Highlands Oncology

HC at Highlands Oncology

HNRS 350H1

Patrick Travis, M.D. 

Fall 2025

Thursdays 5:30-7:15 p.m.

Highlands Oncology

Course Application due March 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. 

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The Highlands Oncology Seminar centers on all moving parts of a highly successful medical practice transforming cancer care in Northwest Arkansas. From the founders of Highlands Oncology Group (HOG) to the architects who designed the building to the doctors and nurses treating cancer patients to the social workers who monitor patient wellness to the finance experts who help patients navigate byzantine insurance regulations, this seminar opens a widow on the impact of HOG on our state and region. Students will walk away with an appreciation of how to create a practice, state-of-the-art cancer treatment, equipment, facilities, and research, and philanthropy, business, public relations, and much more. 

About Patrick Travis:

Not long after the Highlands Oncology was formed by Drs. Thaddeus Beck, Daniel Bradford, and Malcolm Hayward, Dr. Patrick Travis joined the team. Having graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences at Little Rock with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1990, Dr. Travis completed a residency in internal medicine at the University Hospital, followed by two fellowships in hematology/oncology at University Hospital and the Arkansas Cancer Research Center in Little Rock from 1990-1996. He has also maintained an assistant professorship from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences since 1998. He is board certified in medical oncology from the American Board of Internal Medicine. From 1996 through 2005, he directed the Stem Cell Transplant Department at Highlands Oncology and has extensive stem cell transplant experience. He is also a member of several national and local medical organizations like the Southwest Oncology Group, American Medical Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the International Society for Cellular Therapy. Dr. Travis takes the challenges that cancer can sometimes create and does everything possible to make sure his patients get the best treatments possible.