Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
March 24, 2023
From Alaska to Arkansas: A Cancer Survivor’s Journey
For throat cancer survivor Shalonda Michelle, there are exactly 3,815 miles between being sick and being healthy. It’s the distance between Fairbanks, Alaska, where her medical journey began, to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, where she finally found healing. Michelle’s harrowing experience began in 2010. She was…
March 10, 2023
UAMS Contributes to Groundbreaking Lung Cancer Clinical Trial
The long-awaited results of a 10-year lung cancer clinical trial that UAMS contributed to were recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UAMS was one of 83 centers in the United States, Canada and Australia that participated in the National Cancer Institute-funded trial that showed patients with early-stage lung cancer can be treated…
March 7, 2023
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., Named Chief of UAMS Hematology and Oncology Division
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, M.D., hematologist and oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Govindarajan, who is also a professor in the division, will lead a growing team of physicians treating patients with benign and malignant…
February 23, 2023
Little Rock Central Basketball Teams Host Pink Out to Support Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
It was a sea of pink at Little Rock Central High School (LRCHS) on Feb. 10 for the Tigers first pink out to support the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. All of the school’s basketball players wore bright pink T-shirts with the school logo over their jerseys and pink socks. Cheerleaders carried ruffled pink…
February 22, 2023
Board-Certified Oncologist Sri Obulareddy, M.D., Joins UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Sri Obulareddy, M.D., has joined the breast team in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she is treating patients with breast cancer. She is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. In addition to treating breast cancer patients, she also serves as associate professor…
February 17, 2023
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts National Proteomics Symposium
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute welcomed proteomics directors and staff from across the country Feb. 8 and 9 for a continuing education symposium. Sponsored by the IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics located within the Cancer Institute, the symposium facilitated two days of collaboration and best practice…
February 8, 2023
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Hosts Third ‘Be a Part of the Cure’ Walk on May 6
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will hold its third Be A Part of the Cure Walk to support cancer patients, survivors and families at 8 a.m., May 6, at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Gates open at 6:30 a.m.
February 3, 2023
104 and Cancer Free
UAMS patient treated by James Suen, M.D., is one of the oldest living cancer survivors in Arkansas A favorite pillow in Maddie Upton’s Camden, Arkansas, home reads, ‘I’m so far up the hill, I’ve started up the next one.’ At 104, there is no old age joke she hasn’t heard, and she shows no…
February 2, 2023
Day at the Races March 17 to Benefit UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
An upcoming event will offer guests the chance to enjoy a day at Arkansas’ only thoroughbred racetrack while supporting cancer patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. Day at the Races is 11:30 a.m. March 17 at Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs. For $50 per person,…
January 19, 2023
UAMS Program Starting Feb. 8 Offers Support to Children of Cancer Patients
A group to help children ages 6-12 better cope with a parent’s cancer diagnosis is set to begin Feb. 8 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute CLIMB, which stands for Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery, will be offered from 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays from Feb. 8-March 15…
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