Compassionate Collaboration

With Dr. Ashley Hickman and Dr. Scarlett Acklin-Wehnert joining Highlands Oncology, women facing gynecologic cancers now have access to specialized expertise right here in NWA. Their work strengthens care, shortens the distance between diagnosis and support, and...

Highlands Oncology receives innovator award

Springdale-based Highlands Oncology, the region’s largest cancer-care provider, recently received a 2025 Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) Innovator Award. Read...

A Higher Purpose: Highlands Oncology

While much attention has been given in recent years to the merits of holistic health care, there are those who have led the medical field with a comprehensive approach for much longer. Founded by physicians in 1996, Highlands Oncology, based in northwest Arkansas, is...

Surgeon highlights rising colorectal cancer cases among young adults

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — As March marks Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, one doctor says he has seen an increase in cases in young adults. According to the World Health Organization, colorectal cancer is now ranked as the third most common cancer worldwide and...

Baxter Health Opening May 15th, 2023

Highlands Oncology / Baxter Health The new Highlands Cancer Center at Baxter Health in Mountain Home, Arkansas will open to the public on Monday, May 15, 2023. The new world-class cancer center will provide comprehensive oncology services through state-of-the-art...

Simple, free, life-saving; Screening detects lung cancer early

As Joanna Thompson thinks back to the many lung cancer screenings she’s done over the years at Highlands Oncology in Springdale, one patient always springs to mind – the very first one whose screening revealed cancer in its early stages.  “She came...

Highlands Oncology Group hires new COO

Springdale-based Highlands Oncology Group (HOG) has hired Olalekan “Lekan” Ajayi as its new chief operating officer. Ajayi fills a job that’s been open since Kathey Rhoads retired in 2019. Read...

The Impact of Delayed Cancer Screenings

Dr. Dan Bradford spoke with 40/29 about the impact of delayed cancer screenings as a result of the pandemic and how these delayed screenings could be the reason patients are coming in with more severe diagnoses. If you have put off screenings for any type of cancer...