Please join us in welcoming these recent additions to the College of Medicine faculty.
Department of Internal Medicine
Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D.
Kalaivani Sivakumar, M.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Sivakumar earned her medical degree from Thanjavur Medical College in Tamilnadu, India, in 2008. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a cardiology fellowship at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. Prior to joining UAMS, she continued her training with an advanced heart failure fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Shani Worrell, Ed.D.
Shani Worrell, Ed.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Community Health and Research. Dr. Worrell received her Master of Science in Computer Science at the University of the West Indies and her Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She most recently served as the Senior Strategy Learning and Evaluation Officer for the Walton Family Foundation in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Department of Neurology
Bhavana Sharma, M.D.
Bhavana Sharma, M.D., has joined the Department of Neurology as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Sharma graduated from Bharti Vidyapeeth Medical College in Pune, India, in 2000. She completed an internal medicine residency at St. Stephen’s hospital in New Delhi. Dr. Sharma later continued her training with a residency in neurology at UAMS, followed by a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Kansas University Medical Center.
Dr. Sharma is board certified by the Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with additional sub-certification in clinical neurophysiology. Her expertise and clinical interests include management of neuromuscular disorders, epilepsy, EMG and nerve conduction studies, video EEG monitoring, neuro-modulation with devices such as VNS (vagal nerve stimulator), and other neurological conditions including headache, Parkinson’s disease, stroke and dementia. Dr. Sharma treats patients in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine and Neurosciences Institute’s General Neurology and Neuromuscular Clinic.