Getting treatment for cancer can be a stressful process, but two organizations have partnered to relieve some of the burden on patients. In February, Advanced Physical Therapy opened a clinic at the Bridge in Little Rock, a CARTI facility that…
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CARTI Opens New Cancer Center in Pine Bluff
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCARTI has opened a new Cancer Center in Pine Bluff, at 5001 Bobo Road. The new facility provides medical and radiation oncology, imaging services and breast surgical consultations to patients of southeast Arkansas, and includes an infusion suite with 28…
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UAMS Oncologist Named President Elect of American College of Physicians
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffOmar Atiq, M.D., a medical oncologist specializing in head and neck cancers at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS in Little Rock, is now president-elect of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization in…
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CARTI Opens New Cancer Center to Treat More Southern Arkansans
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCARTI has opened a new Cancer Center in El Dorado which will provide medical oncology and PET imaging services to cancer patients in southern Arkansas. This is the fifth comprehensive cancer center in CARTI’s network of treatment locations, bringing its statewide…
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First Hepatobiliary Trained Surgeon in Arkansas Joins CHI St. Vincent
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas is welcoming its first hepatobiliary (having to do with the liver plus the gallbladder, bile ducts, or bile) fellowship trained surgeon. Dr. Abdelrahman Attili has joined the team of physicians at the CHI St. Vincent Diagnostic Clinic in Little…
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Oncologist Sindhu Malapati Joins UAMS Cancer Institute
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSindhu Malapati, M.D., has joined the breast team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she is treating patients with breast cancer. “Dr. Malapati is a great addition to…
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UAMS, Mayo Clinic Discover Key to Destroying Cancer Proteins in Cells
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffResearchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and the Mayo Clinic have discovered a way to supercharge molecular cancer treatments to destroy more cancer-causing proteins in cells. The research findings of UAMS’ Hong-yu…
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CARTI Foundation Introduces New Board Members
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe CARTI Foundation recently announced the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors: Misti Coker, Kelley Erstine, Grace Raja, M.D. and Cindy VanVeckhoven. With these appointments, the Foundation’s Board of Directors now includes 23 members. CARTI is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary cancer…
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UAMS, Baptist Health Open New Cancer Center in North Little Rock
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe first UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center is now open on the Baptist Health Medical Center campus in North Little Rock, bringing cancer research, diagnostic and treatment services available at UAMS’ Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to more Arkansans.…
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Brad Baltz Speaks Out on Firing, Opening Practice
by Caleb Talleyby Caleb TalleyDr. Brad Baltz will begin practicing again on April 30 by Caleb Talley Dr. Brad Baltz, once the highest paid nonprofit employee in the state of Arkansas, spoke out on Monday about his recent firing from CARTI of Little Rock.…