Please join us in welcoming these recent additions to the College of Medicine faculty.
Department of Anesthesiology
Julius Balogh, M.D., M.H.A., has joined the Department of Anesthesiology as an Assistant Professor and Interim Division Chief and Director of the UAMS Cardiovascular ICU scheduled to open in August 2021. In this role, Dr. Balogh will assist in the recruitment of intensivists, protocol development, and interprofessional team-building education as part of the UAMS Cardiovascular Service Line.
Dr. Balogh received his medical degree from the Trinity School of Medicine in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and his Master of Health Administration from Kaplan University in Davenport, Iowa, where he had earlier received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. He matched for residency at Houston Methodist Hospital, where he completed four years of general surgery residency and a surgical research fellowship in immunology and liver transplant. Dr. Balogh continued his training with an anesthesia residency followed by a fellowship in anesthesia critical care at the University of Texas at Houston.
Department of Internal Medicine
Gaurav Dhar, M.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as a Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of Interventional Cardiology. Dr. Dhar received his medical degree from the University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He completed his residency in internal medicine and served as Chief Resident at the University of Chicago/Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital. After completing a fellowship in cardiology at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, Dr. Dhar accepted positions as a staff cardiologist at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He continued his training with a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Dr. Dhar comes to Arkansas from Michigan State University in East Lansing, where he was a Professor of Medicine and was named Teacher of the Year three times. He was also the Medical Director of the Structural Cardiac Interventional Program for the Sparrow Healthcare System in Lansing, as well as the Associate Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at Michigan State.
Read more in the UAMS Newsroom.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Brad Reeves, M.D., has joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as an Assistant Professor with the Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine team in Northwest Arkansas. Dr. Reeves, a specialist in knee and shoulder reconstruction and trauma, also brings extensive experience as a team physician at the professional and collegiate levels. He currently serves as medical director and head physician for Sanford MMA, a professional mixed martial arts team.
After receiving his medical degree at UAMS, Dr. Reeves completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, followed by an AO Trauma Fellowship at the Elizabethian Hospital in Mainz, West Germany, and Triemlispital in Zurich, Switzerland. He continued his training with a specialized sports medicine fellowship in knee and shoulder reconstruction at the Oklahoma Center for Athletes in Oklahoma City.
Read more in the UAMS Orthopaedic Surgery Newsroom.
Department of Pathology
Yong-Chen “William” Lu, Ph.D., is joining the Department of Pathology as an Assistant Professor in the Experimental Pathology Division. Dr. Lu received his doctoral degree in medical biophysics from the University of Toronto. He completed postdoctoral training in cancer immunotherapy at the National Institutes of Health.
Prior to joining UAMS, Dr. Lu served as a staff scientist in the Surgery Branch at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, where he received an NCI Director’s Innovation Award. His research focuses on T-cell immunotherapy for treating cancer patients.
Department of Pediatrics
Shruti Niketan Tewar, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Associate Professor in the Developmental Pediatrics Section. Dr. Tewar received her medical degree at B.J. Medical College, Gujarat University, in Ahmedabad, India. She completed residency training and then served as Chief Resident in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center in New York. Dr. Tewar received her Master of Public Health from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She continued her training with a fellowship in developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where she also was a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellow. She served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City prior to her recruitment to UAMS.
Arunkumar Modi, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Associate Professor in the Hematology/Oncology Section. Dr. Modi received his medical degree at B.J. Medical College, Gujarat University, in Ahmedabad, India. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center in New York. He continued his training with fellowships in pediatrics hematology/oncology at Cleveland Clinic Children’s and in in pediatric bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis. Dr. Modi received his Master of Public Health at the School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M University Health Science Center. Prior to joining UAMS, Dr. Modi served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City.
Adrianne Parkey, M.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in the Neurology Section. Dr. Parkey received her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed residency training and served as Chief Resident in Child Neurology at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Dr. Parkey continued her training at Vanderbilt with a fellowship in pediatric neurophysiology/pediatric epilepsy. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Neurology Excellence in Neurology Award.
Department of Psychiatry
Elissa Dougherty, Ph.D., has joined the Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Dougherty is a former child psychology pre-doctoral intern and post-doctoral fellow in the Division of Psychology and UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor’s in psychology. She obtained her master’s in psychology and doctorate in clinical psychology from Texas Tech University.
Dr. Dougherty sees patients in the Child Study Center and the Child Diagnostic Unit in addition to continuing her work with Arkansas Building Effective Services for Trauma (ARBEST), a state-funded program in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute that aims to improve outcomes for traumatized children and families through clinical care, training, advocacy and evaluation.