For the young and oldArkansas’s best doctors 2009: Pediatricians to pulmonologists. |
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We've done it again. Since 1995, the Arkansas Times has published a yearly list of what we call the Best Doctors in Arkansas. This year, the 15th time around, our survey has produced the most wide-ranging list ever, from family practice docs to brain surgeons. The doctors listed here were nominated by their peers, all licensed Arkansas physicians who were invited to vote either on-line or through the mail. Hundreds voted. (Dozens voted twice — but we caught you!) The Times does not declare the list below to be the be-all, end-all list of Arkansas's best doctors. It's heavy on physicians at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, and several of those doctors will tell you that's because their colleagues in private practice are their former students and paying their respects. That's what Dr. Paula Anderson modestly chalked up her nomination to. The pulmonologist has been at UAMS since 1969, teaching and seeing patients with all kinds of lung disease. But Anderson is known nationally for her work with adults with cystic fibrosis, a patient group that barely existed before aerosol and other improvements in CF therapies, as her profile in this issue explains. Pediatrician Dr. Joe Elser also carved out a niche, creating Arkansas Children's Hospital's migraine clinic, treating an ailment that is far commoner in kids than many realize — but rarer in clinical focus. Dr. Brian Hardin works with Elser's “graduates” — adolescents, whose unique psychosocial and musculoskeletal needs require a special medical approach. We revisit Dr. Kris Shewmake, who was named best plastic surgeon a decade ago, to see what's new in his specialty. What's new in his life: His surgical mission trips, teaching advanced techniques to doctors in Honduras. Joining Anderson, Elser, Hardin and Shewmake as nominees for “best” are the doctors listed below. Hometowns are given for doctors who practice outside Pulaski County.
ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
Top vote getter Brian Hardin
Other best doctors Elton Cleveland Wayne Herbert Karen Kozlowski Darrell Nesmith Maria Portilla Jennifer Woods
FAMILY MEDICINE
Top vote getter George Konis
Other best doctors Charles Carttar Robert Cheek Chris Cobb Arlo Kahn Hal Hedges Jay Holland Jamie Howard Philip Hudson Martha Lauster Daniel Knight Kent McKelvey Jr. David Nelson Jack Somers James Stallcup, Huntsville Charles Smith Roger Tilley Daniel Watson
GERIATRICS
Top vote getter David Lipschitz
Other best doctors Jennifer Co Priya Mendiratta Ann Riggs Claudia Tolleson Dennis Sullivan Jeanne Wei
INTERNAL MEDICINE
Top vote getter Robert Hopkins
Other best doctors Lee Able Susan Beland Robert Cheek Amy Fitzgerald Torin Gray James Hazlewood Robert Lavender Elizabeth Pitts Sara Tariq
OBSTETRICS-
Top vote getter Paul Wendel
Other best doctors Janet Cathey Amy Wiedower Eble Cindy Hubach Curtis Lowery Nirvana Manning Fred Newton Heather Owens Amy Phillips Orman Simmons Julia Watkins
PEDIATRICIANS
Top vote getter Joe Elser
Other best doctors Mary Aitken Debra Becton Bryan Burke Jerry Byrum Charles Feild Anthony Johnson Eugene Lu Valeria Malak Joshua O'Neill Chad Rodgers Bonnie Taylor September Westbrook
GYNECOLOGY-
Top vote getters Alexander Burnett Juan Roman Pamela Stone
MEDICAL
Top vote getter Laura Hutchins
Other best doctors Brad Baltz Joseph Beck Mariann Harrington Larry Mendelsohn Diane Wilder
DERMATOLOGY
Top vote getter Jay Kincannon
Other best doctors Daniel Davis Matthew Kagy Thomas Manning Daniel Smith
PLASTIC SURGERY
Top vote getters Kris Shewmake James Yuen
Other best doctors David Bauer Edward Love T.R. Moffett Suzanne Yee
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Greg Sharp Other best doctors Stephen Bates, Jonesboro May Griebel Rolla Shbarou
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY
Top vote getter Stacie Jones
Other best doctors Amy Scurlock Melissa Graham Martin Fiser
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Renee Bornemeier
Other best doctors Brian Eble Eudice Fontenot Elizabeth Frazier Robert Morrow Marie Michele Moss Paul Seib
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Stephen Kemp
Other best doctors John Fowlkes Alba Morales Pozzo
PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Top vote getter Helen Casteel
Other best doctors Troy Gibbons Julianna Frem George Fuchs
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter David Becton
Other best doctors Suzanne Saccente Robert Sayle Kimo Stine
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Richard Jacobs
Other best doctors Nada Harik Jose Romero Gary Wheeler
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Richard Blaszak Other best doctors Eileen Ellis Muhammed Ilyas Tom Wells
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Charles Bower
Other best doctors Lisa Buckmiller Gresham Richter
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Robert Warren
Other best doctors John Carroll Supriya Jambhekar
PEDIATRIC
Top vote getter Paula Morris
Other best doctor Jason Dare
PEDIATRIC SURGEON
Top vote getter Sam Smith
Other best doctors Melvin Dassinger Richard Jackson
MATERNAL AND
Top vote getter Paul Wendel
Other best doctors Curtis Lowery Steve Chatelain
NEONATAL AND
Top vote getter Whit Hall
Other best doctors Robert Arrington Jeffrey Kaiser Robert Lyle Billy Thomas
PSYCHIATRY
Top vote getter Brian Hyatt
Other best doctors James Clardy Jeffrey Clothier Thomas Freeman Robert Jarvis Lawrence Labbate G. Richard Smith John Spollen Linda Worley
ADDICTION
Top vote getter Roger Amick
Other best doctor Warren Bickel, PhD
CHILD PSYCHIATRY
Top vote getter Richard Livingston
Other best doctors Lynn Taylor Matthew Crouch, Fayetteville Molly Gathright Brian Kubacak
GERIATRIC
Top vote getters Lewis P. Krain
Other best doctors Eugene Reid Graham Reid Gary Linker, Fayetteville
ALLERGY AND
Top vote getter Martin Fiser
Other best doctors Gene France Melissa Graham Jim Mark Ingram Ellen Lu Karl Sitz Blake Scheer
CARDIOLOGY
Top vote getters Paulo Ribeiro Rajesh Sachdeva
Other best doctors Joe Bissett Forrest Glover Eleanor Kennedy James Marsh Bruce Murphy David Rutlen James Shuffield Greg St. John, Hot Springs
COLON AND
Top vote getter Lee Raley
Other best doctors Ralph Broadwater Charles Crocker Jonathan Laryea
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Top vote getters Donald Bodenner Deborah Bursey Debra Simmons
Other best doctors Lawson Glover Richard Griffiths Philip Kern Stavros Manolagas Ganesh Nair Phil Peters
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Top vote getter Terence Angtuaco
Other best doctors Farshad Aduli John Baber Robert Barker, Fort Smith Angelo Coppola Glenn Davis Arshad Malik James Metrailer
HAND SURGERY
Top vote getter Michael Moore
Other best doctors Jeanine Andersson Thomas Frazier James Yuen
HEMATOLOGY
Top vote getters Brad Baltz
Other best doctors Joseph Beck Balan Nair Kamal Patel
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Top vote getter Robert Bradsher
Other best doctors Michael Saccente Susan Delap Ryan Bariola Thomas Monson Alexander Lindley
NEPHROLOGY
Top vote getters Sameh Abul-Ezz Michelle Krause Kevin Heifner
Other best doctors Joe Pevahouse Sundar Swaminathan James Wellons NEUROSURGERY
Top vote getter Ossama Al-Mefty
Other best doctors Timothy Burson Ali Krisht T. Glenn Pait David Reding
NEUROLOGY
Top vote getter Lee Archer
Other best doctors Salah Keyrouz Keith Schluterman, Conway Beverly Beadle Brad Boop Sami Harik Robert Silzer Jomana Al-Hinti Tim Freyaldenhoven, Conway
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Top vote getter Laurie Barber
Other best doctors Katherine Baltz Tracy Baltz Carol Chappell James Deer Richard Harper Nicola Kim Paul Phillips John Shock
ORTHOPEDIC
Top vote getter Gordon Newbern
Other best doctors James Aronson Lowry Barnes Scott Bowen Richard Evans Ken Martin Richard Nicholas Jack Vanderschilden
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Top vote getter James Suen
Other best doctors Chris Colclasure John Dornhoffer Graves Hearnsberger Paul Farris, Fayetteville Brendan Stack Adrian Williamson
PAIN MEDICATION
Top vote getters Ahmed Ghaled Juan Firnhaber-Burgos
PATHOLOGY
Top vote getter Bruce Smoller
Other best doctors Aubrey Hough Soheila Korourian Laura Lamps Gene Singleton
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Top vote getter Thomas Kiser
Other best doctors Barry Baskin Patrick Kortebein Kevin Means PULMONARY DISEASE
Top vote getter Paula Anderson
Other best doctors Neal Beaton Larry Johnson Manish Joshi Gail McCracken Nancy Rector Hussam Sakkijhah
RHEUMATOLOGY
Top vote getters James Abraham III Eleanor Lipsmeyer
Other best doctors Tom Kovaleski Laura Trigg
SPORTS MEDICINE
Top vote getter Jack Vanderschilden
Other best doctor Richard Nix
SURGERY
Top vote getter Chris Cate
Other best doctors John Jones Ronald Robertson Everett Tucker Richard Turnage
THORACIC SURGERY
Top vote getter Charles Watkins
Other best doctors Nelson Ancalmo, Pine Bluff Hugh Burnett John R. “Bo” Busby, Pine Bluff Burcu Ozdemir John Rowen Gareth Tobler C.D. Williams
UROLOGY
Top vote getter Keith Mooney
Other best doctors Nabil Bissada John Brizzolara Alex Finkbeiner Timothy Goodson Pat O'Donnell John Redman Walt Stallings
VASCULAR SURGERY
Top vote getter John Eidt
Other best doctors Robert Casali Mohammed Moursi Charles Watkins.
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