LITTLE ROCK - CARTI, the state's largest not-for-profit multidisciplinary cancer care provider, has named Adam Head as president and chief executive officer (CEO) following a six month national search. With almost 20 years of leadership experience, Head has served as the chief operating officer of the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock since 2013.

Head began his career in healthcare in 2004 as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, GA. He returned to Arkansas in 2008 as the assistant administrator of the Arkansas Heart Hospital. He also has served as the chief operating officer of HealthSouth Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital in Birmingham, AL and of Medical Assets Holding Co. in Little Rock.

CARTI is a not-for-profit, multi-disciplinary cancer care provider offering medical and surgical oncology, diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology at locations throughout the state to provide convenient access for cancer patients. Chemotherapy is offered in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Benton, Clinton, Conway, El Dorado, Heber Springs, Russellville and Stuttgart. Radiation therapy is offered in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Conway, Mountain Home and Searcy.