In a time when your health matters more than ever, so does choosing the right doctor.
Little Rock is full of hospitals and clinics that are full of amazing health care providers, so to find the best of the best, we went directly to the source: their coworkers.
Below is our annual list of the metro's Top Docs, all currently licensed and practicing, as voted by their peers.
*Denotes a rising star physician who has been practicing for less than five years.
In the linked profiles below, you'll meet some of the doctors from these clinics/hospitals 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. For more information on how we put together this list, see our List Methodology & Disclaimers at the bottom of this page.
Addiction Medicine
Michael J. Mancino - UAMS Health Center for Addiction Services & Treatment
Allergy Immunology
Kelly Burks
Melissa Graham
Stacie Jones - Arkansas Children’s
Joshua L. Kennedy - UAMS Health Allergy & Immunology Clinic
Amy Scurlock - Arkansas Children’s
Anesthesiology
Julius G. Balogh - UAMS Health
Cynthia Chapman - UAMS Health
Shannon Stough Dare - UAMS Health
Nadir R. El Sharawi - UAMS Health
James Hunt - Arkansas Children’s
Riley Susanne C. Lide - UAMS Health
Victor Mandoff - UAMS Health
Gregory Ryan Mehaffey - UAMS Health
Jill M. Mhyre - UAMS Health
Arundathi M. N. Reddy - Arkansas Children’s
Thea Rosenbaum - UAMS Health
Matthew Spond - UAMS Health
Alvin F. Stewart - UAMS Health
Brent L. Walker
Cardiology
David G Jones - Baptist Health Heart Institute/Arkansas Cardiology Clinic
John Paul Mounsey - UAMS Health Cardiology Clinic
Hakan Paydak - UAMS Health Cardiology Clinic
Allison Michelle Shaw-Devine - UAMS Health Cardiology Clinic
Srikanth Vallurupalli - UAMS Health Cardiology Clinic
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Katy A. Marino* - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Jason L. Muesse - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Matthew A. Steliga - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Lance K. Burns
Johnathan A. Laryea - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Jason S. Mizell - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
W. Conan Mustain - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Cosmetic Surgery
Suzanne Yee - Dr. Suzanne Yee Cosmetic & Laser Surgery Center
Dermatology
Lindsay lipke Enns - Dermatology Group of Arkansas
Jay A. Flaming
Megan Suzanne Evans - UAMS Health
Hayden H. Franks - Franks Dermatology
Andrea Mabry
Ray K. Parker
Sara Shalin - UAMS Health
Vivian Y. Shi - UAMS Health Dermatology Clinic
Brian S. Wayne
Marla Wirges
Diagnostic Radiology
Teresita Angtuaco** - UAMS Health Women’s Cancer Clinic
Gwendolyn M. Bryant-Smith - UAMS Health Breast Cancer insitute
Hemendra R. Shah** - UAMS Health
Rudy Van Hemert Jr. - UAMS Health
Emergency Medicine
Carly D. Eastin - UAMS Health
Travis R. Eastin - UAMS Health
Donald Foster - Akansas Children’s
Rachael L. Freeze-Ramsey - UAMS Health
Randolph Maddox - UAMS Health
Rawle Anthony Seupaul - UAMS Health
Elizabeth Storm - Arkansas Children’s
Joseph Wesley Watkins IV - UAMS Health
Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism
Elena Ambrogini - UAMS Health Endocrinology Clinic
Donald L. Bodenner - UAMS Health Head & Neck Oncology Clinic
Dinesh Edem - UAMS Health Endocrinology Clinic
Joseph A. Henske - UAMS Health Endocrinology Clinic
Family Medicine
Jennifer N. Casey - UAMS Health Neighborhood Clinic
Kent Covert
Lauren E. Gibson-Oliver - UAMS Health Family Medical Center
John Freeland Jayroe
Shashank S. Kraleti - UAMS Health
Kevin D. Roberts
Victor Gonzalo Vargas - OrthoArkansas
Gastroenterology
Terrence L. Angtuaco
Matthew G. Deneke - UAMS Health Gastroenterology Clinic
Stephen Fiedorek
Brian T. Hughes Sumant Inamdar - UAMS Health Gastroenterology Clinic
Ali Safdar Khan - Baptist Health Gastroenterology Clinic
Whit Knapple
Brian L. Mcgee - Arkansas Diagnostic Center
Dhaval H. Patel
Mary Katherine Rude - UAMS Health Gastroenterology Clinic
General Surgery
Benjamin Lee Davis - UAMS Health Surgery Clinic
Kyle Jeffery Kalkwarf - UAMS Health Surgery Clinic
Peter Joo Kim - Baptist Health Surgical Clinic
Mary Katherine Kimbrough - UAMS Health Surgery Clinic
Matthew Roberts* - UAMS Health Surgery Clinic
Ronald D. Robertson** - UAMS Health Surgery Clinic
April Turner - Baptist Health Surgical Clinic
James Walker
Geriatric Medicine
Gohar Azhar - UAMS Health Thomas & Lyon Longevity Clinic
Maneetha Kodali - UAMS Health Thomas & Lyon Longevity Clinic
Priya Mendiratta - UAMS Health Thomas & Lyon Longevity Clinic
Jeanne Y. Wei - UAMS Health Thomas & Lyon Longevity Clinic
Gynecologic Oncology
Alexander F. Burnett - UAMS Health Women's Cancer Clinic
Heather R. Williams - UAMS Health Women's Cancer Clinic
Hand Surgery
Jeannie A. Anderson - OrthoArkansas
David Albritton Black - Arkansas Health Network OrthoArkansas
John W. Bracey Jr. - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Brian D. Norton - OrthoArkansas
Mark A. Tait - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Richard Wirges - OrthoArkansas
Theresa Wyrick - Arkansas Children’s
Theresa O. Wyrick-Glover - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Hematology
Akash Mukherjee - UAMS Health Hematology Oncology Clinic
Muthu Veeraputhiran - UAMS Health Hematology Oncology Clinic
Hospice & Palliative
Sara Beth Harrington - UAMS Health Palliative Care Clinic
Sarah E. Harrington - UAMS Health Palliative Care Clinic
Heather C. Moore - UAMS Health Palliative Care Clinic
Infectious Disease
Ryan K. Dare - UAMS Health Infectious Diseases Clinic
Susan Kaye Delap - Arkansas Pulmonary, Sleep & Infectious Disease
Michael Saccente - UAMS Health
Keyur S. Vyas - UAMS Health
Brandon Walser
Heather Young - Arkansas Children’s
Internal Medicine
Alice P. Alexander - UAMS Health
Robert H. Hopkins Jr. - UAMS Health Internal Medicine Clinic
Morgan M. Horn* - UAMS Health
Siobahn Hruby
Anna Kendrick
Riley Lipschitz - UAMS Health Internal Medicine Clinic
Ann Templeton Riggs - Baptist Health Internal Medicine Clinic
Kristen J. Shealy - UAMS Internal Medicine Clinic
Sara G. Tariq - UAMS Health Internal Medicine Clinic
Tobias J. Vancil - UAMS Health Internal Medicine Clinic
Interventional Cardiology
Gary J. Collins - Baptist Health Heart Institute/Arkansas Cardiology
Gaurav Dhar - UAMS Health Cardiology
Forrest D. Glover
Maternal & Fetal Medicine
Mafisa K. Dajani - UAMS Health Women’s Center
Adam T. Sandlin - UAMS Health Women’s Center
Dayna Whitcombe - UAMS Health
Nephrology
Muhammad G. Alam - Kidney Care Center
John M. Arthur - UAMS Health
Prajwal Chevireddy
John Kevin Heifner
Hunter Holtoff - UAMS Health
Nithin Karakala - UAMS Health Renal Clinic
Shane P. Kimball - Baptist Health Renal Associates
Manisha Singh - UAMS Health Renal Clinic
Michelle C. Whittier Krause - UAMS Health Renal Clinic
Neurological Surgery
Gregory W. Albert - Arkansas Children’s
Timothy Burson - Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas
John D. Day - UAMS Health Neurosurgery Clinic
Eylem Ocal - Arkansas Children’s
Erika Anne Petersen - UAMS Health Neurosurgery Clinic
Jonathan A. Reding - Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas
Analiz Rodriguez - UAMS Health Neurosurgery Clinic
Neurology
Robert L. Archer** - UAMS Health Neurology Clinic
Rohit Dhall - UAMS Health Movement Disorders Clinic
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Brian M. Burton - The Woman’s Clinic
Laura Leigh Hollenbach - UAMS Health
Nirvana A. Manning - UAMS Health Women’s Center
Amy M. Phillips - UAMS Health Women’s Center
Mary Luann Racher - UAMS Health Women’s Center
Dora Mah Smith - UAMS Health
Michael Vincent Cunningham Smith - UAMS Health Women’s Center
Lindsey B. Sward - UAMS Health
Paul John Wendel - Baptist Health Maternal Fetal Medicine
Oncology
Konstantinos Arnaoutakis - UAMS Health Medical Oncology Clinic
Omar T. Atiq** - UAMS Health Hematology Oncology Clinic
Sajjad A. Bhatti - UAMS Health Medical Oncology Clinic
Rhonda Gentry - CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock
Rangaswamy Govindarajan - Medical Oncology Clinic
Sam Makhoul - CARTI Cancer Center in Little Rock
Ophthalmology
Katherine H. Baltz
Tracy C. Baltz
Joseph G. Chacko - UAMS Health Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute Clinic
Romona L. Davis - UAMS Health Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute Clinic
Christian Cardell Hester - Little Rock Eye Clinic
Paul Phillips - Arkansas Children’s
Sami H. Uwaydat - Arkansas Children’s
Monica Verma - Children’s Eye Care & Surgery of Arkansas
Kent A. Zocchi
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
John Jones - Arkansas Children’s
Ernest S. Woodward III - Baptist Health
Orthopedic Surgery
C. Lowry Barnes - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Steven Matthew Cherney
Eric Houston Gordon - OrthoArkansas
Michael M. Hussey - OrthoArkansas
Kenneth A. Martin - Arkansas Surgical, Martin Orthopedics
Robert D. Martin - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Simon Cavendish Mears - UAMS Health
Corey Montgomery - Arkansas Children’s
Gordon Newbern - OrthoArkansas
Kirk Allen Reynolds - OrthoArkansas
Ethan J. Schock - OrthoArkansas
Jeffrey B. Stambough - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Benjamin Stronach - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Jonathan David Wyatt - OrthoArkansas
Orthopedics
Richard D. Peek - OrthoArkansas
Edward H. Saer - OrthoArkansas
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
Jennings Russell Boyette - UAMS Health
John L. Dornhoffer - UAMS Health Audiology Clinic
Alissa Kanaan - UAMS Health Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) Clinic
Mauricio A. Moreno - UAMS Health Head & Neck Oncology Clinic
James Y. Suen** - UAMS Health Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) Clinic
Ozlem E. Tulunay Ugur - UAMS Health Ear Nose & Throat (ENT) Clinic
Emre A. Vural - UAMS Health Head & Neck Oncology Clinic
Pain Management
Johnathan H. Goree - UAMS Health Pain Clinic
G. Lawson Smith - UAMS Health Pain Clinic
Pathology
Daisy V. Alapat - UAMS Health
Neriman Gokden - UAMS Health
Murat Gokden - Arkansas Children’s
Susanne K. Jeffus - UAMS Health
Jennifer Laudadio - UAMS Health
Soumya Pandey - UAMS Health
Charles Matther Quick - UAMS Health
Eric R. Rosenbaum - UAMS Health
Pediatric Allergy Immunology
Tamara Perry - Arkansas Children’s
Robert Pesek - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Cardiology
Elijah Bolin - Arkansas Children’s
Brian Eble - Arkansas Children’s
Kenneth Richard Knecht - Arkansas Children’s
Shae Anderson Merves - Arkansas Children’s
Michele Moss - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Dermatology
Jay Kincannon - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Endocrinology
Shipra Bansal - Arkansas Children’s
Jon Oden - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Travis Ayers - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery
Robert Blasier** - Arkansas Children’s
Brien Rabenhorst - Arkansas Children’s
Brant Sachleben - Arkansas Children’s
Scott Schoenleber - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Otolaryngology (ENT)
Larry Hartzell - Arkansas Children’s
Adam B. Johnson - Arkansas Children’s
Abby Nolder - Arkansas Children’s
Gresham Richter - Arkansas Children’s
Andre Wineland - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatric Surgery
Jeffrey Burford - Arkansas Children’s
Sid Dassinger - Arkansas Children’s
Richard J. Jackson - Arkansas Children’s
Robert Maxson - Arkansas Children’s
Deidre Wyrick - Arkansas Children’s
Pediatrics General
Jared Cole Beavers - Arkansas Children’s
Emily Holthoff* - UAMS Health Neighborhood Clinic
Joshua O’Neill - Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Sara Ellen Peeples - Arkansas Children’s
Catherine O. Robben - Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Chadwick Rodgers - Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Laura Sisterhen - Arkansas Children’s
Aaron Strong - Little Rock Pediatric Clinic
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rodrigo Ibanez Cayme - OrthoArkansas
Gary A. Frankowski
Laura Hobart-Porter - Arkansas Children’s
Thomas Kiser - UAMS Health Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic
Rani H. Lindberg - UAMS Health Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic
Kevin M. Means - UAMS Health Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic
Ameir Qureshi
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Edward J. Love
Melanie Denise Prince
Keith G. Wolter - UAMS Health
Zachary T. Young
James C. Yuen - UAMS Health Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Clinic
Psychiatry
Jessica L. Coker - UAMS Health Women’s Mental Health Clinic
Shona L. Ray-Griffith - UAMS Health Women’s Mental Health Clinic
John James Spollen III - UAMS Health
Purnshottam Bhadra Thapa - UAMS Health Student Wellness Center
Abeer Washington - Rice Clinic
Hannah Henson WIlliams
Pulmonology
Willam T. Atchley - UAMS Health Pulmonary Clinic
Jose Diego Caceres* - UAMS Health Pulmonary Clinic
Nathan Thomas Hill - Baptist Health Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care
Rajani Jagana - UAMS Health Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
Larry G. Johnson - UAMS Health Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
Emily G. Kocurek - UAMS Health Pulmonary Clinic
Nikhil Kumar Meena - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Deepa Raghavan - UAMS Health Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
Anand Narasimhadevara Venkata - UAMS Health Pulmonary Clinic
Radiation Oncology
Leslie M. Harrell - UAMS Health Radiation Oncology Center
Gary D. Lewis - UAMS Health Radiation Oncology Center
Sanjay Maraboyina - UAMS Health Radiation Oncology Center
Fen Xia - UAMS Health Radiation Oncology Center
Radiology
Kedar Jambhekar - UAMS Health
Mary E. Meek - UAMS Health Interventional Radiology Clinic
Roopa Ram - UAMS Health
Reproductive Endocrinology
Francisco Batres
Dean Moutos
Rheumatology
Jasen Cheng Chi
Rachel Wayne
Sleep Medicine
Supriya Jambhekar - Arkansas Children’s
Khaled R. Khasawneh - UAMS Health Sleep Clinic
Spine Surgery
David B. Bumpass - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Anthony L. Capocelli Jr. - OrthoArkansas
Noojan Kazemi - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Richard E. McCarthy - Arkansas Children’s
Ikemefuna Uzo Onyekwelu Jr. - OrthoArkansas
Samuel C. Overley - UAMS Health Orthopaedic Clinic
Jared Justin Seale - OrthoArkansas
Sports Medicine
Michael Israel - Arkansas Children’s
Surgical Oncology
Rhonda S. Henry Tillman - UAMS Health Women’s Cancer Clinic
Michail Mavros - UAMS Health Surgical Oncology Clinic
Daniela A. Ochoa - UAMS Health Women’s Cancer Clinic
Sonia Orcutt - UAMS Surgical Oncology Clinic
Jumin Sunde* - UAMS Health Head & Neck Oncology Clinic
Urology
Timothy D. Langford - UAMS Health
Ashay Patel - Arkansas Children’s
Julie Riley - UAMS Health
Vascular Surgery
Mohammed Mahoud Moursi - Baptist Health, UAMS Health Vascular Surgery
Christian D. Simmons
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 surveys@datajoe.com.
