Best Doctors in Arkansas-Arkansas Times - Awards and Achievements

UAMS Physicians Among Best Doctors in Arkansas

Every year since 1995, the Arkansas Times has published a list of the best doctors in Arkansas. The doctors listed here were nominated by their peers, all licensed Arkansas physicians.

At UAMS, we are proud of the quality of medical care provided by our caring and compassionate doctors, and 147 of 304 doctors on this list are on faculty at UAMS. We congratulate our doctors who are recognized as being the best in 2009.

Addiction Psychiatry
Warren Bickel, PhD

Adolescent Medicine
Elton Cleveland
Brian Hardin
Karen Kozlowski
Darrell Nesmith
Maria Portilla
Jennifer Woods

Cardiology
Joe Bissett
James Marsh
David Rutlen
Rajesh Sachdeva

Child Psychiatry
Brian Kubacak
Lynn Taylor

Colon and Rectal Surgery
Ralph Broadwater
Jonathan Laryea

Dermatology
Jay Kincannon

Endocrinology
Donald Bodenner
Stavros Manolagas
Debra Simmons

Family Medicine
Robert Cheek
Jamie Howard
Philip Hudson
Daniel Knight
Martha Lauster
Kent McKelvey, Jr.
David Nelson
Charles Smith

Gastroenterology
Farshad Aduli

Geriatrics
Priya Mendiratta
Ann Riggs
Jeanne Wei

Gynecology Oncology
Alexander Burnett
Laura Hutchins
Juan Roman
Pamela Stone

Hand Surgery
James Yuen

Infectious Disease
Ryan Bariola
Robert Bradsher
Michael Saccente

Internal Medicine
Susan Beland
Robert Cheek
Robert Hopkins
Robert Lavender
Sara Tariq

Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Curtis Lowery
Paul Wendel

Medical Oncology
Laura Hutchins

Neonatal and Perinatal
Robert Arrington
Whit Hall
Jeffrey Kaiser
Robert Lyle
Billy Thomas

Nephrology
Sameh Abul-Ezz
Michelle Krause
Sundar Swaminathan

Neurology
Jomana Al-Hinti
Lee Archer
Sami Harik
Salah Keyrouz

Neurosurgery
T. Glenn Pait

Obsterics/Gynecology
Curtis Lowery
Nirvana Manning
Amy Phillips
Paul Wendel

Ophthalmology
Laurie Barber
Richard Harper
Nicola Kim
Paul Phillips
John Shock

Orthopedic Surgery
James Aronson
Richard Evans
Richard Nicholas
Jack Vander Schilden

Otolaryngology
John Dornhoffer
Brendan Stack
James Suen

Pain Medication
Ahmed Ghaled

Pathology
Aubrey Hough
Soheila Korourian
Laura Lamps
Bruce Smoller

Pediatric Allergy
Amy Scurlock
Stacie Jones

Pediatric Cardiology
Renee Bornemeier
Eudice Fontenot
Elizabeth Frazier
Robert Morrow
Marie Michele Moss
Paul Seib

Pediatric Endocrinology
John Fowlkes
Stephen Kemp
Alba Morales Pozzo

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Julianna Frem
George Fuchs
Troy Gibbons

Pediatric Hematology
David Becton
Suzanne Saccente
Kimo Stine

Pediatric Infectious Disease
Richard Jacobs
Jose Romero
Gary Wheeler

Pediatric Nephrology
Richard Blaszak
Eileen Ellis
Muhammed Ilyas
Tom Wells

Pediatric Neurology
May Griebel
Rolla Shbarou
Greg Sharp

Pediatric Otolaryngology
Charles Bower
Lisa Buckmiller
Gresham Richter

Pediatric Pulmonology
John Carroll
Supriya Jambhekar
Robert Warren

Pediatric Rheumatology
Paula Morris

Pediatric Surgeon
Richard Jackson
Sam Smith

Pediatricians
Mary Aitken
Debra Becton
Bryan Burke
Joe Elser
Charles Feild
Bonnie Taylor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Thomas Kiser
Patrick Kortebein
Kevin Means

Plastic Surgery
James Yuen

Psychiatry
James Clardy
Jeffrey Clothier
G. Richard Smith
Linda Worley

Pulmonary Disease
Paula Anderson
Larry Johnson
Manish Joshi
Hussam Sakkijhah

Rheumatology
Eleanor Lipsmeyer

Sports Medicine
Jack Vander Schilden

Surgery
Ronald Robertson
Richard Turnage

Thoracic Surgery
Aytekin Ozdemir
Gareth Tobler

Urology
Nabil Bissada
Alex Finkbeiner
Pat O'Donnell
John Redman

Vascular Surgery
John Eidt
Mohammed Moursi