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Brain and Spine Cancer

The Neurosurgical oncology team tackles brain and spinal tumors with a true team approach.

Team Approach

At UAMS, because we work as a team, we are able to help patients find the treatment that is best for them, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Our Team

Meet our team of physicians and other professionals who specialize in brain and spinal tumors at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

Richard L. Crownover, M.D., Ph.D.

Richard L. Crownover, M.D., Ph.D. Radiation Oncologist

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J. D. Day, M.D.

J. D. Day, M.D. Neurosurgeon

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Leslie M. Harrell, D.O.

Leslie M. Harrell, D.O. Radiation Oncologist

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Noojan J. Kazemi, M.D.

Noojan J. Kazemi, M.D. Neurosurgeon

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Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.

Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D. Neurosurgeon

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Erika Santos Horta, M.D.

Erika Santos Horta, M.D. Neurologist

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Fen Xia, M.D., Ph.D.

Fen Xia, M.D., Ph.D. Radiation Oncologist

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Brain and Spine Cancer Care

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A Center of Excellence

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is Arkansas’ only academic cancer treatment and research facility. The institute’s staff of doctors, nurses, researchers and other health care professionals is dedicated to improving cancer care for the people of Arkansas and beyond.

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News & Featured Stories

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Children’s Tumor Foundation, UAMS Open Country’s First Adult Neurofibromatosis Clinic

The Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced the opening of the first CTF-sponsored, fully multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to the care of adults with neurofibromatosis (NF) at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. “We are honored to be designated by the Children’s Tumor Foundation as the site…

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Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., shows Ashley James an image of her brain.

UAMS Neurosurgeon Uses Brain-Mapping Software, Laser Ablation to Safely Destroy Mom’s Brain Tumor

| Just three months after giving birth to her daughter, Ashley James learned that a brain tumor she’d had removed nearly two years earlier had returned. Back in October 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pine Bluff native was living in Cleveland, Ohio, when she experienced a severe headache and pain behind…

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UAMS surgeons prepare to perform the first surgery in Arkansas using GammaTile Therapy or surgically targeted radiation therapy.

UAMS Performs First GammaTile Brain Surgery in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK — Radiation oncologist  Richard Crownover, M.D., Ph.D., and neurosurgeon Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and their care team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have performed the state’s first application of GammaTile Therapy.

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Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., and neurosurgical resident Marcus Stephens, M.D. perform surgery.

Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Removal Gives Morrilton Grandmother ‘a Second Chance’

Mary Harris enjoys traveling with her daughters and granddaughters, and the family looks forward to their trips three times a year. And though the pandemic caused them to postpone for a while, they are ready to resume with a trip to Branson in June. In 2016, Harris began having a continued cough and constant bronchitis….

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Our Locations

Medical Oncology Clinic

Medical Oncology Clinic

449 Jack Stephens Drive
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Little Rock, AR 72205

Appointment Phone Numbers
501-296-1200
New Patients
501-686-8530
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Neurosurgery Clinic

Neurosurgery Clinic

501 Jack Stephens Drive
Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neuroscience Institute
Little Rock, AR 72205

Appointment Phone Number
501-686-5270
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