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About UAMS
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is part of the University
of Arkansas System. UAMS has about 2,320 students in six academic units:
the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health
Related Professions, and Public Health and
the Graduate School. UAMS also
has more than 690 resident physicians completing their training at UAMS or at
one of the eight Area Health Education
Centers around the state.
UAMS is one of the largest public employers in the state with almost 9,600
employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients
at UAMS and its affiliates, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the VA Medical
Center.
UAMS combines the patient care resources of a state-of-the art hospital and
outpatient center with the Winthrop P.
Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Harvey and Bernice
Jones Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Myeloma
Institute for Research and Therapy, the
Psychiatric Research
Institute and Jackson
T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
The outreach efforts of UAMS include eight Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)
in Fayetteville, Pine Bluff, El Dorado, Texarkana, Fort Smith, Jonesboro,
Batesville/Mountain Home and
Helena, Ark.; networks of senior health centers and centers for young children
with special health care needs; and interactive video education and medical
consultation services to community hospitals around the state.
UAMS is the state’s largest basic and applied research institution, with
more than $107 million in annual research funding, grants and contracts and
internationally renowned programs in multiple myeloma, aging, cancer and other
areas.
UAMS and its affiliates, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the Central
Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System have a total economic impact in Arkansas
of about $4.4 billion per year. UAMS receives only 10 percent of its funding
from the state. Its operation is funded by payments for clinical services (64
percent), grants and contracts (18 percent), philanthropy and other (5 percent),
and tuition and fees (2 percent).
The main campus is located at 4301 W. Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas,
72205-7199. For more information call (501) 686-7000.
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