Please join us in welcoming these recent additions to the College of Medicine faculty.
Department of Anesthesiology
Russell Roberson, M.D.
Russell Roberson, M.D., has joined the Department of Anesthesiology as an Associate Professor of Cardiac Anesthesiology. Dr. Roberson received his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in Boston in 2007. He completed his anesthesiology residency and critical care fellowship at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. He is board certified in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, neurocritical care and adult cardiac anesthesiology. He is also certified in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography.
Dr. Roberson served as an Assistant Professor of anesthesiology at University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals in 2012-2013 and at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern in 2013-2014. He has practiced in Arkansas since 2015, working at Southern Regional Anesthesiology Consultants, St. Vincent Medical Group, and most recently at Baptist Health Medical Center.
Department of Internal Medicine
Pratheepa Ravikumar, M.D., MPH
Pratheepa Ravikumar, M.D., MPH, has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Ravikumar earned both her medical degree and Master of Public Health at UAMS, where she went on to complete her residency in medicine-pediatrics.
Dr. Ravikumar’s professional interests include providing comprehensive care across the lifespan, public health and medical education.
Shadiqul Hoque, M.D.
Shadiqul Hoque, M.D., has rejoined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology. Dr. Hoque received his medical degree from Dhaka Medical College, University of Dhaka, in Bangladesh. He completed his residency in internal Medicine at Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University.
Dr. Hoque first joined UAMS as an Assistant Professor and hospitalist in 2015. In 2021, he continued his training with a fellowship in hematology and oncology at UAMS, where he developed a focus on gastrointestinal cancers, sarcoma, and both benign and malignant hematology.
Tanya Ongbin, M.D.
Tanya Ongbin, M.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Ongbin received her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine in Manila, Philippines. She completed her internal medicine residency at Manila Doctors Hospital and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Santo Tomas Hospital. She completed a fellowship in infectious disease at UAMS this year.
Dr. Ongbin’s clinical background includes experience as an emergency room hospitalist and participation in several U.S. based clinical observerships.
Department of Neurology
José Miguel Morales, M.D., M.Sc.
José Morales, M.D., M.Sc., has joined the Department of Neurology as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Morales is a vascular neurologist, neuro-interventional surgeon and researcher. He specializes in minimally invasive, image-guided techniques to diagnose and treat disorders and diseases of the head, brain, neck and spine.
Dr. Morales received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2016. He completed his residency in neurology at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, also in Chicago. He continued his training with fellowships in vascular neurology, biodesign and interventional neurology at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center.
In addition to clinical care, Dr. Morales is active in clinical and translational research, including work to pioneer transvascular access to the brain that eliminates the need for invasive brain surgery. His research has been published in leading journals including Nature, Stroke, Interventional Neuroradiology and the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery.
Department of Pediatrics
David Selewski, M.D., M.S.
David Selewski, M.D., M.S., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as Professor and Chief of the Section of Pediatric Nephrology. Dr. Selewski received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 2005. He completed his pediatric residency and his pediatric nephrology fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He went on to earn a master’s in clinical research design and statistical analysis from the University of Michigan in 2013. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN).
Dr. Selewski’s clinical and research interests center on pediatric and neonatal critical care nephrology, including pediatric and neonatal acute kidney injury, fluid overload, and continuous renal replacement therapy. This work includes participation in multicenter research collaboratives including the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative (NKC), for which he is currently President-Elect. He also serves on the steering committees for the Worldwide Exploration of Renal Replacement Outcomes Collaboration in Kidney Diseases (We-Rock) and Neonatal and Pediatric Heart and Renal Outcomes Network (NEPHRON) study groups.
Dr. Selewski is a council representative for the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology to the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, where he also serves as Co-Chair for the Education Committee. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Pediatric Nephrology. He recently was Co-Chair of the 36th Acute Disease Quality Initiative.
Department of Radiology
Amy Schroder Bezold, D.O.
Amy Bezold, D.O., has joined the Department of Radiology as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Interventional Radiology. Dr. Bezold received her medical degree from A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri, in 2013. She completed a family medicine residency at UAMS in 2016 and practiced family medicine in Arkansas and Texas for four years.
Dr. Bezold continued her training at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2020-2024, completing a residency in diagnostic radiology. She expanded her expertise with a fellowship in interventional radiology at the Dotter Institute at Oregon Health Science University in Portland in 2024-2025.