Katy A. Marino, M.D., Joins UAMS as Thoracic Surgeon
| LITTLE ROCK — Katy A. Marino, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as a thoracic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive surgery of the chest.
She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine.
She completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee, and in thoracic surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky.
Thoracic surgeons have specialized training in both benign and malignant diseases in the thorax, the cavity between the neck and abdomen. This includes the lungs, esophagus, thymus and chest wall.
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.###