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  3. Recent Faculty Appointments — November 2018

Recent Faculty Appointments — November 2018

Department of Internal Medicine

Muhammad Asim Khalil, M.D.

Muhammad Khalil

Muhammad Asim Khalil, M.D., has joined the Department of Internal Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Oncology. Dr. Khalil received his medical degree from Khyber Medical College in Peshawar, Pakistan. He completed his internal medicine residency at Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan. Before joining the oncology team at UAMS, Dr. Khalil practiced hospital medicine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Department of Pediatrics

Omar Salem, M.D.

Omar Salem

Omar Salem, M.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine. He received his medical degree from UAMS and completed his pediatric residency at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

Becca Perin, M.D.

Becca Perin

Becca Perin, M.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics. She received her medical degree from McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and completed her pediatric residency at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.

Hannah Renno, M.D., M.P.H.

Hannah Renno

Hannah Renno, M.D., M.P.H., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics. She received her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and her Master of Public Health from the University of Arizona College of Public Health. Dr. Renno completed her pediatric residency at the University of Florida Shands Children’s Hospital.

Megha Sharma, M.D.

Megha Sharma

Megha Sharma, M.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatology. She received her medical degree from SMS Medical College in Jaipur, India. Dr. Sharma completed her pediatric residency at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey and continued her training with a fellowship in neonatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Erhan Ararat, M.D.

Erhan Ararat

Erhan Ararat, M.D., has joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonology. He received his medical degree from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. He completed his pediatric residency at Case Western Reserve University Metro Health Hospital in Cleveland, followed by a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Posted by Chris Lesher on November 13, 2018

Filed Under: Faculty Updates

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