The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), community partners, and numerous volunteers hosted the seventh annual Arkansas Minority Barber & Beauty Shop Health Initiative at locally-owned minority barber and beauty shops, colleges, and salons in Pulaski County. Free blood pressure checks, blood glucose, body mass index, cholesterol screenings, and other health education information will be available to customers and employees.
Participating salons and barbershops included:
· AR College of Barbering & Hair Design, Little Rock
Leading Arkansas oncologist Dr. Brad Baltz has joined the cancer care practice at CHI St. Vincent. Baltz joins Dr. Peter Emanuel, who came to CHI St. Vincent as the hospital group’s new director of oncology services in September, and Dr. Joseph Beck, a medical oncologist who joined the oncology clinic in Little Rock this January. Baltz is now seeing patients in Suite 815 of the doctors building at 500 S.
CARTI Cancer Center has added medical oncologist and hematologist Pooja Motwani, MD, to its staff. Motwani is now accepting new patients at CARTI Cancer Center, 8901 CARTI Way in Little Rock.