Please join us in welcoming these recent additions to the College of Medicine faculty.
Department of Dermatology
Justin M. McLawhorn, M.D.
Justin McLawhorn, M.D., has joined the Department of Dermatology as an Assistant Professor and Director of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology. Dr. McLawhorn received his medical degree from UAMS in 2017. He completed his residency in dermatology and internship in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. McLawhorn continued his training with a fellowship in micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Serving in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Dr. McLawhorn specializes in the treatment of skin cancers, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. He is skilled in treating many cancers with Mohs micrographic surgery, the most precise and advanced treatment for skin cancer, yielding success rates of up to 99%. Before joining UAMS, Dr. McLawhorn was in private practice in Little Rock.
Department of Internal Medicine
Bhupendar Tayal, M.D., Ph.D.
Bhupendar Tayal, M.D., Ph.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiology. Dr. Tayal received his medical degree from Gauhati University in Guwahati, India, in 2007. He earned his doctorate in clinical medicine and cardiology at Aalborg University in Denmark, where we went on to complete a fellowship in general cardiology and internal medicine. Dr. Tayal continued his training with a fellowship in advanced multimodality cardiovascular imaging at Houston Methodist Hospital.
Prior to his recruitment to UAMS, Dr. Tayal had served since 2022 as an Assistant Professor of internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and as a staff cardiologist at University Hospitals, Harrington Heart and Vascular Center, at Cleveland Medical Center in Ohio.
Dr. Tayal’s clinical and research interests focus on advancing cardiovascular care with a particular emphasis on multimodal imaging techniques to improve patient outcomes.