Interventional Radiology Patient Stories
August 25, 2023
Conway Man Grateful For New Approach to Prostate Problem
The future was anything but hopeful for John Apple, 70, a retired corporate accountant from Conway.
Diagnosed in 2021 with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly known as an enlarged prostate, Apple was told by his physician that he had only two treatment options: a surgical procedure that could likely have little effect on his condition or wearing a catheter the rest of his life.
January 20, 2023
Three-Year-Old Patient Keeps Sight, Survives Rare Eye Cancer
All Quatisa East wanted was for her infant daughter, Dallas Carter, to be able to see. A rare diagnosis of retinoblastoma, or cancer of the eye, threatened that possibility. “I didn’t give up on her — everything I’ve done is just being a mother,” said the 29-year-old. It’s been a long road for Dallas and…
October 14, 2019
Stroke Survivor Grateful for Treatment at UAMS’ Comprehensive Stroke Center
Oct. 14, 2019 | Seconds after having a stroke May 18, Ticu Gamalie found himself looking up from the ground at his fellow soccer referees and the players, coaches and parents who had come to his aid. Although he said he was disoriented, he knew one thing clearly: He wanted to go to UAMS. “We…
October 3, 2016
Pelvic Pain Relieved by Interventional Radiologist
Oct. 3, 2016 | Dealing with constant pelvic pain, Andie Marmorato of Cabot heard plenty of theories from doctors, but what she was lacking was answers. That changed when she was referred to Mollie Meek, M.D., an interventional radiologist and associate professor in the College of Medicine at UAMS. Marmorato said the pain — imagine…
August 14, 2015
Family Finds Cutting-Edge HHT Treatment at UAMS
As an ordinary 11-year-old girl, Emalyn Daniel had two questions for her doctor: “Will it hurt?” And, “When can I go swimming?” Emalyn’s medical condition, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), is anything but ordinary. So her parents, Emma and Forrest Daniell, had many questions to ask UAMS interventional radiologist Mollie Meek, M.D. In her father’s family, one…
August 14, 2014
Women Discover Fibroids Cure at UAMS
Fibroids caused Nathalie Massanelli, 39, of Little Rock, to lose so much blood each month that she became anemic and afraid to go out in public. For Bridget Dooley, 44, of Hot Springs, the pain from fibroids was too much to bear. “It would start hurting a week before my menstrual period and just got…
June 19, 2014
UAMS Uses Little-Known Procedure to Save New Mom
When 22-year-old Christina Gillihan left Searcy in an ambulance bound for UAMS on July 28, she and members of her family were hoping for a miracle. In the days and weeks after her daughter Kyra’s birth July 2 at a local hospital, Christina developed a blood clot in a main artery of her lung, then…
August 14, 2011
New Device Unclogs Stroke Patient’s Veins in Brain
In the days leading up to Glen Deaton’s emergency trip from Trumann to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), large veins that drain blood from his brain were clotting. Confusion, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision were among his symptoms. An MRI revealed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis – a type of stroke caused by a…