Editor’s note: Many more faculty members are joining us this summer and fall. We’ll continue to introduce them in the months ahead.
Emergency Medicine
Brian Russ, D.O.
Brian Russ, D.O., will join the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Russ is a 2019 graduate of the UAMS Emergency Medicine Residency Program. He came to UAMS from Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker, Colorado. Dr. Russ has been honored for his work in point-of-care ultrasound activities including volunteering as a UAMS ultrasound curriculum instructor while in residency. He established the UAMS Sonogames team and organized the Arkansas Ultrafest Conference held at UAMS in November 2018.
Lauren Evans, M.D.
Lauren Evans, M.D., will join the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Evans is a 2019 graduate of the UAMS Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She came to UAMS from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. She established the resident mentorship program during her residency.
Meryll Bouldin, M.D.
Meryll Bouldin, M.D., will join the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Bouldin is a 2019 graduate of the UAMS Emergency Medicine Residency Program. She came to UAMS from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Bouldin’s honors include the national “Resident Rocks It!” award from the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians last fall and the Resident Award and Travel Grant from the Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine earlier this year.
Nhan ‘Marc’ Phan, M.D.
Nhan ‘Marc’ Phan, M.D., will join the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Phan will also spend half of his clinical time in the Pulmonary Critical Care Unit, a division of the Department of Internal Medicine. Dr. Phan is a 2017 graduate of the UAMS Emergency Medicine Residency Program. He also received his medical degree at UAMS. Dr. Phan is completing a critical care fellowship in the Department of Internal Medicine this month.
Jason Arthur, M.D., M.P.H.
Jason Arthur, M.D., M.P.H., will join the Department of Emergency Medicine as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Arthur received his Master of Public Health and his medical degree at UAMS. He graduated from the University of Florida Emergency Medicine Residency Program in June 2018. He is completing an emergency medicine ultrasound fellowship at UAMS this month.
Internal Medicine
Aneesha Ananthula, M.D.
Aneesha Ananthula, M.D., will join the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Hematology/Oncology Division on July 1. Dr. Ananthula received her medical degree at the Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences in India in 2015. She came to UAMS for her residency in internal medicine in 2016. Dr. Ananthula received multiple awards while in medical school and has received numerous honors during her training at UAMS. She will serve as a hospitalist.
Manojna Konda, M.D.
Manojna Konda, M.D., will join the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Hematology/Oncology Division on July 1. Dr. Konda received her medical degree at the Gandhi Medical College in Telangana, India, in 2012. After completing medical school, she was an observer in internal medicine at the University of Nebraska, Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Staten Island University Hospital in New York, the University of Alabama, and University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. She came to UAMS for her residency in internal medicine in 2016.
Bilal Alqam, M.D.
Bilal Alqam, M.D., will join the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor and Chief Resident on July 1. Dr. Alqam received his medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan, in 2013. He completed his internship at Al-Basher Hospital and the King Hussein Cancer Center. He came to UAMS for his residency in internal medicine in 2016.
Courtney Bundrick, M.D.
Courtney Bundrick, M.D., will join the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor and Chief Resident on July 1. Dr. Bundrick received her medical degree at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport in 2016 and came to UAMS for her internal medicine residency at UAMS that July.
Gayathri Krishnan, M.D.
Gayathri Krishnan, M.D., will join the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor and Chief Resident on July 1, 2019. Dr. Krishnan received her medical degree from the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College in Kerala, India, in 2015. She went on to complete clinical elective rotations in pulmonary medicine and rheumatology at the University of Alabama; in cardiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York; and in infectious diseases at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she also completed her sub-internship in cardiology and medicine. She came to UAMS for her internal medicine residency in 2016.
Ophthalmology
Mary Price, M.D.
Mary Price, M.D., will join the Department of Ophthalmology and Jones Eye Institute as an Instructor in July. Dr. Price received her Doctor of Optometry at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee, graduating with Honors. She specializes in comprehensive optometry. She has been extensively involved in medical outreach as a volunteer with local community organizations providing eye care assistance for those in need and other organizations providing aid in Central America.
Megan Shirey, O.D.
Megan Shirey, O.D., has joined the Department of Ophthalmology and Jones Eye Institute as an Instructor. Dr. Shirey received her Doctor of Optometry at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. She completed her residency in primary care and ocular disease at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. Dr. Shirey was in private practice for two years prior to joining UAMS. She is a member of the American Optometric Association, Arkansas Optometric Association, and a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry.
Pathology
Aaron J. Wyble, M.D.
Aaron J. Wyble, M.D., will join the Department of Pathology in July as an Assistant Professor and Section Director of the UAMS Blood Bank. Dr. Wyble received his medical degree and completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Wyble recently completed a fellowship in transfusion medicine at the New York Blood Center in New York City.
Anwar A. Rjoop, M.D.
Anwar A. Rjoop, M.D., will join the Department of Pathology in July as an Instructor with clinical functions in Hematopathology and Transfusion Medicine. Dr. Rjoop is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Basic Medical Science at Yarmouk University in Jordan. She is returning to UAMS after having completed both her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology in 2017 and her fellowship in hematopathology in 2018. Dr. Rjoop received her medical degree from the Jordan University of Science and Technology. She completed her residency in anatomic pathology at the King Abdullah University Hospital in Irbid, Jordan.
Psychiatry
Victoria Flynn, M.D.
Victoria Flynn, M.D., will join the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor on July 1. She is a 2015 graduate of UAMS and former Chief Resident in Psychiatry. Dr. Flynn will see patients in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Walker Family Clinic and through the UAMS Student Wellness Program.
Hunter Gibbs, M.D.
Hunter Gibbs, M.D., will join the Department of Psychiatry as an Associate Professor on July 1. Dr. Gibbs received his medical degree from the College of Medicine in 2012 and completed his residency in psychiatry at UAMS in 2016. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic for the past three years. Dr. Gibbs will serve as an attending physician in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s adult inpatient unit.
Srinivasa Gokarakonda, M.D., M.P.H.
Srinivasa Gokarakonda, M.D., M.P.H., will join the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor on August 1. A former research assistant in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Center for Addiction Research, Dr. Gokarakonda completed his residency in psychiatry at UAMS in 2017 and continued his training with a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry. In addition to conducting research, he will see patients at the Child Study Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and at PRI’s Center for Addiction Services and Treatment.
Amy Grooms, M.D.
Amy Grooms, M.D., will join the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Grooms graduated from UAMS in 2013. She most recently served as a consult liaison psychiatrist with the Miriam Hospital Department of Psychiatry in Providence, Rhode Island, and as an outpatient psychiatrist with Gateway Healthcare in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Dr. Grooms will see patients in the Walker Family Clinic as well as assist with the Psychiatric Research Institute’s adult consult service.
Martin Watts, M.D., Ph.D.
Martin Watts, M.D., Ph.D., will join the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor on July 1. Dr. Watts received his medical degree and doctorate in neurobiology and developmental sciences at UAMS in 2014. He completed his residency in psychiatry at UAMS and continued his training with a fellowship in forensic psychiatry this past year. He will serve as an attending physician at the Arkansas State Hospital.
Hannah Williams, M.D.
Hannah Williams, M.D., will join the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor on July 1. She received her medical degree from the College of Medicine in 2015 and remained at UAMS for her residency in psychiatry. She will conduct research in addition to practicing in the Psychiatric Research Institute’s Walker Family Clinic and Women’s Mental Health Program. She will also contribute to the UAMS Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education and Learning System (ANGELS).
Radiology
Daniel Ashton, M.D.
Daniel Ashton, M.D., has joined the Department of Radiology as an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Radiology. Dr. Ashton received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where he also completed his residency in diagnostic radiology. He continued his training with a fellowship in pediatric radiology, which he completed in 2013, followed by a fellowship in pediatric and adult vascular interventional radiology, both at the UT Southwestern, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Prior to joining UAMS, Dr. Ashton practiced at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.