Surgical Oncologist J. Camilo Barreto, M.D., Joins UAMS

By Yavonda Chase

Barreto is also an assistant professor of surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Surgery. He earned his medical degree from the Anahuac University School of Medicine in Mexico City.

He completed a general surgery residency at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition in Mexico City, followed by a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and a general surgery residency and fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago.

Barreto is a member of the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.

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