LITTLE ROCK - Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., has been named chief of Breast Oncology in the College of Medicine Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). She sees patients in the second floor clinics at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Henry-Tillman has served as a member of the UAMS faculty since 1998 and holds the position of professor in the Department of Surgery and co-leader of the Breast Tumor Disease Oriented Committee in the UAMS Cancer Institute.
After earning her medical degree at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Henry-Tillman completed her surgical residency in the UAMS Department of Surgery and fellowship training in the UAMS Fellowship in Diseases of the Breast program.
She previously served as director of the UAMS Cancer Control program and was instrumental in the development of the university's mobile mammography program.
Her research efforts have focused primarily on colorectal and breast cancer disparities in underserved populations.
She has received numerous awards and honors including being named to Best Doctors in America and Castle Connolly's Exceptional Women in Medicine.