oncology
March 29, 2018
Westbrook, Robertson, Wendel Recognized as Healthcare Heroes
March 29, 2018 | Three longtime UAMS physicians were honored by Arkansas Business as Healthcare Heroes at a luncheon March 28. The annual awards program was begun in 2015 to recognize individuals, companies and organizations making a significant impact on the quality of health care in Arkansas. Kent Westbrook, M.D., a distinguished professor in the…
February 18, 2014
Issam Makhoul, M.D., Named Inaugural Hutchins Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology at UAMS
LITTLE ROCK – Issam Makhoul, M.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D. Distinguished Chair for Hematology and Oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He is director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
July 3, 2012
UAMS Opens Radiation Oncology Center
July 3, 2012 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today becomes the exclusive provider of radiation oncology services on its campus. Services are provided for both adult and pediatric patients in the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center, a component of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
UAMS Opens Radiation Oncology Center
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today becomes the exclusive provider of radiation oncology services on its campus. Services are provided for both adult and pediatric patients in the UAMS Radiation Oncology Center, a component of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.</span>
April 20, 2011
Laparoscopic Surgery Is State’s First for Testicular Cancer Patient
April 21, 2011 | Matthew Katz, M.D., a urologic-oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), recently performed what is believed to be the first minimally invasive surgery in Arkansas to remove lymph nodes in a patient with testicular cancer.