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Vote of Confidence of specially-trained geriatricians is In the UAMS auditorium needed to provide unique care that older dedicated in his honor, Fred Smith, patients will require.” Donald W. Reynolds Foundation The crowd came to its feet cheering Chairman, delighted a large crowd of UAMS family and community supporters when Smith announced the construction by announcing a $30.4 million gift to the of a one block-long pedestrian bridge Reynolds Institute on Aging, the second connecting Reynolds Institute to the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & largest ever received at UAMS. Neurosciences Institute. With this gift, the Named to recognize former Reynolds Foundation Reynolds Foundation has now given more board member John than $80 million to We are so Schlereth, the bridge will UAMS projects. grateful to provide the only covered “We are so grateful the Reynolds access from Reynolds to the Reynolds Institute to the new UAMS Foundation,” said Foundation.” Medical Center. The route Jeanne Wei, director, will take walkers through Donald W. Reynolds the Stephens Institute, Institute on Aging and to the third level of the parking deck, chair, Donald W. Reynolds Department into the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer of Geriatrics. “With this four-story Institute, and then on to the hospital addition to our current structure, hallways. “It is still a long, healthy hike,” our program will be poised to expand an excited employee remarked, “but now existing educational programs, increase the lengthy walk is climate-controlled research activity and broaden existing and covered! Our patients and visitors clinical programs. To put it simply, this means we will help persons 65 years old will love this addition.” The Reynolds Foundation has and older to age well and live better. “This gift also enhances our ability to challenged the Institute to raise recruit physicians who want to specialize 5 percent of the total gift ($5.6 million) for program support to qualify for the in geriatrics,” she continued. “There is funding. Fundraising plans are already no greater issue facing medicine today underway. Completion of the additional than the dramatic demographic shift four floors is expected in 2012. v that is already occurring. The expertise
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