"Sunset Under the Palms: A Key West Soiree" was the theme of the 2023 Gala for Life, benefiting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and presented by the Willard & Pat Walker Foundation. The black-tie gala was Sept. 22 in the Wally Allen Ballroom of the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock.
Dr. Omar Atiq, a medical oncologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, has been named president of the American College of Physicians.
On Saturday, Betsy Lavender will lead a team in the "Be a Part of the Cure Walk" hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock. It will be her second year to participate in the walk, and she hopes to raise even more money than she did last year, when her team took top fundraising honors in the individuals category.