Surgeons

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Two Transplant Surgeons Join UAMS

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By Linda Satter

LITTLE ROCK — John R. Montgomery, M.D., and Tsukasa Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D., have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as liver, kidney and pancreas transplant surgeons. Both will also serve as assistant professors in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery.

Montgomery comes to UAMS from New York City, where he completed a two-year fellowship in abdominal transplant surgery at New York University’s Langone Medical Center. Previously, he completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Michigan Medicine, which is a research university in Ann Arbor, and a research fellowship at the University of Michigan’s Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy (CHOP).

Nakamura joins UAMS from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he completed fellowships in transplant surgery and transplant surgery research, and performed numerous liver and kidney transplant surgeries, including robotic-assisted surgeries.

Two Transplant Surgeons Join UAMS

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I³R, UAMS and Health Tech Industry Collaborate to Deliver Innovation for Impact

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I³R) at the University of Arkansas is collaborating with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and health technology companies and providers on a groundbreaking neural-enhanced prosthesis study, one that has the potential to deliver meaningful sensations of touch, grip force and hand opening to users.

James Abbas, Ph.D., who is co-directing the study, led discussions that have brought a team of UAMS surgeons, Snell Prosthetics and Orthotics and health technology companies together with I³R’s Adaptive Neural Systems Group (ANS).

“Innovation in health care requires coordination and integration across disciplines and sectors. We are thrilled to have established partnerships with UAMS and Snell to innovate here in Arkansas,” said Abbas, professor of biomedical engineering and member of the ANS Group. “The world-class surgeons at UAMS will help I³R extend the reach of integrative health throughout the state and beyond, and will enhance our ability to develop and deploy breakthrough neural technology to the benefit of many people.”

https://news.uams.edu/2023/02/13/i%c2%b3r-uams-and-health-tech-industry-collaborate-to-deliver-innovation-for-impact/