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UAMS neurologist Robert "Lee" Archer, M.D. (right) visits with Lizzy East Couch, who shared her story of her life with MS at the 2025 MS Symposium.

UAMS to Hold Free MS Symposium March 14

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is holding a free 2026 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on Saturday, March 14, to discuss treatment options and research initiatives and to hear from Arkansans living with the disease.

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Author Jack El-Hai entertains a crowd at the Jack T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute at UAMS.

Author Jack El-Hai Discusses Books ‘The Lobotomist,’ ‘The Nazi and the Psychiatrist’

May 02, 2025 | In 1995, a letter to the editor in the Sunday paper caught journalist Jack El-Hai’s attention. In it, a woman complained about the treatment of her uncle, who despite never being diagnosed with a mental illness, had spent his entire adult life confined to a psychiatric hospital in Anoka, Minnesota —…

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Lizzy East Couch and her husband, Patrick (left), share a laugh with UAMS neurologist R. Lee Archer, M.D., before the start of the symposium.

UAMS Brings Together Patients, Caregivers and Providers for First MS Symposium

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted its first Multiple Sclerosis Symposium on March 15, bringing together patients, caregivers and health care professionals to discuss the oft-debilitating neurological disease.

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UAMS neurosurgeons, from left, Viktor Palys, M.D., Hector Soriano-Baron, M.D., and Erika Petersen, M.D., pose with the Excelsius GPS robot.

UAMS Spine Team Celebrates more than 500 Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgeries

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ spine team gathered Feb. 11 to celebrate the completion of more than 500 robotic spine surgeries. It is a remarkable achievement, considering that the first robotic spine surgery in Arkansas was performed at UAMS only four and a half years ago, in 2020. That’s when neurosurgeons and orthopaedic…

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