Dr. David Hays of CARTI has been named an American College of Radiology (ACR) Fellow. He is the medical director of imaging and interventional oncology, who practices interventional radiology and serves as a diagnostic radiologist.
ACR Fellowship is awarded to members of the ACR in good standing who have demonstrated service to ACR; evidenced significant accomplishments in scientific or clinical research in the field of radiology; made significant contributions to literature; and/or provided outstanding work as a teacher of radiology. Only 10 percent of ACR’s members have been awarded this honor.
Fellowship is awarded to diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, medical physicists, and nuclear medicine physicians at the convocation held during the ACR annual meeting. Radiation oncology (radiation therapy) is the careful use of high-energy radiation to treat cancer. A radiation oncologist may use radiation to cure cancer or to relieve a cancer patient’s pain.
“CARTI is proud to add another ACR Fellow designation to our ranks,” said Jeremy Land, senior vice president of radiation oncology and imaging at CARTI. “Dr. Hays adds so much to our program, and we are proud to have his level of expertise to offer our patients.”
"This is a richly deserved honor for Dr. Hays. He is an exemplary interventional radiologist, and we are fortunate to have him as a member of our CARTI team,” said Dr. Christopher Pope, an ACR Fellow also at CARTI.
Hays, who has been an ACR member since 1999, is also a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, Arkansas Radiological Society, Pulaski County Medical Society, and Mid-America Interventional Radiological Society. He and his wife, Cindy, have five children.
In addition, CARTI has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent survey by the ACR. This accreditation covers all of CARTI’s radiation oncology sites, which include CARTI Cancer Center, CARTI Little Rock, CARTI North Little Rock, CARTI Conway, CARTI Mountain Home, and CARTI Searcy. CARTI radiation oncology programs account for six of the seven ACR-accredited programs in Arkansas.