Retired Little Rock, AR, otolaryngologist J. Floyd Kyser, MD, has given $500,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for a professorship to honor the surgeon who trained with him as a resident and went on to become an international leader in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at UAMS.
The endowment will be known as the Patricia and J. Floyd Kyser, MD, Professorship in Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery.
The professorship honors James Suen, MD, a professor and the chair of the department of otolaryngology -- head and neck surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine. Dr. Suen, a 1966 UAMS graduate, has chaired the department since 1974. While Dr. Suen was a resident at UAMS, he spent a six-week training rotation in Kyser's private practice. Dr. Kyser, a 1962 graduate of the UAMS College of Medicine, has maintained close ties with UAMS and has been a longtime supporter of the department.
The gift comes at a time when financial resources are decreasing and it is difficult to support educational and research activities, Dr. Suen noted.
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