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Ramona L Bates, MD - Dr. Bates has been a solo plastic surgeon in Little Rock, AR since 1990. She began writing the blog, Suture for a Living, in May 2007 and has been an active participant in the medical blog community. Dr Bates was born in Ft Leonard Wood, MO, but considers herself from Arkansas as she was raised there. She received a bachelor of arts degree in Physics from the University of Arkansas. She is now on their Industrial Advisory Committee for the microEP program.
She earned her medical degree at the UAMS in Little Rock, AR. Between her first and second years she worked as a research assistant for NASA at Moffett Fields, CA where she worked on a project studying the effects of zero gravity on the human body. She did her Flexible Internship at Earl K Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, LA. She did three years of general surgery training at OVMC in Wheeling, WV then did a Head & Neck Fellowship at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, PA prior to going to Boston, MA to do her plastic surgery residency at Boston University Hospital. She then returned to Little Rock, AR to do a Hand Surgery Fellowship with the Arkansas Hand Surgery Clinic.
Upon completing her training, Dr. Bates began her private practice as a solo physician.
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Calls To Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline Helpful
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On-Pump CABG Does Not Impair Cognition More Than Off-Pump
Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) has traditionally been performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG).
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Childhood Brain Tumors Survivors Left with Life-long Impairments
Childhood brain tumors cast long shadows on survivors.
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Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act 2009 Signed
Indiana teenager Ryan White was expelled from school when it was learned that he had contracted HIV/AIDS from treatment of his hemophilia.
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First Annual World Pneumonia Day Observed
Today is the first annual World Pneumonia Day.
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Vertex Hepatitis C Drug Works in More than 80% of Patients
Vertex has announced the results of their Phase 2 Study C208 which explored the use of telaprevir-based regimen in hepatitis C patients.
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Tips to Keep Halloween Safe and Fun
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Gene Therapy Heals Injured Lungs for Transplantation
There is a continual shortage of organs to use for patients on transplantation lists.
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Tips On When To Seek Flu Emergency Care
Flu season is here, complicated this year by the H1N1 influenza virus. H1N1 has targeted the pregnant women, our young, and those with chronic illnesses.
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