Fast Facts | UAMS

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences was founded in 1879 by eight physicians. Today UAMS is the state’s only academic health center, part of a statewide network of postsecondary education institutions of the University of Arkansas System governed by a 10-member Board of Trustees.

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UAMS Mission

To improve the health and health care of Arkansans

UAMS Mission Statement

The mission of UAMS is to improve the health, health care and well-being of Arkansans and of others in the region, nation and the world by:

Educating current and future health professionals and the public
Providing high-quality, innovative, patient- and family–centered health care and specialty expertise not routinely available in community settings
Advancing knowledge in areas of human health and disease and translating and accelerating discoveries into health improvements

Core Values

Integrity, Respect, Diversity and Health Equity, Teamwork, Creativity, Excellence, Safety

Vision 2029

By 2029 — UAMS’ 150th anniversary as the first medical school in Arkansas — UAMS will lead Arkansas to be the healthiest state in the region through its synergies of education, clinical care, research and purposeful leadership.

As Arkansas’ only academic health system, UAMS resolves to deliver dramatic and lasting health and health care improvements. Aiding in this are its statewide health system — UAMS Health; statewide network of campuses for public education and clinical outreach; and expertise in medical specialties, population health, digital health, health informatics and translational research.

Education

3,485 students*
915 medical residents and fellows
7 dental residents
College of Nursing – 428 students*
College of Medicine – 706 students*
College of Health Professions – 1,641 students*
College of Pharmacy – 325 students*
College of Public Health – 150 students*
Graduate School – 235 students*
* Fall 2024
Nearly 2,200 faculty members plus nearly 700 volunteer or adjunct faculty members

UAMS Northwest Regional Campus total enrollment 339
- College of Medicine – 73
- College of Pharmacy – 31
- College of Nursing – 46
- College of Health Professions – 189
- Number of Residents – 207 (not included in total enrollment)

Patient Care

UAMS Medical Center – 61,719 emergency room visits; 25,689 hospital discharges; 22,091 surgical cases in FY 2024
UAMS Health – 512,335 outpatient visits in FY 2024
Family Medical Centers at nine Regional Campuses – 135,793 outpatient visits in FY 2024
Hospital capacity – 535 beds, including: 431 adult beds, 64 newborn bassinets and 40 psychiatry beds
The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital opened in June 2023 and has 24 private rooms for overnight observation and inpatient stays.
Only adult Level One Trauma Center in Arkansas
Primary Care at two off-campus locations in Little Rock and one in Maumelle
912 College of Medicine clinicians staff UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas Children’s Hospital and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
UAMS provides vascular surgery, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, and physical and rehabilitative medicine at Baptist Health
UAMS provides orthopaedic services at Baptist Health in Conway
Faculty physicians at nine Family Medical Centers provide care and supervise residents at UAMS Regional Campuses outside of central Arkansas
Only adult sickle cell clinic in Arkansas
Only adult spina bifida clinic in Arkansas
Only ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) treatment center in Arkansas
Only cord blood bank and adult blood stem cell collection unit in Arkansas
Only liver and kidney transplant programs in Arkansas
Liver and kidney transplant survival rates higher than national average
First bone marrow transplant in Arkansas
First accredited echocardiography lab for careful cardiac diagnosis
Only high-risk pregnancy program in Arkansas with board-certified maternal-fetal specialists
The Institute for Digital Health & Innovation is home to more than 30 digital health programs that use high-definition video and other technology to improve access to physicians with expertise in a diverse range of specialties from stroke care to maternal-fetal medicine to spine surgery and trauma.
First medical facility in the United States to offer the SAINT® neuromodulation system, an innovative therapeutic treatment for major depressive disorder
The Myeloma Center has treated more than 17,000 patients from every state and more than 50 countries.
The Myeloma Center has performed more peripheral blood stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma than any center in the world.
The expected five-year survival rate for newly diagnosed myeloma patients treated at the Myeloma Center is 74%, versus 43% for a comparable patient population in the NCI cancer statistics (SEER) database.
Only facility in Arkansas to offer CAR T-Cell Therapy for myeloma and certain types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Arkansas’ first academic Phase 1 Cancer Clinical Trial Unit is located at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
The Proton Center of Arkansas, a collaboration between UAMS, Arkansas Children’s, Baptist Health and Proton International, opened in September 2023. It is the first proton therapy center in the state and only the 43^rd in the nation to provide the most advanced cancer radiation treatment in the world.

Research

Brought in $233.6 million in total research funding across UAMS and UAMS researchers working in the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
Ranks in top 14% of all U.S. Colleges & Universities in research funding from federal government
More than 500,000 sq. ft. devoted to research on UAMS campus
The BioVentures business incubator has created 42 companies since its beginning.
Contributing to expand scientific knowledge: 3,655 articles in scientific journals included UAMS-affiliated authors in FY 2024.
Home to Arkansas Biosciences Institute, a research consortium of Arkansas institutions using funds from the state’s tobacco settlement on work to reduce or prevent smoking-related illness
Translational Research Institute provides research support as part of a national effort to speed the pace of discovery and health improvement.
UAMS has 10 faculty members named either ARA Scholars or ARA Fellows by the Arkansas Research Alliance, which recruits highly respected researchers to Arkansas.
Research Data Warehouse that facilitates clinical and translational research and houses clinical data on more than 850,000 patients
J. Thomas May Center for ALS Research – only research for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Arkansas
UAMS’ IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics is the first NIH National Resource in Arkansas and serves biomedical researchers across the nation.

Institutes

Statewide Reach

Nine Regional Campuses and a comprehensive Rural Hospital Program
11 KIDS FIRST Program Sites
Regional campus in Northwest Arkansas
- Has education programs for the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Professions
- Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing Science (A-BSN) program
- Innovative three-year Primary Care Scholars M.D. training track
- Doctor of Physical Therapy program
- Doctor of Occupational Therapy program, offered in conjunction with the University of Arkansas
50 Pediatric Subspecialty Clinics
Head Start – 6 sites in Pulaski County serving 270 children ages 3-5 (Head Start), 128 infants and toddlers (Early Head Start) and 48 infants and toddlers and Pregnant People Home Visiting program
The UAMS Milk Bank, the first facility of its kind in Arkansas, helps ensure a ready supply of donor milk for sick and vulnerable infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) around the state. A growing network of milk depots allows mothers around the state to donate their milk.
Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center takes 28,000 high acuity calls each year.
The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging has eight Centers on Aging located throughout Arkansas, all of which offer the Schmieding Home Caregiver Training Program.
Digital Health Stroke Program connecting 63 rural Arkansas hospitals with stroke neurologists
Digital Health High-Risk Pregnancy Program provides diagnosis and consultation through real-time virtual visits with 28 sites across Arkansas
Arkansas e-Link – linking health, education, research and public safety by connecting 454 sites across the state to a 5,600-mile high-speed optical network making Arkansas one of the most well-connected states in the country
The Psychiatric Research Institute’s Psych TLC program provides Arkansas’ primary care physicians with access by telephone to child and adolescent mental health expertise

Financials

Budgeted Revenue for FY2025 – $2.2 Billion
- Patient Care – $1,469,808,623 – 65.54%
- Grants/Contracts – $298,516,079 – 13.31%
- Gifts and Other – $296,381,520 – 13.22%
- State Appropriations – $123,745,236 – 5.52%
- Tuition – $54,008,137 – 2.41%

Economic Impact*

$ 4.5 billion/year economic impact – UAMS and affiliates Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
The eight regional centers generate 657 jobs and $87 million annually in economic impact across the state.

* TEConomy Partners LLC, 2015

Philanthropy

Private philanthropy essential for critical growth and support of:
- Groundbreaking research in cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases affecting our state
- Expansion and innovation in solid organ transplant, pioneering world-class care for organ transplant patients
- New and enhanced facilities
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Student scholarships
- Population health
- Children’s mental health
- Expansion of specialty care and clinical centers statewide
- Expansion of the Regional Campuses program and its health care curriculum
- Community outreach programs
- Recruitment and retention of national leaders in various medical specialties of need in Arkansas
- Technology and digital health to focus on health care in rural areas
- Childhood obesity
- Innovations in health care and health care education

Fundraising for FY 2024 totaled more than $40.8 million from 5,336 donors.
UAMS receives donations from 72 of Arkansas’ 75 counties — an achievement that demonstrates statewide support for UAMS’ mission and its value to the people of Arkansas. Contributions are also received from donors in 44 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and two other countries.
Members of the 1879 Society, which recognizes legacy donors, committed nearly $10.5 million in gifts through their estates during FY24.
To date, members of the Society of the Double Helix, which recognizes UAMS’ outstanding philanthropists, have collectively invested nearly $713 million in the work at UAMS.
More than 700 volunteers donate their time, energies and talents each year.

Visit www.giving@uams.edu for more information