the institute.”

In triple negative breast cancer, the cancer cells do not contain the hormones estrogen and progesterone or the protein HER2. Therefore, the most common hormonal therapies for breast cancer are not effective for women with this form of the disease, which is often aggressive and likely to spread or return after the initial diagnosis.

“Linda lived an exemplary life, and I was so privileged to know her and be her partner in it. She was a wonderful example and role model to anyone who wanted to become a better person,” said her husband, Lamar Riggs of Little Rock.

Triple negative breast cancer is diagnosed in up to 20 percent of cases and is more likely to occur in younger people, AfricanAmericans, Hispanics and those with the BRCA1 gene mutation.

“We are honored and humbled that Mrs. Riggs designated the Cancer Institute as a recipient for this generous gift from her estate,” said Kent Westbrook, M.D., distinguished professor in the UAMS College of Medicine and the Cancer Institute’s founding director. “Her foresight and dedication to the importance of cancer

In appreciation of her gift, Riggs will be honored as a member of the 1879 Society of UAMS, recognizing all individuals who have made estate gifts to the university, and as a member of the Society of the Double Helix, which recognizes donors who have given $100,000 or more in cumulative giving to UAMS. 15

Visionary Donors Establish Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship in the College of Nursing Jean C. McSweeney, Ph.D., R.N., professor and associate dean for research in the UAMS College of Nursing and co-director of its Ph.D. program, was invested March 12, 2018 in the Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for women in Arkansas. The Women’s Cardiovascular Health Professorship aims to lead the next wave of research and innovation to address this critical health crisis. The professorship will support UAMS’ recruitment of more cardiovascular researchers, studies to improve treatment and health outcomes for women with cardiovascular disease, and educational opportunities to illuminate women of the risk factors and symptoms associated with cardiovascular disease.

McSweeney is an internationally known researcher with more than 20 years of experience in women’s cardiovascular disease. She was the first to identify different heart attack symptoms for women in a 2003 study published in the American Heart Association’s premier journal, Circulation. In 2016, she chaired the

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first American Heart Association Scientific Statement fully devoted to cardiovascular disease in women.

The Scientific Statement concluded that more research, improved diagnostic equipment and early recognition of symptoms is needed to identify and treat women with cardiovascular disease in order to improve outcomes. This professorship supports McSweeney’s continued efforts to enact the statement’s recommendations.

“The knowledge she’s generated has changed the ways women recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and the way clinicians listen to women and their symptoms.

She is, indeed, the queen of hearts, women’s hearts.” Beck She sees the professorship as the next logical step in impacting clinical practice and outcomes for women with

cardiovascular disease, as well as a way to solidify those improvements in perpetuity.

“This means this research can go on forever and that’s what we need,” said McSweeney.

Established through the generosity of more than 170 individuals, this professorship represents not only a legacy of medical excellence but an unwavering commitment to progressive innovation, and ingenuity in patient care, research and education.

McSweeney said she’s driven by the opportunity this professorship provides UAMS and the College of Nursing to continue to be a leader in women’s cardiovascular health. The fact that so many individuals funded the professorship — typically funded by one donor or a small group of donors — is significant. “It warms my heart,” McSweeney said. “It emphasizes the perceived and real importance of this research to people across the state. This work is very important to people and they understand why it is needed.”

Cornelia Beck, Ph.D., R.N., a retired UAMS College of Medicine and Nursing faculty member, renowned researcher and close friend of McSweeney, said being a

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compassionate listener is what enabled McSweeney to identify women’s different symptoms and to use this research for the benefit of others.

“Dr. McSweeney has affected the lives of patients across the world,” she said. “The knowledge she’s generated has changed the ways women recognize the symptoms of a heart attack and the way clinicians listen to women and their symptoms. She is, indeed, the queen of hearts, women’s hearts.”

Dr. McSweeney has been at UAMS for more than 20 years and served as the College of Nursing’s interim dean for most of 2015, prior to the appointment of Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., R.N., in November of that year.

McSweeney helped develop the doctoral program of the College of Nursing.

“She’s an outstanding educator, mentor and researcher,” said Cowan. “She’s the ideal person to serve as the inaugural holder of this endowed professorship.”

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Scholarships Dr. John Baker MHA Scholarship in the College of Public Health John Baker, Ph.D., MBA, now retired, was the founder and longtime professor of the Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree program, first established at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and subsequently moved to the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at UAMS in 2005. It is the only accredited MHA program in the state of Arkansas. Baker’s friends, colleagues, and former students helped to establish the Dr. John Baker MHA Scholarship in the College of Public Health for students of the MHA program. The scholarship will provide greatly needed tuition awards to deserving students to support their academic and research efforts as they are becoming leaders in the highly complex and changing health care system.

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“Thank you for the feeling of support and peace of mind that reducing my debt obligations brings me. It allows me to allocate more focus and energy on what is truly most important, making the most of my medical education.”

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Deborah Flowers Fawcett, M.D. Memorial Scholarship in the College of Medicine Holli Fawcett Clayton wanted to honor the memory of her mother, including her many accomplishments as a 1977 graduate of the College of Medicine and as a physician specializing in pediatrics and adult allergy/ immunology. For this reason, Clayton established the Deborah Flowers Fawcett, M.D. Memorial Scholarship to be awarded to one student each year who is in his/her second, third or fourth year in the College of Medicine. Clayton’s mother once served as an assistant professor of pediatrics at UAMS, and she served as medical director of the Asthma Care Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

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Butler Fuller, M.D. Endowed Scholarship in the College of Medicine Butler Fuller III, M.D., and his wife Beth wanted to help students in financial need, so they established a scholarship in the College of Medicine. Fuller, an Arkadelphia native, is an alumnus of the College of Medicine and did his ophthalmology residency at UAMS. He spent the last 23 years of his career as a surgeon at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, retiring two years ago. He and his wife decided to create an endowed scholarship to help students in perpetuity.

In appreciation for their gift, UAMS named the scholarship the Butler Fuller, M.D. Endowed Scholarship.

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“I rely on financial aid to help finance my education, and receiving this scholarship will help reduce my financial burdens as I pursue a BSN degree in nursing.

As a mother of six, I wasn’t sure it would ever happen!”

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Scholarships Don G. Howard, M.D. Scholarship in the College of Medicine Don G. Howard, M.D., a graduate of the UAMS College of Medicine, designated UAMS as a beneficiary in a charitable remainder trust, which allowed the College of Medicine to establish a $100,000 scholarship endowment in his name. The Don G. Howard, M.D. Scholarship will help medical students in financial need. His daughter explained that he came from humble beginnings, obtained a student loan from a local farm family for his medical school education, which he fully repaid, and he retired at the senior rank of brigadier general from the Arkansas National Guard.

“We are honored to recognize Dr. Howard’s philanthropy and his work as a beloved and dedicated physician in Fordyce, Arkansas by naming the scholarship in his memory,” said Christopher T. Westfall, M.D., interim dean of the College of Medicine.

“This generous scholarship was a large factor in my decision to attend UAMS.”

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Dr. Lee A. Nauss and Mrs. Vivian Maxwell Endowed Scholarship

“The scholarship has changed my life, and this award was my primary motivation for continuing my education in Arkansas, rather than an out-of-state program.” UAMS student

Lee Nauss, M.D., and his wife, Vivian Maxwell, of Rochester, Minnesota, recently established an endowed scholarship for students of the UAMS College of Medicine who have a financial need. Nauss, a 1970 graduate of the UAMS College of Medicine had to provide for himself growing up. He could not afford medical school initially, so he became a nurse. Eventually, he saved enough money to put himself through medical school and became an anesthesiologist.

He had a successful career at the Mayo Pain Clinic, which he helped to create, as one of the first stand-alone pain clinics. It was his desire to establish a scholarship for students in need.

College of Nursing DNP Scholarship in Tobacco Control An anonymous donor with a passionate interest in reducing tobacco-related illnesses established a scholarship endowment in the College of Nursing. The donor saw the importance of helping to advance the education of nursing students seeking a doctor in nursing practice (DNP)

degree who state an interest in tobacco control as part of their DNP coursework.

A DNP program is valuable to the health profession because of its focus on clinical practice leadership training. A doctor in nursing practice often moves into a leadership role in health care. This donor envisioned the long-term benefits of a DNP scholarship for the nursing profession and for the future benefit of patients and families.

Marty Bushmiaer Orthopaedic Nursing Scholarship C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., a well-known orthopaedic surgeon and chairman of the department of orthopaedics at UAMS, established a scholarship in the College of Nursing in honor of Marty Bushmiaer, A.P.R.N., who has worked with Barnes for more than 20 years. Barnes understands the importance of the skills and expertise of nursing professionals. The scholarship supports orthopaedic nurses who are UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES

seeking an advanced nursing degree from the College of Nursing. The honor was a surprise to Bushmiaer, who said, “I fell in love with orthopaedics on my first job following nursing school. I was inspired by the nurses in the operating room who shared their love and enthusiasm for orthopaedics. I am proud to know that there will be an opportunity for another nurse to love and enjoy a fulfilling career in orthopaedic nursing.”

Blackwell-Barnes College of Medicine Scholarship In honor of his friend and mentor, C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., established a scholarship in the College of Medicine named for Banks Blackwell, M.D., a fellow Pine Bluff native who helped Barnes and other medical students struggling to make it financially through school. As a way to pay it forward, Barnes established the Blackwell-Barnes College of Medicine Scholarship. The scholarship will help students in the College of Medicine who are from southwest Arkansas, with a preference for students who also state an interest in practicing in orthopaedics. “Banks did this for me and others from Pine Bluff,” Barnes said. “He asked that we do it for others when we could, and I have enjoyed doing so.”

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R. Louise Stout Simmons, M.D. Endowed Scholarship in the College of Medicine R. Louise Stout, a 1949 UAMS College of Medicine graduate, passed away unexpectedly in 1970. Her father, Carl R. Stout, wanted his daughter’s love of medicine to be remembered, so he created a charitable remainder trust.

When Mr. Stout died in 1994, the trust provided income to his surviving daughter, Dorothy S. Aldridge, for her lifetime – with the College of Medicine named as the beneficiary of the remainder of the trust.

Dorothy, a longtime supporter of UAMS,

passed away June 30, 2018. Her father’s trust will now fund the R. Louise Stout Simmons, M.D. Endowed Scholarship to carry on the legacy of his beloved daughter and sister. The scholarship, which supports medical students with financial need, will be funded with over $1.4 million, making it the single largest endowed scholarship at UAMS.

“I have always believed that no one is capable of accomplishing anything alone, and now when I reflect on this time in my life, your family will be included in those who have supported me through this journey.” UAMS student 21

UAMS Foundation Fund Board Honors Four for

Lifetime Achievement The UAMS Foundation Fund Board has recognized four honorees with lifetime achievement awards in gratitude for their decades of service and philanthropy to UAMS. The awards were presented Feb. 1, 2018 at UAMS’ annual All Boards Luncheon.

P.O. Hooper, M.D. Volunteer Leadership Award

Lee Ronnel

P.O. Hooper, M.D.

Jo Ellen Ford

Jo Ellen Ford and Lee Ronnel, both of Little Rock, were named the inaugural recipients of the P.O. Hooper, M.D. Volunteer Leadership Award. Hooper, along with seven other Little Rock physicians, who in 1879 helped found what is now UAMS. The award recognizes UAMS donors for their exceptional support of the institution’s mission through volunteerism, leadership and philanthropy. Like Hooper, they inspire, lead and motivate others to shape the future of the institution.

Kent Westbrook, M.D.

John Shock, M.D.

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John Shock, M.D., founding director of the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, and Kent Westbrook, M.D., distinguished

professor in the College of Medicine, and co-founding director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, were named the inaugural recipients of the Harry P. Ward, M.D. Visionary Award. The award recognizes current or former employees for their extraordinary ability to envision, promote and utilize philanthropy to transform the landscape and constitution of UAMS.

Ward, UAMS chancellor from 1979-2000, is remembered as a giant in the history of health care and higher education in Arkansas. A man of determination and commitment, he led UAMS’ transformation from a small medical school with a charity hospital into a health sciences university and research leader.

Harry P. Ward, M.D. Visionary Award Harry Ward, M.D., UAMS Chancellor 1979-2000

“Today, we honor our volunteer and employee leaders, who have, through generous donations of their time and talent,

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made a better future for health care in Arkansas,” said William Clark, then chair of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board.

Helix, have given extensively to UAMS in support of critical initiatives over their long history with the institution.

Ford, along with her husband Joe, is a member of the UAMS Society of the Double Helix and had an instrumental role in supporting the formation of the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

She is a lifetime member and a former chair of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board, the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board, and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation Fund Board.

“It’s indeed an honor to receive the P.O. Hooper Volunteer Leadership Award,” Ronnel said. “It has been both an honor and a pleasure to have served as chairman of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board as that board’s representative to the University of Arkansas Foundation. I will treasure the Hooper Award, and I thank you for making me one of the first recipients.”

“I’m very grateful for this award,” Ford said.

“I want to say thank you to my husband, who has always encouraged me to do whatever I felt led to do, whether it was Bible study fellowship or working at the university hospital, in the cancer center or the aging institute. It’s been a wonderful blessing to me to be able to help in this area.”

Ronnel, along with his wife Dale and their extended family, has been a dedicated and passionate supporter of UAMS for more than four decades. Ronnel is a member and former chair of the University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors, and a former member and chair of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board. The Ronnels, members of the Society of the Double

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Shock joined the College of Medicine as chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in 1979, when there was only one other fulltime faculty member in that department.

He significantly expanded the department’s faculty and increased patient visits from about 6,000 annually to almost 20,000.

Shock was one of the first to develop the ultrasonic cataract machine and established the Jones Eye Institute. He was interim dean of the College of Medicine from 2000 to 2002 and was UAMS executive vice chancellor from 2002 to 2009.

“I would like to thank the UAMS Foundation Fund Board for naming me a recipient of the Harry P. Ward Lifetime Achievement Award,” Shock said. “Dr. Ward was a master builder, and set the stage for enormous campus expansion that occurred during his tenure. He did this by giving people like Kent Westbrook and myself the

opportunity and encouragement to build programs which he thought contributed to the whole. He also openly welcomed individuals who were like-minded, that shared his vision to build a campus of which we all can be very proud.”

Westbrook, a 1965 College of Medicine graduate, worked with colleagues throughout much of the 1970s and 1980s to develop comprehensive, multidisciplinary cancer programs at UAMS, culminating in the 1984 formation of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, the predecessor of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. He served as its director for 14 years and was chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology from 1992 to 2003. Westbrook served as interim chair of the Department of Surgery from 1999 to 2002 and as interim vice chancellor for UAMS Development and Alumni Affairs, now the Division of Institutional Advancement, in 2011. He has been an associate dean and a member of the Chancellor’s Cabinet.

“It’s really thrilling to me to receive this Harry P. Ward Visionary Award,” Westbrook said. “It’s a great honor. When my wife and I came to this campus 56 years ago, I had no concept of winning an award like this.

This award came about because James Suen and I had a dream of a cancer center, and I really thank all of the people who were involved in the development of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.”

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UAMS Foundation Fund Board I’m proud to have served these last six years as a member of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board, and I have the honor of being named this year as chair.

Like so many of you, I know personally the positive impact that UAMS makes every single day on the lives of individuals and families with its unwavering dedication to patient care, research and health care education. We are very fortunate to have UAMS in our state to serve the people of Arkansas. We have access to the most recent scientific discoveries and advanced treatments for virtually every medical specialty.

As a member of the UAMS Foundation Fund Board, and for all those who serve on the UAMS advisory boards, our role is to help promote the important work and accomplishments of this great institution by serving as ambassadors and leaders. To serve alongside the caliber of leadership that exists on our advisory boards is humbling. UAMS has 17 distinct affiliated advisory boards composed of more than 400 business and community leaders from across Arkansas and the region. By providing our time, resources and talents, we share a vision to improve the health and health care education for the people of our state.

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More than 1,500 volunteers lend their time and energy to UAMS each year. Add that to the several thousand sharp minds we have across the state of Arkansas in service for our friends, family and neighbors, and we know that UAMS is in good hands. We are fortunate to have world-class care in our own backyard, and we must do all we can to preserve and promote that legacy of excellence.

UAMS has tremendous importance to all of us, serving people both directly and through the community at large. We are committed to improving the lives of all Arkansans through philanthropy.

It’s easy to get involved: just email us at advancement@uams.edu along with your contact information and interests. Please join us as we work to make our state a better, healthier place to live.

Beau Blair Chair, UAMS Foundation Fund Board

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UAMS Foundation Fund Board

Jerry B. Adams

Judy Adams

Mike Akin

Kathleen D. Alexander

Larry J. Alman

Patricia Bailey

The Honorable Mike Beebe

Freddie Black

Beau Blair*

Lee Bodenhamer

Kristen Boozman

Mary Beth Brooks

The Honorable Robert L. Brown

William E. Clark II

Stuart Cobb

Dr. Carl M. Collier

Sandra G. Connor

Kevin A. Crass

James E. Darr Jr.

Ray C. Dillon

George H. Dunklin Jr.

Dr. Joycelyn Elders

Lewis E. Epley Jr.

Jo Ellen Ford

Charlotte Gadberry

Denise M. Garner

*Chair

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The Honorable Mike Gibson

Dr. Dewayne L. Goldmon

Stanley L. Hill

Sonja Hubbard

Dr. David W. Hunton

Patricia Johnson

Janet M. Jones

Dr. Frederick E. Joyce

James V. Kelley III

Kenan J. Keyes

Dianne Lamberth

Lester P. Matlock Jr.

Dr. Anita Groves McAllister

Hugh T. McDonald

Dr. Lisa M. McNeir

Mark E. Middleton

Dorothy Morris

Donald M. Munro

Walter S. Nunnelly III

Buckley O’Mell

Cindy L. Pugh

Charlene Reed

Jennifer Ronnel

Lee Ronnel

Ron G. Russell

Charles E. Scharlau III

Dana Silaski

Dewitt H. Smith III

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Judith Snowden

Gilda Underwood

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Ross M. Whipple

Jane McGehee Wilson

Craig S. Wood

Joe “Clay” Young IV

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Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation Fund Board Ginger Beebe

Ed Bennett

Penny Burkhalter

Stuart Cobb

Pat Cooper

Remmel T. Dickinson

Ray C. Dillon

Jo Ellen Ford

Denise M. Garner

Dr. Hershel H. Garner Jr.

Lloyd Garrison

Don L. Gibson

Herren Hickingbotham

Stephen W. Higginbotham

Martha Hill

Barbara Rogers Hoover

Lenka Horakova

Patricia Johnson

Philip R. Jonsson

Dr. Frederick E. Joyce

Kenan J. Keyes*

Mandy Macke

Susan C. Pruitt

Natalie Rockefeller

Carol Rodgers

J. Raye Rogers

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Jennifer Ronnel

Wade A. Ruckle

Margaret C. Schueck

Stacy Sells

Cheryl Shuffield

Trip Stauss

Dr. Jonathan F. Thomas

Dr. Josetta E. Wilkins

James L. Witt

Janie Witt

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Dr. Malcolm A. Smith

Hatim Smouni

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Alumni Advisory Council

Dr. Laura MacDonald

Dr. Kristen Belew

Dr. Jack Blackshear Jr.

Martha Chamness

Jean Ann Coger

Lisa Conque

Dr. David Jacks

Dr. Rachael McCaleb

Walt Nickels

John Patterson

Dr. Austin Porter III

Dr. Chad Rodgers*

Sarah Wang

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College of Health Professions Advisory Board

Craig H. Gilliam

Garbo G. Hearne

Dr. Billy R. Thomas

Ben J. Wellons

Dr. Ruth Allen

Chad Avery

Brooke Ivy Bridges

Lisa Conque

Dr. Margaret A. Ellibee

John Owens

Drew Ramey

Judy J. Sims*

Patrick Skinner

Jenny H. Teeter

*Chair

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Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Envoys Board of Directors Dr. Gwendolyn BryantSmith

Valerie Erkma

Deborah Linton Ferguson

Allyson Gattin

Melanie Gloster

Tisha Gribble

Lindsay R. Hale

Sandy Henry

Jenny Long

Tim Long

Sheryl McKelvey

Shalonda Michelle

Dr. William Mustain

Dr. Daniela Ochoa

Win Rockefeller Jr.

Jennifer Ronnel

Dr. Matthew A. Steliga

Dawn Stoffel

Bill Woodyard IV*

Not Photographed: Rochele Green

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College of Nursing Advisory Board

Michael O. Manley

Lester P. Matlock Jr.*

Michelle Anthony

Dr. Freda Bush

Fern D. Cross

Pat Dodson

Charles J. Penix

Jananne Reding

Mike Spades Jr.

Jane McGehee Wilson

Lolly Honea

*Chair

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College of Pharmacy Dean’s Advisory Council

Dr. Paul K. Halverson

Dr. Chris A. Hatwig

Dr. Bobby W. Sandage Jr.

Dr. Ed Pat Wright

Dr. Daniel Acosta Jr.

Jerry B. Adams

Alicia M. Berkemeyer

Dr. Dion F. Coakley

Michael Ellis

Dr. John C. Kirtley

Lester P. Matlock Jr.

Dr. Anita Groves McAllister*

Dr. Scott Pace

Jeremy Riddle

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College of Public Health Advisory Board Katy Allison

The Honorable Herschel Cleveland

Melinda P. Faubel

Dr. Anthony M. Flethcer

Allan Gates

Morril Harriman Jr.

Russell Harrington Jr.

Janet M. Jones

Steven M. Jones

Jayme Mayo

Martha J. Murray

Toyce Newton

Denver Peacock

David Rainey

Greg Ramon

Ruth Shepherd*

Gordon J. Silaski

Annice Steadman

Wesley R. Walls

Susan Weinstein

*Chair

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UAMS Northwest Arkansas Campus Advisory Board Kristen Boozman

William “Bill” Bradley

Mary Beth Brooks

Dr. Joel D. Carver

Ed Clifford

Dr. Carl M. Collier

Joy Drummonds

Dr. Mark Enderle

Lewis E. Epley Jr.

Dr. Daniel Ferritor*

Dorothy A. Hanby

Dr. Morriss M. Henry

Dr. Evelyn E. Jorgenson

Bob King

The Honorable Uvalde Lindsey

Mandy Macke

Dr. Shane McAlister

Dr. Mike T. Miller

Karen Parker

Nelson Peacock

Betsy Phillips

Ann T. Rosso

Archie Schaffer III

Charles E. Scharlau III

Donny Story

Philip Taldo

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Dr. Joanna Thomas

Richard R. Trammel

Margaret Whillock

Dr. Russ H. Wood

Judy Adams*

Dr. Jack Blackshear Jr.

Robert Shoptaw

Frank E. Snell

College of Medicine Board of Visitors

Dorothy Morris

Ron Russell

Dr. Amy B. Cahill

Dr. Elder Granger

Dr. Marvin Hayenga

*Chair

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Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute Advisory Board Frederick E. Adkins III

Bryn W. Bagwell

Patricia B. Blass

Lee Bodenhamer

Richard C. Butler Jr.

John E. Chambers III

Margaret W. Clark

Barbara D. Crafton

Fern D. Cross

Dr. Philip J. Deer III

Mandy Dillard

Carrie Eggart

Greg P. Hartz

Joan Hearnsberger

Johnelle Hunt

Diane Jonsson

Peter G. Kumpe

Ann A. McCoy

Allen McDowell

Angela Moody

Walter S. Nunnelly III

Dr. John P. Shock*

Rebecca B. Tucker

Richard A. Williams

Jane McGhee Wilson

Craig S. Wood

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Myeloma Advisory Board

Carol A. Ammon*

Michael L. Birnbaum

Owen Brown

Louis A. Cella

Stuart Cobb

Lucia A. Dougherty

Stephen C. Engstrom

Ken Halliday

Dr. Barry H. Hendler

Denny R. Holman

Samuel L. Jones

Larry Marks

Gladys Monroy

James A. Moses Jr.

Dr. Marie Pinizzotto

Dr. Daniel W. Rahn

Dag Skattum

Joseph A. Walker

Donald A. Yanick

*Chair

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Psychiatric Research Institute Advisory Board Judy Adams

Shayla Copas

Lillian Dee Davenport

June Freeman

Denise M. Garner

Russell Guerra

Michael J. Hennessey

First Lady Susan Hutchinson

Victor Jacuzzi

Ruthe A. Kaplan

Tad Krug

Donna Malone

William C. Mann III

George E. McLeod

Sheila W. Mehaffy

Donald M. Munro

Helen L. Porter

James Howard Shenep, Jr.

Graham Smith

Gerry “Nell” Spears

Laura Stanley

Caroline Hussman Stevenson

Colonel Nate Todd

Thomas L. Vandegrift

James H. Wilkins, Jr.*

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Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging Community Advisory Board Larry J. Alman*

Sharon Bailey

Lee Bodenhamer

Stephanie G. Branton

Diane Allen Bressnick

Peggy Clark

Evlyn M. Clinton

Catherine C. Crass

James E. Darr Jr.

J. Mark Davis

Linda Lewis Eubank

Jo Ellen Ford

The Honorable Mike Gibson

Greer B. Grace

Dr. Reed Greenwood

Judy D. Grundfest

Dr. Sybil J. Hampton

William D. Haught

Martha Hill

Barbara J. Hoover

Diane Jonsson

Jeff Lynch

Patricia McClelland

Jane McMullin

Martha W. Murphy

Rick Murphy

*Chair

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Greg Nabholz

Julia Peck-Mobley

Terry Quinn

Tom Ricciardone

J. Raye Rogers

Philip W. Schmidt

Belinda Shults

Christy O. Snowden Davis

Judith Snowden

Kermit L. Tucker Jr.

Gilda Underwood

Ellis B. Walton

Dr. Walter Sedelow Jr.

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Daniel J. Beck

Phillip M. Brick

David Bush

Phillip Butterfield

Shane Carter

Keith E. Cragg

Neil Denman

Maria Furcron

Shana K. Woodard Graves

Tommy Keet

Eric Kitchens

Jared Landrum

David Mann

Erin C. Marcussen

Chris Marsh

Daniel M. Oberste

L. Buckley O’Mell

Lisa G. Rapp

Jacob Rice*

Susan Richards

Vernon A. Scott

Mitsy Tharp

Michael Videll

Jacob White

*Chair

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Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary Board Mason Campbell

Juli Chrisman

Stuart Cobb

Esther Crawford

Robin Dean

Deborah Dillon

Jake Eddington*

Tisha Gribble

Linda Harvell

Sandy Henry

Paula M. Jennings

Cheryl K. Johnson

Susan D. Jones

Kenan J. Keyes

Gretchen Leech

Janie T. Lowe

Elizabeth Meyer

Susie A. Roberts

Nancy J. Sink

Tara M. Smith

Peyton Woodyard

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UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary Board Allison Atkinson

Robin Dean

Kate Franks

Patricia Lavender

Theresa Olsen*

Caitlin Richards

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UAMS medical students from the 1880s

“ T he true meaning of life is to

plant trees, under whose

shade you do not expect to sit.”

- Nelson Henderson

Since its founding in 1879, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been transforming health care in Arkansas, supported in its mission with philanthropic support from friends, patients, alumni and employees. The 1879 Society recognizes the legacy of health and hope through transformative philanthropy made by UAMS’ generous benefactors.

The society’s mission is to recognize all living philanthropists who have committed to transforming the future of medicine with a planned gift to UAMS, and to remember those who have passed on. These generous gifts touch countless lives for decades to come.

UAMS has been shaped by over $100 million in trust and estate gifts since its founding. These gifts have allowed UAMS to train worldclass health care professionals, provide leading patient care and conduct research producing groundbreaking medical treatments.

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1879 Society Current Members Dr. and Mrs. George L. Ackerman Carlos A. Araoz, M.D. Mr. Russell Armstrong Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Barber Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Barrins Margaret Bartelt, Ph.D. Mrs. Arminta J. Berry Dr. Claudia J. Beverly Mrs. Mary Biondo Lillian R. Blackmon, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Jack L. Blackshear Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight A. Blissard Dr. and Mrs. Warren C. Boop Jr. Ms. Edith L. Bowman Dr. Judith Garrett and Dr. Allen Bradley The Honorable Robert L. Brown and Mrs. Brown Mrs. Dean Buck Mr. and Mrs. Roy Burks Mrs. Jamie M. Byrne-McCollum Mrs. Emma Calloway Dr. and Mrs. Joel D. Carver Mr. and Mrs. David Chamness Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Clothier Mr. John T. Clower Drs. Dorothy and John Cody Mr. J. B. Cross Jr. Dr. Frances C. Dalme Mr. John Conant Davis Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dumas Mr. and Mrs. C. Don Edmondson Dr. M. Joycelyn Elders and Mr. Oliver B. Elders Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Faulkner Dr. and Mrs. Ernest J. Ferris Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fitzgerald Dr. and Mrs. Shannon Fleming Mr. Joe T. Ford and Mrs. Jo Ellen Ford Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Foster Dr. Sue Frank Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gadberry Drs. Jo Etta and Bob Galbraith Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Gardner

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William P. Gibson, M.D.

Ms. Joanna M. Patterson

Dr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Goldsmith

Dr. Dola Thompson and Dr. John E. Pauly

James Graham, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pollard

Dr. Gerard Halpern

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh

Dr. Ann Harris and Mr. Thomas H. Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pugh Jr.

Dr. Jan and Captain Terry Hastings

Mrs. M. Floreen Pullen

Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Hayenga

Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. Quick

Ms. Mary M. Healey

Dr. Martha Phillips and Dr. James M. Raczynski

Robert W. Henderson III, M.D.

Mr. John G. Ragsdale Jr.

Mrs. Anna Hill

Mrs. Geraldine Rayford

Mr. and Mrs. Don M. Hollingsworth

Michael C. Reese, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Honeycutt

Ms. Robin E. Reynolds

Mr. William R. Howard

Lamar Riggs, M.D.

Mrs. Emily Jackson

Mrs. Jeanne V. Robbins

Dr. and Mrs. Richard F. Jacobs

Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Rodgers

Dr. and Mrs. John R. Jefferson

Dr. Angelo J. Ruperto

Ms. Linda Jennings

Nancy Rusch, Ph.D.

Dr. and Mrs. W. Ray Jouett

Mr. Fred W. Schierlang

Mrs. Eleanor Karam

Mr. Gordon Schneider

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keyes

Ms. Carolyn V. Scruggs

Mr. Robert L. Kinzel Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. John P. Shock

Dr. and Mrs. Peter O. Kohler

Dr. and Mrs. Whitney Shoup

Dr. and Mrs. J. Floyd Kyser

The Reverend Susan S. Smith and Dr. G. Richard Smith Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. John Lytle

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith

Dr. and Mrs. Michael G. Mackey

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Smith

Mark J. Malloy, M.D.

Jack T. Steele, M.D.

Mrs. Gladys Monroy and Mr. Larry Marks

Ms. Caroline Hussmann Stevenson

Dr. and Mrs. William L. Mason

Fred R. Sullivan, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Ross McCaskill

Mrs. Nina M. Sutherlin

Dr. and Mrs. Charles M. McClain Jr.

Mr. Charles E. Thomas

Mrs. June McClain

Dr. Jan Shorey and Mr. Lindsay Thomas

Mr. Thomas W. McGill

Mr. and Mrs. David Turney

Mr. and Mrs. George E. McLeod

Mrs. Judy Van Patter

Drs. Paulette and Jay Mehta

Dr. and Mrs. Ambrose T. Walker

Mr. Dirk Mellema

Ms. Debbie Walker

Mrs. Betty P. Moore

Mr. John M. Walker

Mrs. Dorothy Morris

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Walton

Mrs. Jewell Murphy

Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. George Nozicka

Ms. Imogene Simpson Westfall

Dr. Linda Hodges and Mr. Robert Orr

Dr. and Mrs. Richard P. Wheeler

Lt. Col. Clarence H. Overbay III

Ms. Linnea J. Whitman

Dr. and Mrs. Lee B. Parker Jr.

Mrs. Sue Williamson

Mr. Harold Parks

Dr. and Mrs. I. Dodd Wilson

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1879 Society Dr. and Mrs. Joe T. Wilson Jr.

Ms. Dorothy Carr

Ms. Marie W. Howells

Mrs. Pat W. Wilson

Earnest L. Cashion, M.D.

Mrs. Lelva L. Huie

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan J. Wolfe

Mr. Richard Lee Chappell

Ms. Margaret Humphrey

Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Wood

Ms. Florence Char

Ms. V. Pauline Johnson

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woodell

Robert L. Chester, M.D.

Harvey & Bernice Jones Charitable Trust

Dr. and Mrs. A. Gordon Worsham

Robert B. Clarke, M.D.

Jack W. Kennedy, M.D.

Douglas E. Young, M.D.

Estate of Wanda H. Cooke

Mr. and Mrs. Ruth H. Khan

Ms. Jennie Corvi

Mrs. Mary E. Kroencke

Junius Bracy Cross Sr., M.D.

Stephen L. LaFrance Sr., PharmD

Ms. Rita Jean Davis

Ms. Elizabeth Lang

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Dierks

Ms. Ruby G. Lawson

Mr. Edward B. Dillon Jr.

Mrs. Alice Leasher

James C. Dunbar, M.D.

Dr. Robert Lehmberg

Mrs. Pearl N. Dungan

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lockwood

Ms. Greba Edens

Charles Lutterloh

Mrs. Lauraetta M. Edgar

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyon Sr.

Mr. James J. Edwards

Mr. James F. Lyon Jr.

Estate of Charles Eickhoff

Mr. Don M. Mann

Estate of Billie L. Ellsworth

Mrs. Dolleen House Martin

Mr. and Mrs. William W. Ferguson

Ms. Thelma Martineau

Isaac Folsom, M.D.

Mrs. Daphine D. Doster Mastroianni

Mrs. Patricia Gennett

Mrs. Patricia A. May

Estate of Corrinne George

Mr. Bruce L. McEntire Jr.

Mr. Ira S. Gershner

Ms. Josephine T. McGill

Mr. Walter S. Glasgow

Mr. Samuel D. McGill Jr.

Mrs. Jenny Lynn Thomasson Glenn

Ms. Jejo Mobley

Thomas B. Goldsby Jr.

Ms. Bea Monge

Mr. Camden E. Greene

Ms. Valda Montgomery

Mrs. Negie M. Greene

Ms. Marjorie S. Moon

Ms. Susan K. Greene

Ms. Jane Dills Morgan

Ms. Pauline Grossbard

Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Moum

Mr. James H. Hamlen II

Ms. Johnnie Moum

The Albert R. Hammon and Betty M. Hammon Trust

Nolie Mumey Trust

Nelle Harris Trust

Ms. Mozelle Nelson

Dr. and Mrs. James W. Headstream

Drs. Mae and Anderson Nettleship

Ms. Louise Hearn

Jamie Nicholls & Fran Biondi Charitable Trust

Ms. Margaret Henderson

Mr. Ruskin C. Norman

Ms. Eleanore Hodnik

Ms. Mary Odom

Mrs. Wilkie Hogan

Frank W. Oldham, Ph.D.

Ms. Janet Toney Honeycutt

Ms. Margaret Ann Olvey

Estate of Laddie Hornik

Ms. Maryon Patterson

Ms. Helen Hout

Ms. Birdie Pearson

Don G. Howard Sr., M.D., P. A.

Mrs. Dorothy Pelko

In Memoriam Roy and Helen G. Adams Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ahrent Mrs. Dorothy S. Aldridge Dr. James Amis Ms. Helen M. Ansel Betsy A. Askew, M.D. Colonel and Mrs. T. H. Barton Mrs. Marion L. Beck Robert W. Beck, M.D. Byron A. Bennett, M.D. Mrs. Martha W. Bentley Dr. Daisilee H. Berry Dr. C. Bhuvaneswaran Dr. Charles W. Bishop Ms. Regina Blanz Francis H. Bogard, M.D. Booher Revocable Trust Dr. Craig Borden William P. Bowen Mr. Sam V. Bracy III Edwin G. Bradberry Harold M. Braswell, M.D. Ms. Caroline T. Briggs Ms. Virginia A. Brissey Charles M. Brizzolara, M.D. Mr. Fred R. Brown Mrs. Ruth H. Brunson Ms. Pearl Bujarski Mr. and Mrs. Dickie Butler Ms. Johnnie Butler Ms. Katherine Cagle Dr. Gene Virginia Campbell Dr. Robert G. Carnahan

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1879 Society Ms. Barbara L. Phillips

Ms. Stella B. Smith

Ms. Ethel Smith Thompson

Powers Revocable Trust

Ms. Dorothy Snider

Frank Threlkeld, M.D.

Mrs. Jo Ann E. Pugh

Mrs. Erma Sobolewski

Ms. Jan M. Van Hise

Mr. Donald W. Reynolds

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Spain

Dr. and Mrs. Irving W. Varley

Mr. J.C. Rhew Jr.

Dr. Allen Spak

Mrs. Emeline Vincent

Mrs. Linda Garner Riggs

Dr. and Mrs. Irving J. Spitzberg

Ms. Pauline T. Wagnon

Lieutenant Governor Winthrop P. Rockefeller

Ms. Jean Stanford

Ms. Pamela K. Walker

Ms. Frances D. Shackelford

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Howard Stebbins III

Ms. Anna E. Webb

Mr. and Mrs. Buren Sharpe

Mr. James Henry Steele

Ms. Edith K. Wilbourn

Eloise B. Sherman, M.D.

Alan J. Stevenson, M.D.

Frieda Wilhelm, M.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Silberbush

Mr. Carl R. Stout

Ms. Elizabeth S. Williams

Estate of Madge Simmons

Ruth Louise Stout, M.D.

Mr. Frank Williams

Ms. Lois J. Sirman

Mrs. Minnie Merrill Sturgis

Mr. William Earl Wilson Jr.

Mr. John W. Sjostrom

Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust

Ms. Ed Dell Wortz

Ms. Mary Louise Skelton

Mr. William H. Sturgis

Mr. Bruce K. Young

Mr. Fred W. Smith

Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Sundermann

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young

Mr. and Mrs. S. Harrow Smith

Mr. Charles M. Taylor

Mrs. Ruby Strauss Thalheimer McCaskill Smith

Bernard W. Thompson, M.D.

The 1879 Society is comprised of more than 300 members from 18 states, with $32.8 million in planned gift commitments.

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The Society of the Double Helix The Society of the Double Helix recognizes the donors who have provided cumulative gifts exceeding $100,000 since the founding of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1879. The UAMS Foundation Fund Board established the Society of the Double Helix on March 10, 1998.

UAMS gratefully acknowledges the outstanding philanthropy and exemplary leadership of these individuals, foundations, corporations and organizations who have revolutionized the environment at UAMS through achievements realized with their support. They have helped to fund student scholarships, faculty and research endowments, state-of-the-art equipment purchases, construction of modern facilities and clinical centers of excellence.

Induction Ceremonies Through the years the philanthropic contributions of members of the Society of the Double Helix have helped advance the comprehensive mission of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to achieve international recognition.

UAMS, in turn, has held formal recognition ceremonies to officially induct philanthropic contributors into the Society with the first such ceremony being held in 1998.

Donors that have requested anonymity have been excluded.

Individual and household names appear as they existed at the time of induction. The list includes those who have been inducted into the Society by the close of Fiscal Year 2018 (June 30, 2018).

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The Society of the Double Helix Abbott Laboratories

Suzanne and Steve Barker

Mrs. Harold H. Cabe

Dr. and Mrs. George L. Ackerman

Dr. and Mrs. C. Lowry Barnes

Horace C. Cabe Foundation

Estate of Mrs. Helen Guinn Adams

Dr. Gary Barone and Dr. Claudia Barone

Estate of Katherine Cagle

Adriano Buzzati-Traverso Fondazione

Colonel and Mrs. T. H. Barton

Care Foundation

Affiliated Foods Southwest, Inc.

Barton Foundation

Caregiving, Health and Education

Mr. Edwin B. Alderson III

Bass Family Charitable Foundation

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

Alltel Corporation

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Bates

Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Carnahan

Ben J. Altheimer Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baum

Dr. and Mrs. Henry Murfree Carney

American Cancer Research Center & Foundation

Beaumont Foundation of America

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Carroll Family

American Cancer Society

Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Beck

Dr. Michael Carter and Dr. Sarah Carter

American Heart Association - SouthWest Affiliate

Mr. Melvyn Bell

Celgene Corporation

American Medical Systems

Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand M. Bellingrath Jr.

Mr. Charles J. Cella

Amgen, Inc.

Benevolentia Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Cella

Dr. James W. Amis Memorial Endowment

Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Byron A. Bennett

Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute, Inc.

Dr. Marie E. Pinizzotto and Carol A. Ammon

Estate of Martha Wood Bentley

Estate of Florence Char, M.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Rex A. Amonette

Mr. Fabio Bertarelli

Estate of Robert L. Chester, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Gibson F. Anderson

Beverly Enterprises, Inc.

The City Trust

Mr. Lynn Anderson

Jamie Nicholls & Fran Biondi Trust

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Aubra Anthony

Michael and Beverly Birnbaum

Estate of Robert B. Clarke

Carlos A. Araoz, M.D.

Banks Blackwell, M.D., Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Cobb

Ares-Serono Group

Mai Banks Blackwell, M.D. Foundation

Carl Collier, PD and Collier Drug Stores

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Ms. Regina Blanz

Mr. and Mrs. George D. Combs

Arkansas Caduceus Club

Mr. and Mrs. Gus Blass II

Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Connor

Arkansas Community Health and Education Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Noland Blass Jr.

Continental Ozark, Inc.

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

Blue & You Foundation

Estate of Wanda H. Cooke

Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

Bodenhamer Foundation

Cooper Communities, Inc.

Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bogle

COR Therapeutics, Inc.

Arkansas Health Care Association

Estate of Craig W. Borden, M.D.

Wallace H. Coulter Foundation

Arkansas Medical, Dental & Pharmaceutical Association

Ms. Mary Ann Boreham

Mary Lou and Bill Cravens

Arkansas Medical Society Alliance, Inc.

Boston Properties, Inc.

Cromwell Architects Engineers, Incorporated

Arkansas Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention

Estate of William Poston Bowen

Deborah K. Cunningham, M.D.

Arkansas Pharmacists Association

Dr. and Mrs. Harper W. Boyd Jr.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Pharmacy, LLC

Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation, Inc.

The Estate of Sam V. Bracy III

Dairy Research Institute

Arkansas Research Alliance, Inc.

Karlee and Edwin Bradberry

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Dante

ARKLA

Estate of Harold M. Braswell, M.D.

Frederick K. Darragh Charitable Trust

Aromatique, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. W. Mike Bridger

Dr. and Mrs. O. Leo Davenport

Ashley County Cares

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

Mr. and Mrs. Atley G. Davis

Estate of Betsy Ledbetter Askew, M.D.

Estate of Charles M. Brizzolara, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney P. Davis

AstraZeneca

Mr. and Mrs. Owen Brown

Delta Dental of Arkansas Foundation

Mr. Jerry H. Atchley and Stephanie Simonton-Atchley, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown

Deltic Timber Corporation

AT&T Arkansas

The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston, Texas

Dr. Chun-Yang Fan and Ms. Peiying Deng

Aventis Pharmaceuticals Products, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Bruce

Mr. Remmel Tyndal Dickinson

Bailey Family Foundation

Estate of Ruth H. Brunson

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Dierks

Bailey Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. J. Steven Bryant Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Dillard Sr.

Baldwin & Shell Construction Company

Estate of Pearl Bujarski

Dillard’s, Inc.

Bank of America

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Butler

Wilma C. Diner, M.D.

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Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Dixon

Mr. and Mrs. Barnett Grace

W.K. Ingram Family

Dr. John H. Doran

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Grand

Mr. and Mrs. W. Kent Ingram Jr.

Estate of Daphine D. Doster

Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Gray

Victor Jacuzzi Family

Ms. Lucia Dougherty

Mr. and Mrs. Camden E. Greene

Japan Green Stamp America, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. David Drexler

Estate of Negie M. Greene

J.A. Riggs Tractor Company

Estate of James C. Dunbar, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. David F. Gruenewald

George Frederick Jewett Foundation

Estate of Pearl N. Dungan

Estate of James H. Hamlen II

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Ms. Helen L. Porter and Mr. James T. Dyke

Mrs. Gerald F. Hamra and Family

Harvey and Bernice Jones Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. James C. East

Jane Hunt and Bill P. Hardin

Harvey and Bernice Jones Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. C. Don Edmondson

Mr. and Mrs. Rush Harding

Mr. and Mrs. William D. Jones

Estate of James Joseph Edwards

Mrs. Joyce M. Harms

The Jonsson Foundation

Estate of Charles Eickhoff

Estate of Nelle C. Harris

Philip R. Jonsson Foundation

Eli Lilly and Company

John A. Hartford Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Joyce

Estate of Mrs. Billie L. Ellsworth

The Hat Club of Little Rock

John and Dorothy Keeble III

Entergy, Little Rock

Dr. Cynthia S. Ross and Dr. Martin Hauer-Jensen

Estate of Jack W. Kennedy, M.D.

Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas

Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Hayenga

Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Keyes

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Epley Jr.

William C. Head, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. John Allen Klabzuba

Edward P. Evans Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. James W. Headstream

Klabzuba Family Foundation

Fashion Footwear Association of New York

Estate of Louise Hearn

Ms. Sharon H. Knighten

Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Ferguson

Hearst Foundation, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Peter O. Kohler

Mr. William W. Ferguson

Mr. and Mrs. Jay L. Heflin, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Heflin and

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Fifty For The Future, Inc.

Terminix, Inc.

Kresge Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Finch Jr.

Helena Health Foundation

Dr. and Mrs. J. Floyd Kyser

First Commercial Bank

Helena Regional Medical Center

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond LaCroix Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Poindexter Fiser

Mr. Hugh L. Hembree

Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Lambert

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Fletcher

Carl J. Herzog Foundation, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. James H. Landers

Isaac Folsom, M.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Hickingbotham

Estate of Elizabeth Lang

Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Ford

Highfield Capital Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas P. Lang

Foundation Resource Management

Highlands Oncology

Ms. Edie LaQuer

Drs. D. Karrol and Vicki C. Fowlkes

Judd Hill Foundation

Estate of Ruby Gladys Lawson

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey H. Fox

HipKneeArkansas Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Bennett LeBow

Fraternal Order of Eagles

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hogan

Bennett & Geraldine LeBow Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Edmond W. Freeman

Mr. and Mrs. Denny R. Holman

Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Leggett Jr.

Charles A. Frueauff Foundation

Albert and Lynne Hopkins

Mrs. Barbara Kaye Leonard

Fuji Medical Systems USA, Inc.

Estate of Laddie Hornik

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Helene Fuld Health Trust

Estate of Helen Hout

Mr. Alan Lewis

Dr. Algernon Sidney Garnett Memorial Trust

Dr. and Mrs. Don G. Howard

The Elizabeth Crook & Mark Lewis Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mr. William R. Howard

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lieblong

Genentech, Inc.

Estate of Marie Wilson Howells

Mr. James E. Lindsey

General Electric Corporation

Lelva L. Huie Revocable Trust

Lion Oil Company

Ira S. and Jean B. Gershner Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hunt

Ms. Ginanne Graves Long

Mr. and Mrs. Ramon F. Getzov

Hussman Foundation

Lorber Charitable Fund

Ryan Gibson Foundation

Drs. Laura and Steven Hutchins

Mrs. Ruby F. Lott

Mr. and Mrs. C. Joseph Giroir Jr.

IBERIABANK

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lubel

GlaxoSmithKline

Inglewood Foundation

Carroll Hartzell Lutterloh Family Memorial Trust

Goldsbury Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Keith M. Ingram

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyon Jr.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES

The Society of the Double Helix Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lyon Sr.

Mr. Terry L. Norrington

W. P. Malone, Inc.

Northwest Health

The Honorable W. Percy Malone and Mrs. Malone

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Markey Cancer Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Nutt

Larry Marks and Gladys Monroy Marks

Oaklawn Foundation

Massey Family Foundation

Oaklawn Jockey Club, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas May

Estate of Mary E. Odom

The Madelyne M. and Edward C. McCarty Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Ohlendorf

Betty J. McClellan, M.D.

Estate of Margaret Ann Olvey

Estate of Bruce L. McEntire Jr.

Ortho Biotech, Inc.

Estate of Josephine T. McGill

Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation

Estate of Samuel D. McGill

Carmelita S. Pablo, M.D.

Mr. Thomas W. McGill

Dr. and Mrs. James J. Pappas

Mr. and Mrs. Randy McNulty

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Medical College Physicians Group

Parents Club of UAMS College of Medicine, Inc.

Medical Education Foundation for Arkansas

Mr. James T. Paxson

Medtronic, Inc.

Peck Family Partnership

Medtronic Foundation

Estate of Dorothy Pelko

Merck & Company, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Perrigo

Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Meyer III

Pfizer, Inc.

Mr. Larry Middleton

Dr. Beverly C. Phifer

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Middleton

Mrs. Barbara Phillips

Foundation for the Mid South

Mr. and Mrs John A. Phillips

Estate of Bea Monge

Phillips Charity Classic

Valda Montomery Trust

Marion E. Pool

Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Roy Moon

Dr. and Mrs. John J. Pope

Jane Dills Morgan Trust

Powers Revocable Trust

Morris Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Pruet

Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Morrison

Mrs. Magalene Ingram Pugh

Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Moum

Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Pugh

Estate of Nolie Mumey, M.D.

Dr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Pullen

Don and Barbara Munro

Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Purnell

Lupe Murchison Foundation

Dora Johnson Ragsdale and John G. Ragsdale Jr.

Murphy Foundation

Mr. Chris Rakhshan

Murphy Oil Corporation

Rampy MS Research Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Madison Murphy

Mrs. Nancy F. Rasco

Ms. Martha W. Murphy

Rebsamen Fund

Martha W. Murphy Foundation

Reckson Strategic Ventures

Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Redfield

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

Mrs. Billie Dean Reeder

Nabholz Charitable Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. John David Reese Family

National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

Regions Bank

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Research To Prevent Blindness

Estate of Mozelle M. Nelson

Donald W. Reynolds Foundation

Mae Nettleship, M.D.

J.C. Rhew Jr. Charitable Trust

Nolan Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Riady

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Wm. W. Richardson

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith

Trinity Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Milton Riseman

Dorothy Snider Foundation

Tyson Family Foundation, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Bud N. Risser III

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Snowden Sr.

UAMS Medical Center Auxiliary

Jeanne V. Robbins Charitable Trust

Erma Sobolewski Trust

USA Drug

Roche Laboratories Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob I. Sopher

U.S. Pizza Co., Inc. / Judy Waller Breece

Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust

Southern Skies Corporation

Estate of Pauline T. Wagnon

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Walden

Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Winthrop P. Rockefeller

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Sowell

Walgreens Corporation

Mr. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Jr.

Estate of Neil and Clara Spain

Mr. and Mrs. John M. Walker

Dr. and Mrs. Porter R. Rodgers Jr.

Sparks Health System

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Roescheise

Sparks Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Walker

Mr. and Mrs. Doyle W. Rogers

Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Spears

Walmart Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ronnel

Jean Stanford IRRV Trust

Ellis and Gus Walton

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rosen

Dr. and Mrs. William W. Stead

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Warmack

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Howard Stebbins III

Washington County Medical Society

Ben N. Saltzman, M.D.

Jack T. Steele, M.D.

Estate of Anna E. Webb

Dr. Kathy and Mr. Jeffery C. Sanders

Stephens, Inc.

Jeanne Y. Wei, M.D., PhD

SBC Foundation

Stephens Charitable Trust

Mr. William P. Weinberg

Charles E. Scharlau III, J.D.

Mr. Jackson T. Stephens

Dr. and Mrs. Kent C. Westbrook

Scharlau Family Charitable Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Stephens

Estate of R. Bates Wheeler

Schering-Plough Corporation

Estate of Alan J. Stevenson, M.D.

Mary and Ross Whipple

Schering Sales Corporation

Caroline H. Stevenson

Edith K. Wilbourn Charitable Trust

Schmieding Foundation, Inc.

Estate of Carl R. Stout

Estate of Frank Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Stan Schneider

Strauss Foundation

Mr. J. Gaston Williamson

Mr. Lon Schreur

Mr. Trip Strauss

Dr. and Mrs. I. Dodd Wilson

Schueck Family Foundation

Ms. Susan Strauss

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pat Wilson

Carolyn V. Scruggs

The Barbra Streisand Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Wilson Sr.

Second Presbyterian Church

Sturgis Charitable Trust

Dr. and Mrs. Steven K. Wilson

Ms. Emma J. Sellers

Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust

Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson

Mrs. Frances D. Shackelford

Dr. and Mrs. James Y. Suen

Windstream Corporation

Estate of Buren and Edna Sharpe

Dr. and Mrs. Chao N. Sun

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Winn

Ginny and Bob Shell

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Sweeney Jr.

Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary

Mr. and Mrs. H. Elvin Shuffield Jr.

Alexander R. and Delorose A. Szeles

Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan J. Wolfe

Don Shula Foundation, Inc.

TAWANI Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Wood

Dr. and Mrs. Harold Silberbush

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Minor Taylor II

McMath Woods P.A.

Simmons First National Bank

Norris Cunningham Taylor Jr.

Mrs. Rita M. Woods

Harold Simmons Foundation

Tenenbaum Charitable Trust Fund

Dr. and Mrs. A. Gordon Worsham

Estate of Madge Simmons

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tenenbaum

Ed Dell Wortz

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Simpson III

The Tenenbaum Foundation

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Lois J. Sirman Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Thomas

Professor and Mrs. M. Gazi Yasargil

Gertrude E. Skelly Charitable Foundation

Mr. Rodney A. Thomason

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Yocum Jr.

Mr. H. Eugene Smith Jr.

Drs. Benard W. and Dola S. Thompson

Mr. David Yocum IV

Smith Holloway Patton Foundation

Estate of Ethel Smith Thompson

York Foundation

Mrs. Ruby Strauss Thalheimer McCaskill Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Don Thompson and Thompson Electric, Inc.

Estate of Bruce K. Young

Stella Boyle Smith Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Leland Tollett

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young III

Estate of Stella Boyle Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Treadway

Zimmer, Inc.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES

Advancing Our Mission You are shaping the future of health care. UAMS is the world-class health sciences university it is today because of your generosity, and we are grateful for your commitment to our shared goal of helping people live longer, healthier lives.

Philanthropy is crucial to advancing the leadership and service we deliver to the people of Arkansas and beyond. Your investment in our mission fuels life-changing work: exceptional patient care, innovative research and leading-edge educational programs that train and inspire the next generation of health care professionals. The impact of your investment is powerful — seen every day in communities throughout our state.

The stories in this report illustrate both the local and global impact of your philanthropy.

Collectively, these stories are an expression of how together, we have changed lives. Each story exemplifies how an experience — as a patient, a student, an employee, a community partner — yields a lasting legacy benefiting generations.

No two donors share a single motivation, but each gift is rooted in the deep-seated belief that we can make a difference for those in need. Every gift to UAMS, regardless of amount, emboldens our mission, which is vital to the people of our state, the region and the world.

Today, new opportunities at UAMS for pioneering strategies are beginning to take hold and will shape the future of health care. Philanthropy fuels UAMS into the future. The momentum is building and we’re excited to have you join us on this journey.

Thank you for partnering with us for a better state of health. We are truly better together.

Warm regards,

I N S P I R E Brigitte Grant, MBA Interim Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement Executive Director, UAMS Foundation Fund

I N V E S T I M P A C T

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Total UAMS Endowment $ 350,000,000

$300,000,000

$250,000,000

$200,000,000

$ 150,000,000

$ 100,000,000

$ 50,000,000

$0 Total University Foundation

FY10

FY11

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

$ 150,859,108 $ 183,634,753 $ 187,741,639 $ 211,828,176 $243,269,846 $ 258,647,520 $ 257,749,948 $ 296,826,578 $ 325,455,819 $ 29,439,802 $ 35,665,143 $ 36,586,377 $ 42,500,547 $ 49,897,875 $ 49,997,229 $ 49,843,837 $ 54,992,317 $ 59,639,510 $ 121,419,306 $ 147,969,610 $ 151,155,262 $ 169,327,629 $ 193,371,971 $ 208,650,291 $ 207,906,111 $ 241,834,261 $ 265,816,309

Employee Giving Rate 10 %

8 %

6%

4 %

2 %

0 %

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F Y 12

F Y 13

F Y 14

F Y 15

F Y 16

F Y 17

F Y 18

6%

6%

5%

5%

6%

5%

8 %

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Chancellor’s Circle Grants Chancellor's Circle Grants $500,000 $450,000 $400,000 $350,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $150,000 $100,000 $50,000 $0

FY13 $273,000

FY14 $300,000

FY16 $305,000

FY15 $325,000

FY17 $360,000

FY18 $425,000

Total Amount of Planned Giving Expectancies $45,000,000 $40,000,000 $35,000,000 $30,000,000 $25,000,000 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $0

FY12

FY13

FY14

$9,991,751

$12,954,752

$16,965,386

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

UAMS ranks as 1 of only 11 ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH CARE PHILANTHROPY member institutions internationally recognized as a High Performer for the last 3 years in a row

$27,991,274 $32,888,963 $38,200,885 $44,363,938

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Friends of UAMS Friends of UAMS is an initiative designed to build a strong foundation with chapters in strategic communities across the state. Through communityfocused education and research, its goal is to focus on the impact of UAMS’ mission of improving the health and health care of all Arkansans.

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ATTENDEES

3,112

Friends of UAMS Chapters N orthwest Arkansas Fort Smith Jonesboro Batesville Hot Springs

Pine Bluff Helena-West Helena Monticello Magnolia Texarkana

Searcy Russellville M ountain Home H ot Springs Village

Friends of UAMS Giving $3,500,000

$3,000,000

$ 2,500,000

$2,000,000

$ 1,500,000

TOTAL FRIENDS

2,859

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$ 1,000,000

$ 500,000

$0

FY15 $ 211,111

FY16 $ 546,213

FY17 $ 2,564,876

FY18 $ 3,326,154

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Friends of UAMS This report is prepared by UAMS Institutional Advancement. Every effort has been made to provide a complete and accurate listing of donors and gifts. Please accept our sincere apologies if any omission has been made. Please contact us at advancement@uams.edu or call (501) 686-8200 to report any inaccuracies, and we will be happy to correct our records.

The UAMS Foundation Fund and the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Foundation Fund are sub-organizations of The University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

(Tax ID # 71-6056774).

To opt out of future fundraising communications, please call 1-888-995-UAMS (8267) or send an email to advancement@uams.edu.

We wish to thank UAMS Communications and Marketing for their work in the design and production of this publication.

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Your decision to support UAMS students, educators, researchers, patients and their families makes YOU an important part of the life-changing work we do every day throughout Arkansas.

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