About

Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas offers comprehensive surgical services and compassionately cares for the brain, spine and peripheral nerve pathologies with our patients’ best interest in mind.

Neurosurgery Arkansas was established in 2004 as a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of brain and spine disorders for the state of Arkansas. Over the past decade, we have aligned ourselves with the state’s largest and most comprehensive provider to become Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas.

Our physicians provide care for a wide range of health conditions including tumors, pathologic nerve root compression, blood vessel disease and spinal fluid flow issues. They see patients ages 16 and older by physician referral.

We can provide care for the following:

Tumors

• Benign
  • Meningioma
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Pituitary adenoma
  • Astrocytoma
  • Oligodendroglioma
  • Rathke’s cleft cyst
  • Colloid cyst
  • Ependymoma
  • Hemangioblastoma
  • Hemangiopericytoma
• Malignant
  • Glioblastoma
  • Anaplastic astrocytoma
  • Lymphoma
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Plasmacytoma
  • Metastatic cancer (most commonly from the lung, breast, kidney, colon, prostate, bladder and skin)

Nerve root compression

• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Hemifacial spasm
• Vision loss due to pituitary tumors

Spinal fluid problems

• Congenital hydrocephalus
• Pseudotumor cerebri (aka Idiopathic intracranial hypertension)
• Normal-pressure hydrocephalus

Vascular disease

Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas is armed with the latest technology to ensure the most up-to-date treatment. Advanced technology available includes:

• Frameless stereotactic navigation
• Minimally-invasive port surgery
• Neuroendoscopy
• Continuous neurodiagnostic monitoring
• Diffusion tensor imaging

Amenities

• Advice & Support
• Dining Services
  • Boulevard Bread (First Floor, Medical Towers I)
    • Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Breezes Deli (Ground Floor, Hickingbotham Outpatient Center)
    • Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Café 9601 (Ground Floor, Hospital)
    • Breakfast: 6:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    • Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    • Dinner: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
    • Late Night: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
  • McBride’s Café & Bakery (First Floor, Medical Towers II)
    • Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Starbucks (Ground Floor, Hospital)
  • Subway (First Floor, Medical Towers I)
• Medical Records
• MyChart (Patient Portal)
• Patient Financial Services
• Pharmacy
  • Medical Towers I Gift Shop & Pharmacy (First Floor, Medical Towers I)
    • Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Before Arriving

Please use the designated parking for Baptist Health Nuerosurgery Arkansas. We are conveniently located just off Interstate 630 in Medical Towers I on the campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock. Look for the lot labeled P4. To view the parking map, click here.