UAMS College of Medicine
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1879 |
| Dean | Richard Turnage, M.D. |
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Academic staff
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1,352 |
| Students | 618 |
| Location |
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA 34°44′53″N 92°19′15″W / 34.74805556°N 92.32083333°WCoordinates: 34°44′53″N 92°19′15″W / 34.74805556°N 92.32083333°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | [1] |
UAMS College of Medicine is a medical school that is part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, a state-run university in the U.S. state of Arkansas and part of the University of Arkansas System. The primary campus is located in Little Rock and is affiliated with UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and Central Arkansas Veterans HealthCare System. A branch campus, UAMS Northwest is located in Fayetteville. It is the only medical school in Arkansas.
The University of Arkansas College of Medicine was founded in October, 1879 by eight Arkansas physicians, led by Dr. P. O. Hooper of Little Rock. The physicians pooled a total of $5,000 to acquire the former Sperindo Restaurant and Hotel in downtown Little Rock, the first location of the medical school at that time known as the Medical Department of Arkansas Industrial University (later renamed University of Arkansas). The medical school was housed in several locations during the early 20th century, including the Old State House, the former Arkansas State Capitol, before using funding provided by Franklin D. Roosevelt's Public Works Administration and an Arkansas tax on beer and liquor to build a new campus in 1935 next to the Little Rock City Hospital. In 1951, Arkansas Governor Sid McMath used cigarette tax funds to construct a new University Hospital on a 26-acre site on West Markham Street in what was then the outskirts of Little Rock. The College of Medicine moved to this location in 1956 when construction on the new University of Arkansas Medical Center was completed and remains there today. Since 1956 the UAMS College of Medicine and medical center have expanded from a medical school with a charity hospital to a large academic health center with numerous related health colleges and research institutes.
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