In a time when your health matters more than ever, so does choosing the right doctor.
The Little Rock metro is full of hospitals and clinics with amazing health care providers, so to find the best of the best, we went directly to the source: their peers.
Read on for our annual list of Little Rock’s Top Docs, all currently licensed and practicing, as voted by their fellow medical professionals.
In the linked profiles below, you’ll meet some of these doctors through paid promotional content. Whether they choose to advertise in the magazine has no bearing on this list. Doctors with listed clinics/hospitals advertised in this issue.
LITTLE ROCK’S TOP DOCS 2025
Addiction Medicine
Michael J. Mancino
UAMS Health
Allergy Immunology
Kelly Burks
Meredith Dilley
Jim Mark Ingram
Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic
Teresa Jeffers
Joshua L. Kennedy
UAMS Health
Ashley Stoner
Little Rock Allergy & Asthma Clinic
Anesthesiology
Joshua Cain Chance
Joshua Daniel Dilley
Lydia Carter Hunjan
Jacob Brister Lewis
Victor Mandoff
UAMS Health
Gregory Ryan Mehaffey
UAMS Health
Joey Odum
CARTI
Arundathi Reddy
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
John Robben
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Matthew F. Spond
UAMS Health
Mark Austin Stevens
James Vollers
Arkansas Children’s
Cardiology
Wesley Fiser
Arkansas Cardiology Clinic / Baptist Health Heart Institute
Jay D. Geoghagan
Arkansas Cardiology Clinic / Baptist Health Heart Institute
David G. Jones
Arkansas Cardiology Clinic / Baptist Health Heart Institute
Ramey Lee Marshell
Arkansas Cardiology Clinic / Baptist Health Heart Institute
Hakan Paydak
UAMS Health
Evan Watts
Arkansas Cardiology Clinic / Baptist Health Heart Institute
Jeanne Y. Wei
UAMS Health
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Lawrence Greiten
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Katy A. Marino
UAMS Health
Frederick Meadors
CHI St. Vincent
Jason L. Muesse
UAMS Health
Matthew A. Steliga
UAMS Health
Nicholas D. Tingquist
UAMS Health
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Lance Burns
CHI St. Vincent
Jonathan A. Laryea
UAMS Health
Jason Mizell
Lee Raley
CHI St. Vincent
Cosmetic Surgery
Rhys Branman
Edward J. Love
Melanie Prince
Eric J. Wright
Wright Plastic Surgery & Med Spa
Suzanne Wong Yee
Dermatology
Randall L. Breau
Hayden Franks
Franks Dermatology
Jacey Guthrie
Gibson & Guthrie Dermatology
Lindsay Lipke
Dermatology Group of Arkansas
Andrea Mabry
Kayla Mohr
UAMS Health
Marla Wirges
Emergency Medicine
Amber Morse
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Zachary G. Roe
Elizabeth Storm
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism
Elena Ambrogini
UAMS Health
Joseph A. Henske
UAMS Health
Teresa Nimmo
CHI St. Vincent
Soumya Thumma
Family Medicine
Sara Blair
John Allen Cockerell
Stephanie Cody
Baptist Health Family Clinic Hillcrest
Barry Ford
Daniel Hardin
Edward E. Vanderburg
Gastroenterology
Stephen Fiedorek
Johnathan D. Goodwin
Otis Gordon
CHI St. Vincent
Brian T. Hughes
Sumant Inamdar
UAMS Health
Johnny Jones III
Bobby Kakati
Ali Safdar Khan
Whit Knapple
David McElreath
Brian McGee
Angela K. Nutt
Dhaval H. Patel
Mary Katherine Rude
UAMS Health
Patrick Selakovich
David Sosnoff
Paul Edwin Williams
General Surgery
Benjamin L. Davis
Gregory J. Engstrom
Patrick Fleeman
Brandon Ingram
CHI St. Vincent
Peter Joo Kim
Alfred Marotti
Michael Marion Pollock
James Walker
CHI St. Vincent
Shannon Zehtaban
Hand Surgery
Jeanine A. Andersson
David Black
John W. Bracey Jr.
UAMS Health
Brian D. Norton
David Rhodes
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Mark A. Tait
UAMS Health
Richard Wirges
Theresa O. Wyrick-Glover
UAMS Health
Hematology
Brad Baltz
Joana Mack
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Hospice & Palliative
Sarah E. Harrington
UAMS Health
Kenneth Morgan Sauer
Infectious Disease
Robert W. Bradsher Jr.
UAMS Health
Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio
UAMS Health
Ryan K. Dare
UAMS Health
Susan Kaye Delap
Jessie Frazier
Jason W. Hammack
Michael Saccente
UAMS Health
Brandon Walser
Heather Young
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Gregory Zawada
Arkansas Pulmonary & Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Robert H. Hopkins Jr.
UAMS Health
Siobahn Hruby
Anna Kendrick
Kristen J. Shealy
UAMS Health
Tobias J. Vancil
UAMS Health
Neonatology
Jessica F. Jakubowicz
UAMS Health
Elizabeth L. Kim
UAMS Health
Sara Peeples
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Misty L. Virmani
UAMS Health
Gwenevere M. White
UAMS Health
Nephrology
Prajwal Chevireddy
Alex David
John Kevin Heifner
Nishank Jain
UAMS Health
Nithin Karakala
UAMS Health
Shane P. Kimball
Kashaf A. Rasheed
Neurological Surgery
Gregory Albert
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Tim Burson
Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas
Gautam Gandhi
Ali Krisht
CHI St. Vincent
Eylem Ocal
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Blake Phillips
Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas
Ali Raja
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Jonathan Reding
Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas
Analiz Rodriguez
UAMS Health
Neurology
Robert L. Archer
UAMS Health
Bradley Boop
CHI St. Vincent
Rohit Dhall
UAMS Health
Tuhin Virmani
UAMS Health
Hillary A. Williams
UAMS Health
Oncology
Lauren Appell
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Omar T. Atiq
UAMS Health
Jamie Burton
CARTI
Rhonda Gentry
CARTI
Ryan Hall
CARTI
Sam Makhoul
CARTI
Sindhu J. Malapati
UAMS Health
Lawrence Mendelsohn
CARTI
Derek Middleton
CARTI
Kamal Patel
CARTI
Grace Raja
CARTI
Thomas Sneed
CARTI
Diane Wilder
CARTI
Naveen Yarlagadda
CARTI
Ophthalmology
Katherine Baltz
Tracy Baltz
Little Rock Eye Clinic
Russell Burks
Little Rock Eye Clinic
Joseph G. Chacko
UAMS Health
Romona L. Davis
Monica Hall
Little Rock Eye Clinic
Christian Cardell Hester
Little Rock Eye Clinic
Edward Penick
Paul Phillips
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Jennifer Scruggs
Sami Uwaydat
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Monica Verma
Children’s Eye Care & Surgery of Arkansas
David B. Warner
UAMS Health
Byron Wilkes
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Hugh Burnett
Orthopedic Surgery
Scott Bowen
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Paul Edwards
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Eric Gordon
William Hefley
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Michael M. Hussey
Samuel Moore
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Gordon Newbern
Richard Alan Nix
Adam Norwood
Jeffrey B. Stambough
UAMS Health
Jason Stewart
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Orthopedics
Jesse Abeler
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Troy Ardoin
Kenneth Martin
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Corey Montgomery
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Larry Nguyen
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Kirk Reynolds
P. Allan Smith
Otolaryngology
Jennings Russell Boyette
UAMS Health
J. Christopher Colclasure
H. Graves Hearnsberger
William A. Rolston IV
Jumin Sunde
UAMS Health
Ozlem E. Tulunay Ugur
UAMS Health
Adrian Williamson
Pain Management
Drew Beasley
Andrew Cain
Gary Frankowski
Johnathan H. Goree
UAMS Health
G. Lawson Smith
UAMS Health
Brent Walker
Pathology
Charles Matthew Quick
UAMS Health
Eric R. Rosenbaum
UAMS Health
Pediatric Allergy Immunology
Melissa Graham
Tamara Perry
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Robert Pesek
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Amy Scurlock
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Cardiology
Brian Eble
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Kenneth Knecht
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Shae Merves
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Michele Moss
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Dermatology
Megan S. Evans
UAMS Health
Jay Kincannon
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Endocrinology
Jon Oden
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Travis Ayers
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Hospitalist
Rebecca Cantu
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Sara Sanders
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Laura Sisterhen
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Brittany Slagle
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Orthopedics & Orthopedic Surgery
Robert Blasier
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Matthew Landrum
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Brien Rabenhorst
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Brant Sachleben
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Scott Schoenleber
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Otolaryngology
Larry Hartzell
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Adam Johnson
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Abby Nolder
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Gresham Richter
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Andre Wineland
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatric Surgery
Jeffrey Burford
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Sid Dassinger
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Richard Jackson
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Robert Maxson
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Deidre Wyrick
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Pediatrics General
Emily Barnes
Arkansas Children’s
Debra Becton
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Natalie Burr
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Induja Gunasekaran
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Joshua Lyon
Rebecca Perin
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Catherine Robben
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Chad Rodgers
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Aaron Strong
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
September Westbrook
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rodrigo Cayme
Kevin Jerome Collins
Thomas S. Kiser
UAMS Health
Stephen Paulus
Jamie C. Pinto
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
David Bauer
Keith G. Wolter
UAMS Health
Zachary T. Young
James C. Yuen
UAMS Health
Podiatry
Terri R. Cohen
Podiatry Clinic
Jesse Burks
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Psychiatry
Robert M. Jarvis
Charles Jenson
Shona L. Ray-Griffith
UAMS Health
Hannah H. Williams
UAMS Health
Pulmonology
William T. Atchley
UAMS Health
Nathan Hill
Jason B. Holder
CHI St. Vincent
Cidney S. Hulett
Adil Imran
Emily G. Kocurek
UAMS Health
Nikhil Kumar Meena
UAMS Health
Radiation Oncology
Richard L. Crownover
Xiang Gao
CARTI
Matthew Hardee
CARTI
Sanjay Maraboyina
UAMS Health
Jonathan Pagan
CARTI
Radiology
Claire B. Beaumont
Mary E. Meek
Arkansas Urology
Roopa Ram
UAMS Health
Raghu Hosahalli Ramakrishnaiah
Kenneth V. Robbins
Reproductive Endocrinology
Francisco Batres
Dean M. Moutos
Rheumatology
Tamer Alsebai
Samir R. Dalvi
UAMS Health
Cummins Lue
CHI St. Vincent
Sleep Medicine
Supriya Jambhekar
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Spine Surgery
Wayne L. Bruffett
UAMS Health
David B. Bumpass
UAMS Health
Ikemefuna Uzo Onyekwelu Jr.
Justin Seale
Jason Smith
Sports Medicine
Michael Israel
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Jonathan Wyatt
Surgical Oncology
Camilo Barreto
CARTI
Jerri Fant
CARTI
Mauricio A. Moreno
UAMS Health
Daniela A. Ochoa
UAMS Health
Sonia Orcutt
UAMS Health
Scott Stern
CARTI
Emre A. Vural
UAMS Health
Urogynecology
Susan Barr
Arkansas Urogynecology & Women’s Health
Patrick Lang
Sallie Oliphant
Arkansas Urogynecology & Women’s Health
Urology
John Brizzolara
CARTI
R. Johathan Henderson
Ronald Kuhn
CARTI
Timothy D. Langford
UAMS Health
Keith Mooney
CARTI
Taylor Moore
CARTI
Ashay Patel
Arkansas Children’s / UAMS Health
Julie Riley
Ismael Zamilpa
Arkansas Children’s
Vascular Surgery
Kalenda Kasangana
Steven Meadors
CHI St. Vincent
Mohammed Mahmoud Moursi
Kyla Shelton
Christian Simmons
Lauren M. Story-Hefta
UAMS Health
Top Docs List Methodology & Disclaimers
To create this year’s list, Little Rock Soirée contracted DataJoe Research to facilitate an online peer-voting process and internet research process. DataJoe Research is a software and research company specializing in data collection and verification, and conducts various nominations across the U.S. on behalf of publishers.
To create the list, DataJoe facilitated an online peer-voting process paired with an internet research process to identify success characteristics. DataJoe checked and confirmed that each published winner had, at time of review, a current, active license status with the appropriate state regulatory board. If evidence of a professional’s current, active registration with the state regulatory board was not found, that doctor was excluded from the list. In addition, public sources were checked to identify doctors disciplined for an infraction by the state regulatory board. These entities were also excluded from the list. Finally, DataJoe presented the tallied result to the magazine for its final review and adjustments.
We recognize there are many good doctors who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within the region. Inclusion in the list is based on the opinions of responding doctors and our research in the region. We take time and energy to ensure fair voting, although we understand the results of this survey nomination and internet research campaign are not an objective metric. We certainly do not discount the fact that many, many good and effective doctors may not appear on the list.
DataJoe and Little Rock Soirée use best practices and exercise great care in assembling content for this list. DataJoe does not warrant the data contained within the list are complete or accurate. Neither party assumes, and hereby disclaims, any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions herein whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident or any other cause. All rights reserved.
Questions? For research/methodology questions, contact the research team at [email protected].