Mark Pippenger, MD and his wife are both from Arkansas and we love getting together with friends and family he especially loves to cook (various cuisines). He loves music, both classical and traditional or folk music, and loves attending Irish music sessions, concerts, and festivals, as well as the big Cajun festivals. He also loves baseball and soccer, and attends games whenever he can.

I try to follow scientific evidence as much as possible, and I try to be both practical and somewhat conservative. I try to pay attention to a patient’s particular concerns and I feel it’s very important to explain to patients and their families why a certain diagnosis is made, and why particular treatments are chosen, and it’s equally important to educate people about the diseases I work with. I try to avoid doing unnecessary testing or giving medicines that aren’t likely to be helpful, and hope to focus on improving quality of life as much as possible.