Sharing Our Stories
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Three-Year-Old Patient Keeps Sight, Survives Rare Eye Cancer
January 20, 2023 |
Benjamin Waldrum
All Quatisa East wanted was for her infant daughter, Dallas Carter, to be able to see. A rare diagnosis of retinoblastoma, or cancer of the eye, threatened that possibility. “I didn’t give up on her — everything I’ve done is just being a mother,” said the 29-year-old. It’s been a long road for Dallas and…
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UAMS Jones Eye Institute Ophthalmology Residency Program Ranked 13th Nationally for Research Output
October 26, 2022 |
Benjamin Waldrum
The Doximity online networking service recently ranked the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute’s ophthalmology residency program 13th nationally among 124 programs in research output. The institute, which has 16 residency slots, ranked ahead of several larger ophthalmology programs, which can have up to double the number of residents. Doximity rankings, which included 124…
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UAMS’ Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute Seeks Participants for National, Multicenter Clinical Trial for Zoster Eye Disease
October 18, 2022 |
Benjamin Waldrum
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute seeks participants for a national, multicenter clinical trial concerning the varicella-zoster virus, also known as zoster eye disease or shingles of the eye. The Zoster Eye Disease Study has received $15 million in funding from the National Eye…
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