LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A gift from the Bale family to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) will endow a chair honoring two renowned doctors.
ACH officials said the $1 million gift from the Bale family will provide the Bale Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Interventional Radiology, honoring Drs. Joanna and Robert Seibert. Sharon and John H. Bale Jr., Drs. Seibert and their families are establishing the endowed chair to strengthen pediatric radiology.
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ACH officials added that endowed chairs are powerful tools for recruiting top medical talent. These prestigious positions help attract and retain leading scientists, practitioners and professors.
Dr. Joanna Seibert, a trailblazer in pediatric radiology, moved to Arkansas in 1976 and became the state’s first trained pediatric radiologist. Dr. Robert Seibert was the first pediatric otolaryngologist in the state and developed the cleft lip and palate program at Arkansas Children’s…