Baptist Health/UAMS Thoracic Surgery is now located within UAMS Baptist Health Cancer Clinic-Little Rock on the Baptist Health campus, off Interstate 630. The clinic is at the Hickingbotham Outpatient Center, 9500 Kanis Road, Suite 500.
Baptist Health/UAMS Thoracic Surgery is supported by a group of fellowship-trained, dedicated general thoracic surgeons. They work closely with the medical oncologists in the new clinic.
Katy Marino, MD, is a thoracic surgeon specializing in minimally invasive surgery of the chest. Marino received a medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport. Marino completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville. She is board-certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Jason Muesse, MD, specializes in the surgical treatment of diseases involving the chest including the lungs, esophagus, and chest wall. Muesse obtained a medical degree at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in College Station and Temple, Texas. After serving an internship and residency in general surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital, Muesse completed fellowship training in thoracic surgery at Emory University in Atlanta. He also completed the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Graham Foundation Surgical Robotics Fellowship in 2017. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Matthew Steliga, MD, specializes in thoracic oncology with an emphasis on lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other tumors of the chest and is experienced in minimally invasive thoracic surgery. He previously served as an instructor in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. A graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Steliga completed an internship and residency in general surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis. He completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Nicholas Tingquist, MD, specializes in minimally invasive laparoscopic and thoracoscopic procedures as well as robotic chest surgery. Tingquist earned a medical degree and completed a residency in general surgery at UAMS and completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Tingquist is board eligible.
Savanna Cathey, PA, received an education through the UAMS Physician Assistant Program. She is certified by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants and through the Arkansas State Medical Board.