August 4, 2019

September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness month and Arkansas Children’s is asking the community to GO GOLD in support of pediatric cancer awareness and treatment. The Will Golf 4 Kids tournament and Color of Hope Gala committees have committed to raising $5 million to expand services for children with cancer and blood disorders at Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW).  

Over the next five years, funds raised will support the addition of a pediatric oncologist, nurses, and support services staff for the ACNW hematology/oncology program, creating as many as six new positions.  

August 4, 2019

R. Gaines Fricke, MD, has joined Radiology Associates, P.A., after completing a medical degree, residency, and fellowship in interventional radiology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark. He served as the chief resident while there. He will be servicing the company’s central axis locations, which include Little Rock, Benton, Conway, Pine Bluff, and Searcy. Fricke will also perform reading from locations around the state.

July 28, 2019

Dr. Chandra Lingisetty, an internal medicine specialist at Baptist Health, recently received the Top 100 Healthcare Leaders Award, conferred at the International Forum on Advancements in Healthcare in Las Vegas. 

Lingisetty, a graduate of Harvard University, attended the conference with more than 1,000 healthcare industry experts from around the world. 

July 28, 2019

Dr. Adam Childs has joined the staff of Arkansas Urology in Bentonville.

Childs received his medical degree from the University of Texas at Houston Medical School and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He attended Brigham Young University and Rice University for undergraduate studies in biochemistry. After medical school, he completed his urology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he published multiple scientific articles and served as an instructor in urology and chief resident.

July 28, 2019

Mercy will name the new heart unit in its soon-to-open seven-story tower in recognition of the McMillon family after a gift from Doug and Shelley McMillon. The McMillon’s gift of $1 million to Mercy’s Opening Doors campaign will support its $277 million expansion in Northwest Arkansas.

The donation puts Mercy close to a total of $20 million in philanthropic support toward a goal of $25 million in the campaign.