Neurology and Neurosurgery Outcomes
Nationally renowned NEUROLOGY and NEUROSURGERY experts provide the highest level of care, utilizing leading therapies and approaches to disease management. Arkansas Children’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program is a Level 4 Epilepsy Center accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. Our epileptologists have the professional expertise, facilities and technology to provide unmatched medical and surgical evaluation and treatment.
Outcomes
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Chief Mental and Behavioral Health Officer
“I am extremely proud and humbled to lead an incredibly talented multidisciplinary behavioral team. The team makes a difference in the lives of the children and families they work with every day, whether through small gestures that impact their mental well-being or a lifesaving effort. The team always works with compassion, dedication and respect. It is a true pleasure to be part of such an amazing, caring team of professionals.”
Jason Williams, Psy.D., M.S. Ed
- Senior vice president, chief mental and behavioral health officer at Arkansas Children’s
- Belinda H. and Robert L. Shults Endowed Chair in Child Behavioral Health
- Professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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“By the Numbers” data for CY23, in line with the latest USNWR Survey, unless otherwise noted.
Awards and Achievements
Ranked No. 29 by U.S. News & World Report (2024-25)
Gregory W. Albert, M.D., performed the first laser interstitial thermal therapy on a pediatric epilepsy patient at ACH. The first NeuroBlate procedure was performed June 24, 2024.
One of only 12 pediatric spinal muscular atrophy centers in the U.S.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Neurology
Paul Joseph Drake, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Sarah Beth Cobb, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Neurology
Tonya Michele Balmakund, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Kapil Arya, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurosurgery
Gregory W. Albert, M.D.
Clinical Leadership
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Adrianne M. Parkey, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurosurgery
Eylem Ocal, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Neurology
Manan Nath, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Christopher Paul Manbeck, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Neurology
Stephen Gregory Jones, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurosurgery
Tomoko Tanaka, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Neurology
Collin Trey Swafford, D.O.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Neurology
Gregory B. Sharp, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Debopam Samanta, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology, Hospitalist
Cristyn Nicole Branstetter, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
General Pediatrics, Hematology / Oncology
Kevin J. Bielamowicz, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology
David L. Becton, M.D.
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Little Rock
Emergency Medicine, Hematology / Oncology
Lauren Elizabeth Appell, M.D
Little Rock, Springdale
General Pediatrics, Hematology / Oncology
Tucker S. Blackledge, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology
Michael William Bishop, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology, Hospitalist
Cristyn Nicole Branstetter, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
General Pediatrics, Hematology / Oncology
Tucker S. Blackledge, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology
Michael William Bishop, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology,
Jason Eli Farrar, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
General Pediatrics, Hematology / Oncology
David P. Douglass, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology
Shelley Elaine Crary, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Hematology / Oncology,
Arunkumar J. Modi, M.D.
Little Rock, Springdale
Emergency Medicine, Hematology / Oncology
Joana M. Mack, M.D.
Little Rock
Hematology / Oncology
Medhavi Honhar, M.D.
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Five-year cancer survival rate for patients 18 months or older at diagnosis with Stage L1 or COG stages I-II Neuroblastoma
100
Five-year cancer survival rate for patients (ages 2 to 9 at diagnosis) with acute lymphocytic leukemia
95
Brain tumors/central nervous system surgeries in the last year
58
Neurosurgery Service Chief
“We have the expertise to care for most neurosurgical problems for a child. We have all the facilities to care for children here, so families do not have to travel out of state to get the highest-quality neurosurgical care. Being able to treat children from infancy and see them grow to reach their maximum potential and knowing that my team and I had a part in it makes me proud.”
Gregory W. Albert, M.D., M.P.H.
- Pediatric neurosurgeon and chief of neurosurgery at Arkansas Children’s - Lee and Bob Cress Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery - Professor of neurosurgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Neurology Service Chief
“I’m proud to lead neurology because of our remarkable team. Each member’s unique passion and expertise allow us to make a lasting impact on children with neurological disorders. Their dedication inspires me daily to further strengthen our section to continue providing exceptional, comprehensive neurological care to children within our state and beyond.”
Virginia Erin Willis, M.D.
- Pediatric neurologist and chief of neurology at Arkansas Children’s - John H. Bornhofen, M.D., Endowed Chair in Child Neurology - Associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
Virginia Erin Willis, M.D.
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Little Rock, Springdale, Jonesboro
Neurology
William David Walters, M.D.
“I am extremely proud and humbled to lead an incredibly talented multidisciplinary behavioral team. The team makes a difference in the lives of the children and families they work with every day, whether through small gestures that impact their mental well-being or a lifesaving effort. The team always works with compassion, dedication and respect. It is a true pleasure to be part of such an amazing, caring team of professionals.”
Jason Williams, Psy.D., M.S. Ed
- Senior vice president, chief mental and behavioral health officer at Arkansas Children’s
- Belinda H. and Robert L. Shults Endowed Chair in Child Behavioral Health
- Professor of psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Chief Mental and Behavioral Health Officer
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Little Rock
Psychology
Tiffany Atkins Howell, Ph.D.
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Little Rock
Psychology
Trenesha Lynette Hill, Ph.D.
100%
of patients treated by functional hemispherectomy who were seizure-free after 12 months
100%
of temporal lobe epilepsy surgical patients were seizure-free after 12 months
100%
of extra-temporal lobe epilepsy surgical patients were seizure-free after 12 months
100%
of focal resective epilepsy surgical patients were seizure-free after 12 months
Providing remote EEG monitoring at Arkansas Childen’s Northwest to keep patients closer to home. The first EEG was May 2024.
Ranked No. 1 in survival and prevention of complications after certain complex heart procedures (USNWR)
100%
Surgical survival rate for these procedures:
- Brain tumors (out of 22 patients)
- Hydrocephalus patient shunts (out of 102 patients)
- Medically intractable epilepsy (out of 43 patients)
- Spina bifida (out of 21 patients)
- Chiari I malformation (out of 29 patients)
- Craniotomies for trauma (out of 20 patients)
- Postnatal and in utero repair of myelomeningocele (out of five patients)
Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) International named the first three-year accreditation for ACH’s Inpatient Rehabilitation ProgramsHospital (pediatric specialty program).
of temporal lobe epilepsy surgical patients were seizurefree after 12 months
100%
One of only 12 pediatric spinal muscular atrophy centers in the U.S.
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