Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute


October 21, 2022

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

Linda Satter

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

| 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…


October 20, 2022

Cyclotron for State’s First Proton Center Arrives at UAMS

Marty Trieschmann

key equipment for the proton radiation center is installed

Completion of a $65 million expanded University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Radiation Oncology Center that will house Arkansas’ first Proton Center marked an important milestone Oct. 20 with the arrival and installation of the Proton Center’s cyclotron, a type of particle accelerator that serves as a key piece of equipment. “UAMS is proud…


October 12, 2022

UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Welcomes Four New Oncologists

Marty Trieschmann

Four new cancer doctors joined the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS

The addition of four new oncologists will expand services and increase access for patients at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and its growing network of clinics at Baptist Health locations. “This is our next phase in hematology/oncology expansion as we progress toward NCI designation,” said…


October 4, 2022

Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., Receives American Association for Cancer Research Award

Marty Trieschmann

UAMS Cancer Researcher Dr. Marius Nagalo in his lab at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Bolni Marius Nagalo, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Career Development Award. The $300,000 award will help Nagalo expand his novel research on virotherapy to treat advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma — work he is conducting in the labs at the UAMS…


September 27, 2022

UAMS Internship Program Inspires Next Generation of Cancer Researchers

Marty Trieschmann

Summer interns at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute

When asked what he did this summer, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Wyatt D’Spain gives a rather unusual response. “I learned how to grow a tumor in a flask, infect it with a virus and reassess how it affected the tumor’s viability,” he said. D’Spain’s summer project was conducted safely under…


September 21, 2022

UAMS Experts Present Leukemia, Lymphoma ‘State of the Science’ Summit Oct. 13 in Little Rock

Marty Trieschmann

Muthu Veeraputhiran, M.D., clinical director of stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will share the latest research and treatment options for adults with leukemia and lymphoma

Leading blood cancer experts from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute will host a meeting for medical professionals on the state of leukemia and lymphoma treatments and research at Little Rock’s Capital Hotel, Oct. 13, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no fee to attend. Registration is…


September 13, 2022

UAMS Invests Jonathan Laryea, M.D., in Nolie and Norma Mumey Endowed Chair in Surgery

Andrew Vogler

Laryea Investiture

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Jonathan Laryea, M.D., chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery in the Department of Surgery and medical director of cancer services at UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, in the Nolie and Norma Mumey Endowed Chair in Surgery during a…


UAMS Invests Matthew A. Steliga, M.D., in Kent C. Westbrook, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology

Andrew Vogler

Steliga Investiture

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Matthew A. Steliga, M.D., chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery in the UAMS Department of Surgery and a tenured professor of surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine, in the Kent C. Westbrook, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology…


Sunny Singh, M.D., Named Director of UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock

Marty Trieschmann

Dr. Sunny Singh is the director of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas

Sunny R. K. Singh, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as a hematologist/oncologist and director of the UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Center in North Little Rock. Singh oversees all operations at the satellite cancer center jointly operated by the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute…


September 12, 2022

UAMS Breast Cancer Program Earns National Reaccreditation

Marty Trieschmann

The Breast Center at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

UAMS Oncologists Appointed to National Board The Breast Cancer program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has earned reaccreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). Ronda S. Henry-Tillman, M.D., chief of Breast Oncology at UAMS, has been appointed vice chair of NAPBC, along with…



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