LITTLE ROCK – Konstantinos Arnaoutakis, M.D., has joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology Oncology. His primary clinical interests are lung cancer and head and neck cancer.

Arnaoutakis previously held the position of chief hematology and medical oncology fellow at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, a teaching affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine.

He received his medical degree from the University of Patras Medical School in Greece and completed his internship and residency at Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y.

Arnaoutakis is board certified in internal medicine and board eligible in hematology and medical oncology. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a new 540,000-square-foot hospital, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,652 students and 733 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or www.uamshealth.com.