LITTLE ROCK - CARTI has announced the opening of The Breast Center at CARTI. From routine mammography screenings to the early detection and treatment of breast cancer and benign breast disease, The Breast Center provides comprehensive breast care services in a tranquil, spa-inspired environment. The Breast Center will open in June 2019 and be located at 8901 CARTI Way, Little Rock.

The Breast Center will feature leading-edge 3D screening mammography, high resolution breast MRI, more comfortable exams with the SmartCurve paddle and Mammopad, risk assessment and genetic testing, diagnostic mammography, ultrasound and breast needle biopsies.

In addition to offering screening and diagnostic services, The Breast Center will provide an unparalleled experience including dedicated front door parking, personal iPad check-in, private dressing rooms and soft waffle-weave robes in each mammogram suite, and same day scheduling and results for diagnostic patients.

The Breast Center will be led by Stacy Smith-Foley M.D., a dedicated breast imager with more than a decade of clinical experience in Arkansas, Oklahoma and South Carolina. Smith-Foley is a leader in her field as an active member of the Hologic Scientific Advisory Board, the Society of Breast Imaging and the National Consortium of Breast Centers. She is on the speaker's bureau for Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.

Dr. Smith-Foley has co-authored several peer reviewed journal articles and has participated in several breast imaging reader studies ranging from computer aided detection to digital breast tomosynthesis.

Dr. Smith-Foley earned her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Board certified in diagnostic radiology with a subspecialty in breast imaging, she completed her radiology residency at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee. She completed her fellowship in breast imaging at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. She earned her bachelors of science in biology from University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas, where she now serves as a member of the UCA Foundation Board.

Patients do not need a physician referral to visit The Breast Center at CARTI. To make an appointment, call 501.537.MAMO or visit CARTI.com.