CARTI Invests in New State-of-the-Art Cancer Care Surgery Center

Expanses of glass, steel and composite panels reflect expertise and advanced technology and treatment

By BECKy GILLETTE

Despite the disruptions to construction caused by the pandemic, the new CARTI Surgery Center, under construction since the summer of 2021, is set to open to the public in early June.

“The CARTI Surgery Center will begin seeing patients this spring,” said Adam Head, president and CEO of CARTI, the state’s largest not-for-profit multidisciplinary cancer care provider with treatment centers in 18 locations across the state. “We hope the community will join us for our official grand opening on Friday, June 9.”

Head said that once open, the facility will be the only cancer-focused surgery center in Arkansas—and one of only a few nationwide. The surgery center will be located at CARTI’s main Little Rock campus.

“Our new center will ensure our patients can continue their journeys at CARTI, receiving earlier, more convenient surgical care, all delivered by the unparalleled medical providers they know and trust,” Head said. “The CARTI Surgery Center embodies our mission to make trusted cancer care accessible to every patient we serve.

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