Why Choose CARO?
At Central Alabama Radiation Oncology, our goal is to provide the highest quality coordinated, compassionate care to patients and their family members.
You don’t have to travel out of state to receive the highest quality care and emerging treatments. Our facility houses the most advanced technology of its kind in Alabama, including the Varian TrueBeamTM Linear Accelerator—an integrated advanced imaging and motion management system able to target tumors with sub-millimeter accuracy. Offering the benefit of short treatment times, it can be used to treat many forms of cancer, including complex cases. Our Varian 21IX Linear Accelerator / Varian Clinac® delivers exact doses in the lowest number of monitor units without sacrificing efficacy, providing the most precise, pinpoint accuracy in radiotherapy.
FACILITIES
Office Locations
If you’re located in Alabama, you don’t have to look far for comfortable, quality care. With locations in both Prattville and Montgomery, you can access cancer care close to home. CARO opened the Prattville Cancer Center in 2019 and it is equipped with the same state-of-the-art technology as our main campus in Montgomery. Our cancer treatment technology allows for shorter treatment times, innovation, accuracy, patient comfort, and precision. We want to serve Alabamians the radiation oncology services they seek without the need to travel far from home.
OUR TEAM OF BOARD CERTIFIED RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS
All of our physicians are board certified in radiation oncology and have years of specialized experience in radiation therapies for various types of cancers. Our physicians are experts in the field of radiation therapy and have adopted the latest equipment and technology used to deliver therapy with precision accuracy.
Ashley Stough began her career in Washington DC, working in medical oncology at George Washington University Hospital after graduating with a BSN from Auburn University Montgomery in 2003. Since that time, she has worked in a variety of roles in the oncology setting. In 2014, she completed her MSN at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and became certified as a nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She joined the team at CARO in August 2019.