Gynecologic Oncologist Laura B. Huffman, M.D., Joins UAMS
| Oct. 9, 2017 | Fellowship-trained gynecologic oncologist Laura B. Huffman, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and serves as an assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in the UAMS College of Medicine.
Laura B. Huffman, M.D.
Her medical specialties include the treatment of women with gynecologic cancer including the surgical and chemotherapeutic management of ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancers.
Her research interests focus on the treatment of gynecologic cancers and sexual health in women cancer survivors.
Huffman received her medical degree from UAMS prior to serving her residency at The Ohio State University-Mount Carmel Health in Columbus, Ohio. She completed her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Society of Gynecologic 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.###