Soirée Presents Little Rock’s Top Docs 2024

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 that are full of amazing health care providers, so to find the best of the best, we went directly to the source: their peers.
Below is our annual list of Little Rock’s Top Docs, all currently licensed and practicing, as voted by their peers.


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 2024

Addiction Medicine

Michael J. Mancino
UAMS Health

Allergy Immunology

Kelly Burks

Meredith Dilley

Melissa Graham

Jim Mark Ingram

Joshua L. Kennedy
UAMS Health

Ashley N. Stoner

Anesthesiology

Nadir R. El Sharawi
UAMS Health

Jacob Brister Lewis
Baptist Health

Victor Mandoff
UAMS Health

Gregory Ryan Mehaffey
UAMS Health

Jill M. Mhyre
UAMS Health

Matthew F. Spond
UAMS Health

Kyle E. Stoner
UAMS Health

Cardiology

Dwight Chrisman
Baptist Health Heart Institute / Arkansas Cardiology Clinic

Wesley Fiser
Baptist Health Heart Institute / Arkansas Cardiology Clinic

Jay D. Geoghagan
Baptist Health Heart Institute / Arkansas Cardiology Clinic

David G. Jones
Baptist Health Heart Institute / Arkansas Cardiology Clinic

Morris E. Kelley
CHI St. Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic

John Paul Mounsey
UAMS Health

Hakan Paydak
UAMS Health

Srikanth Vallurupalli
UAMS Health

Evan Watts
Baptist Health Heart Institute / Arkansas Cardiology Clinic

Jeanne Y. Wei
UAMS Health

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Thurston Bauer
CHI St. Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic

John Busby
Baptist Health Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinic

Katy A. Marino
UAMS Health

Frederick Meadors
CHI St. Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic

Jason L. Muesse
UAMS Health

Matthew A. Steliga
UAMS Health

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Lance K. Burns
CHI St. Vincent Colorectal Surgery Clinic

Jonathan A. Laryea
UAMS Health

Jason Mizell
Baptist Health Surgical Clinic

William Mustain
UAMS Health

Lee Raley
CHI St. Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic

Cosmetic Surgery

Edward J. Love

Melanie Denise Prince

Dermatology

Megan Suzanne Evans
UAMS Health

Hayden H. Franks
Franks Dermatology

Lindsay Lipke
Dermatology Group of Arkansas

Andrea Mabry

Kayla Mohr
UAMS Health

Vivian Y. Shi
UAMS Health

Marla Wirges

Diagnostic Radiology

Teresita Angtuaco
UAMS Health

J. Greg Baden

Claire B. Beaumont

Amanda J. Ferrell

Kedar Jambhekar
UAMS Health

Rachel Pahls

Roopa Ram
UAMS Health

Stephen G. Routon

Hemendra R. Shah
UAMS Health

Rudy L. Van Hemert Jr.
UAMS Health

Emergency Medicine

Nicholas B. Brucker
Baptist Health

Randolph Maddox
UAMS Health

Wendell Pahls
Baptist Health

Jonathon David Palmer
Baptist Health

Zachary G. Roe
Baptist Health

Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism

Elena Ambrogini
UAMS Health

Donald L. Bodenner
UAMS Health

Allen Redding
CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic

Family Medicine

Barry Ford

Daniel Hardin

John Jayroe

Daniel Watson

Gastroenterology

Otis Gordon
CHI St. Vincent Gastroenterology Surgery Clinic

Brian T. Hughes

Sumant Inamdar
UAMS Health

Johnny Jones III

Bobby Kakati

Ali Safdar Khan
Baptist Health Gastroenterology Clinic

Whit Knapple

David McElreath

Brian McGee

Angela K. Nutt

Jeffrey David Robertson
Baptist Health

David Sosnoff
Baptist Health Gastroenterology Clinic

Paul Edwin Williams
Baptist Health Gastroenterology Clinic

General Surgery

Gregory J. Engstrom
Baptist Health Surgical Clinic

Brandon Ingram
CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic

Kyle Jeffrey Kalkwarf
UAMS Health

Peter Joo Kim
Baptist Health Surgical Clinic

Tripurari Mishra
Baptist Health Surgical Clinic

Michael Marion Pollock
Baptist Health Surgical Clinic

Matthew Roberts
UAMS Health

James Walker
CHI St. Vincent Surgery Clinic

Gynecologic Oncology

Alexander F. Burnett
UAMS Health

Monique A. Spillman
UAMS Health

Heather R. Williams
UAMS Health

Hand Surgery

Jeanine A. Andersson
OrthoArkansas

David Black
OrthoArkansas

Brian D. Norton
OrthoArkansas

Mark A. Tait
UAMS Health

Richard Wirges
OrthoArkansas

Theresa O. Wyrick-Glover
UAMS Health

Hematology

Brad Baltz

Muthu Veeraputhiran
UAMS Health

Hospice & Palliative

Sarah E. Harrington
UAMS Health

Heather C. Moore
UAMS Health

Infectious Disease

Robert W. Bradsher Jr.
UAMS Health

Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio
UAMS Health

Ryan K. Dare
UAMS Health

Jessie Frazier

Dwight Lindley

Michael Saccente
UAMS Health

Keyur S. Vyas
UAMS Health

Brandon E. Walser

Internal Medicine

Alice P. Alexander
UAMS Health

Robert H. Hopkins Jr.
UAMS Health

Morgan M. Horn
UAMS Health

Anna Kendrick

Riley Lipschitz
UAMS Health

Ann Templeton Riggs
Baptist Health Internal Medicine Clinic

Jeffrey Dean Thessing
Baptist Health

Tobias J. Vancil
UAMS Health

Maternal & Fetal Medicine

Nafisa K. Dajani
UAMS Health

Adam T. Sandlin
UAMS Health

Paul John Wendel
Baptist Health

Dayna Whitcombe
UAMS Health

Nephrology

Prajwal Chevireddy
Baptist Health Renal Associates

John Kevin Heifner
Baptist Health Renal Associates

Hunter Holtoff
UAMS Health

Nithin Karakala
UAMS Health

Shane P. Kimball
Baptist Health Renal Associates

Joe Beeler Pevahouse
Baptist Health Renal Associates

Kashaf A. Rasheed

Manisha Singh
UAMS Health

Neurological Surgery

Tim Burson
Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas

Anthony Capocelli

Dominic Maggio

Erika Anne Petersen
UAMS Health

Blake Phillips
Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas

Jonathan Reding
Baptist Health Neurosurgery Arkansas

Analiz Rodriguez
UAMS Health

Neurology

Robert L. Archer
UAMS Health

Bradley Boop
CHI St. Vincent Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic

Michael Z. Chesser
Baptist Health

Rohit Dhall
UAMS Health

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Brian M. Burton
The Woman’s Clinic

Laura Leigh Hollenbach
UAMS Health

Leticia Jones
The Woman’s Clinic

Nirvana A. Manning
UAMS Health

Amy M. Phillips
UAMS Health

Mary Luann Racher
UAMS Health

Dora Mah Smith
UAMS Health

Emily Williams
Arkansas Women’s Center

Oncology

Konstantinos Arnaoutakis
UAMS Health

Omar T. Atiq
UAMS Health

Sajjad A. Bhatti
UAMS Health

Rhonda Gentry
CARTI

Sam Makhoul
CARTI

Sindhu J. Malapati
UAMS Health

Lawrence Mendelsohn
CARTI

Grace L. Raja
CARTI

Ophthalmology

Tracy C. Baltz
Little Rock Eye Clinic

Joseph G. Chacko
UAMS Health

Romona L. Davis
UAMS Health

Christian Hester
Little Rock Eye Clinic

Sami Uwaydat
UAMS Health

Kent A. Zocchi

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Jennings Russell Boyette
UAMS Health

Orthopedic Surgery

C. Lowry Barnes
UAMS Health

Scott Bowen
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

Steven M. Cherney
UAMS Health

Eric Gordon
OrthoArkansas

William Hefley
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

Michael M. Hussey
OrthoArkansas

Kenneth Martin
Martin Orthopedics, arkansas surgical hospital

Samuel Moore
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

Gordon Newbern
OrthoArkansas

Kirk Reynolds
OrthoArkansas

Jason Stewart
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics

Jonathan David Wyatt
OrthoArkansas

Orthopedics

Jesse Abeler
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

Paul Edwards
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics

Larry Nguyen
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

David Rhodes
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

Edward H. Saer III
OrthoArkansas

Victor Vargas
OrthoArkansas

Otolaryngology

J. Christopher Colclasure

Edward Gardner

H. Graves Hearnsberger

Mauricio A. Moreno
UAMS Health

Jason Smith

Jumin Sunde
UAMS Health

Ozlem E. Tulunay Ugur
UAMS Health

Emre A. Vural
UAMS Health

Adrian Willliamson

Pain Management

Gary Frankowski

Johnathan H. Goree
UAMS Health

Aditi Saraswat
Baptist Health Spine Center

G. Lawson Smith
UAMS Health

Brent L. Walker

Pathology

Susanne K. Jeffus
UAMS Health

Charles Matthew Quick
UAMS Health

Eric R. Rosenbaum
UAMS Health

Sara Shalin
UAMS Health

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

Stacie Jones
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Tamara Perry
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Robert Pesek
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Amy Scurlock
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Anesthesiology

John Robben
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Cardiology

Elijah Bolin
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Brian Eble
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Kenneth Knecht
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Dermatology

Jay Kincannon
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Elizabeth Storm
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Endocrinology

Jon Oden
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Travis Ayers
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Infectious Disease

Heather Young
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Neonatology

Sara Peeples
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Neurology & NeuroSurgery

Gregory Albert
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Paul Drake
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Eylem Ocal
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Oncology

Lauren Appell
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Joana Mack
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Paul Phillips
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Monica Verma
Children’s Eye Care & Surgery of Arkansas

Pediatric Orthopedics & Orthopedic Surgery

Robert Blasier
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Richard McCarthy
Arkansas Children’s

Corey Montgomery
Arkansas Children’s

Brien Rabenhorst
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Brant Sachleben
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Theresa Wyrick
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Otolaryngology

Larry Hartzell
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Adam B. 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 Sleep Medicine

Supriya Jambhekar
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Sports Medicine

Michael Israel
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

Brian L. Reemtsen
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Deidre Wyrick
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Pediatric Urology

Ashay Patel
Arkansas Children’s

Ismael Zamilpa
Arkansas Children’s

Pediatrics General

Emily Barnes
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Jared Beavers
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Sara Blair

Natalie Burr
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic

Emily R. Holthoff
UAMS Health

Dawn Martin
All for Kids

Chad Rodgers
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic

Laura Sisterhen
Arkansas Children’s, UAMS Health

Aaron Strong
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic

September Westbrook
All for Kids

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Rodrigo Cayme
OrthoArkansas

Kevin Jerome Collins

Sarah V. Hunton
UAMS Health

Thomas S. Kiser
UAMS Health

Kevin M. Means
UAMS Health

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

David Bauer
Arkansas Plastic Surgery

Keith G. Wolter
UAMS Health

Eric Wright
Wright Plastic Surgery & Med Spa

Zachary T. Young
Arkansas Plastic Surgery

James C. Yuen
UAMS Health

Podiatry

Jesse Burks
Bowen Hefley Orthopedics, Arkansas Surgical Hospital

R. Alex Dellinger

Psychiatry

Charles Jenson
Baptist Health Behavioral Health Services

Shona L. Ray-Griffith
UAMS Health

Abeer Washington
Rice Clinic

Hannah H. Williams
UAMS Health

Pulmonology

Eyad Abochale
Baptist Health Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care

William T. Atchley
UAMS Health

Jose Diego Caceres
UAMS Health

Nathan Hill
Baptist Health Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care

Cidney S. Hulett
Baptist Health Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care

Adil Imran
Baptist Health Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care

Clifton Ray Johnson
Baptist Health Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care

Larry G. Johnson
UAMS Health

Emily G. Kocurek
UAMS Health

Nikhil Kumar Meena
UAMS Health

Anand Narasimhadevara Venkata
UAMS Health

Radiation Oncology

Richard L. Crownover
UAMS Health

Leslie M. Harrell
UAMS Baptist Health Radiation Therapy Center

Sanjay Maraboyina
UAMS Baptist Health Radiation Therapy Center

Jonathan Pagan
CARTI

Fen Xia
UAMS Health

Radiology

Mary E. Meek
UAMS Health

Kenneth V. Robbins
Baptist Health / Arkansas Health Group

Reproductive Endocrinology

Francisco Batres

Dean Moutos

Rheumatology

Richard Houk

Spine Surgery

Wayne L. Bruffett
UAMS Health

David B. Bumpass
UAMS Health

Noojan Kazemi
UAMS Health

Ikemefuna Uzo Onyekwelu Jr
OrthoArkansas

Samuel C. Overley
UAMS Health

Richard D. Peek
OrthoArkansas

Justin Seale
OrthoArkansas

Sports Medicine

Ethan Schock
OrthoArkansas

Surgical Oncology

Michail Mavros
UAMS Health

Daniela A. Ochoa
UAMS Health

Sonia Orcutt
UAMS Health

Scott J. Stern
CARTI

Urogynecology

Susan Barr
Arkansas Urogynecology & Women’s Health

Patrick Lang
Baptist Health Urogynecology Clinic

Sallie Oliphant
Arkansas Urogynecology & Women’s Health

Urology

Timothy Goodson

Timothy D. Langford
UAMS Health

Keith Mooney
CARTI

Julie Riley
UAMS Health

Vascular Surgery

Kalenda Kasangana

Steven Meadors
CHI St. Vincent Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic

Mohammed Mahmoud Moursi
Baptist Health / UAMS Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Surgery

Kyla Shelton

Christian Simmons

Lauren M. Story-Hefta
UAMS Health

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