"At Arkansas Children's Hospital, every child we treat becomes one of our own."

The Vascular Anomalies Center was named Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s first Center of Excellence in 1997. One in every ten children is born with a vascular anomaly such as a hemangioma or a vascular malformation and between fifty and sixty percent of them will require some form of treatment. Diagnosis is critical in guiding therapy and is often incorrect outside of centers that specialize in the care of patients with these lesions. At Arkansas Children’s Hospital, a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary program has been developed to diagnose and treat children and adults with all types of vascular anomalies. This program has become one of the leading centers of its kind and serves patients from all over the United States as well as from other parts of the world. The ACH Vascular Anomalies Center is staffed by a closely integrated multidisciplinary team of physician specialists and related support staff representing the disciplines of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Pathology, Radiology, Dermatology, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, and Orthopedic Surgery. Clinical team members work together to provide state-of-the-art care appropriate for each individual patient.

Teaching, like clinical practice, is an important function of the ACH Vascular Anomalies Program. Team members instruct medical students and residents about vascular anomalies and other subjects in their disciplines and provide specialized training to practicing physicians from all over the United States and abroad regarding technical aspects of vascular anomaly diagnosis and treatment. Research is also an important element of the Center and utilizing the strength of the multidisciplinary approach. With the goal of not only continually advancing treatment options, but also discovering fundamental mechanisms of the underlying disease processes, team members have pioneered a number of significant advances in the field.

The specialists at the Vascular Anomalies Center are skilled at treating a wide variety of vascular anomalies. Some of those commonly seen at the Center include:

Treatment

Both the medical treatment and care your child will receive are geared to the special needs of each child and his or her family. The course of treatment and surgery planned for your child begins with an initial evaluation. This initial evaluation is one of the most important steps in the care of a child. Not only does it increase the chances of a successful outcome, but it allows you the opportunity to have your many questions answered as quickly and accurately as possible. Treatment options range from observation of the anomaly to medication, lasers and surgery.

Our Team Approach

The Vascular Anomalies Team

The Vascular Anomalies Center at ACH incorporates a multidisciplinary team, with each member specialized in pediatric care. An important advantage of the team approach is that the team's professionals are in direct and continuous communication about your child¹s care. Each team member is fully aware of your child¹s specific needs and progress and is able to make recommendations for care which are consistent with those given by other team members. The goal of the team is to ensure that care is provided in a coordinated, consistent manner with the proper sequencing of evaluations and treatments.

The following specialists* may participate in planning your child's care:

* All physicians have faculty appointments at UAMS.

Vascular Anomalies

Center of Excellence
The services of the Vascular Anomalies Center at Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) are delivered at the hospital in the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic located on the 1st floor of the main hospital.

Office hours are from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. To make an appointment at the center, call 501-364-7546. You may receive more information or contact us through the internet at www.birthmarks.org.

Our mailing address is:
Vascular Anomalies Center
Arkansas Children's Hospital
800 Marshall Street, Mail Slot 668
Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-3591

Contact Info/Referrals
Vascular Anomalies Office: 501-364-7546
OR 501-364-3311