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James Suen, M.D., Joins Medical Mission Team Treating Patients in Ukraine

By Linda Satter

A recent mission to Ukraine by a group of doctors to provide medical care to children and soldiers in Ukraine included James Y. Suen, M.D., a world-renowned otolaryngologist and distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

James Suen, M.D., and his former resident, Steve Orten, M.D., in Ukraine.

As an otolaryngic surgeon who specializes in head and neck cancer, congenital vascular lesions of the head and neck, and diseases of the larynx, Suen was part of a diverse team of medical experts that spent a week in March treating patients in Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine.

Organized by the Dallas-based nonprofit group LEAP (Life Enhancement Association for People) Global Missions, in cooperation with the Christian Medical Association of Ukraine, the group treated babies and children with congenital deformities and adults with war injuries.

https://news.uams.edu/2023/06/09/james-suen-m-d-joins-medical-mission-team-treating-patients-in-ukraine/

Hutchinson, Boozman say harsh sanctions are needed against Russia

KUAR | By Laura Jansen ,

Michael Hibblen

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and U.S. Sen. John Boozman expressed their support Friday for Ukraine and its citizens as Russia continues a military invasion of the sovereign eastern European nation.

During his weekly press conference, Hutchinson said the U.S. needs to enact severe sanctions on Russia and suggested President Joe Biden hasn’t acted as quickly as he would like.

“We don’t need to hold anything back right now, we need to give the full weight of our sanctions now,” Hutchinson said.

https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/2022-02-25/gov-hutchinson-sen-boozman-say-harsh-sanctions-are-needed-against-russia

Michael Hibblen/KUAR News

Sen. John Boozman speaking with reporters Friday inside the Arkansas State Capitol.