ACC Quarterly Meeting (virtual)

Dr. Maraboyina – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Sanjay Maraboyina, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Dr. Maraboyina obtained his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed his residency in Radiation Oncology at the University of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Maraboyina is also board-certified in Radiation Oncology and is a member of the American Society of Radiation Oncology. His clinical and research focus include lung and prostate cancer. He has an interest in collaborating with community partners to address issues facing cancer patients in Arkansas.

Dr. Marino – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Dr. Katy Marino joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2019 after completing her fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. 

Marino, a native of Louisiana, obtained her bachelor’s degrees in biochemistry and business from Centenary College and her medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, both in Shreveport.  She completed her General Surgery internship and residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.  She is board eligible for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and American Board of Surgery.

Currently, Dr. Marino is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Thoracic Surgery and sees patients in the Surgical Oncology Clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.  Her clinical practice focuses on minimally invasive surgery of both benign and malignant diseases of the lungs, esophagus, mediastinum, and chest wall.

Patricia Franklin, APRN-MNSc, ACNP-BC, CTTS – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Patricia works at UAMS with the Thoracic Surgery Oncology team and sees lung and esophageal cancer patients.  She has been a nurse practitioner for 15 years.  A major focus of her work has been the startup of the Low Dose CT screening program at UAMS, which has been in existence since 2014.  Since then, she has provided tobacco-cessation counseling onsite to help others become tobacco free.  In addition, she has initiated the “Freedom From Smoking” Groups to provide community members, employees and patients the skills to quit.

Patricia graduated in 1987 with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then 2003 with her Masters in Nursing and has a broad nursing background working with cardiology, internal medicine and now oncology.  Throughout this experience, she has encountered many disease processes that are impacted by smoking.  This has motivated her to attempt to intervene.

In her spare time, she is a dog breeder of miniature long-haired dachshunds.