Expert Physicians
The Department of Internal Medicine is honored to recognize these alumni of its training programs for the outstanding care they provide to patients across Arkansas.
Our Alumni in Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors List
Dr. James Abraham, III
Internal Medicine, 1990
Dr. Joseph Beck, II
Internal Medicine, 1984
Dr. Matthew Bell
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2011
Dr. Scott Chism
Internal Medicine, 2006
Dr. Dwight Chrisman
Internal Medicine, 2000
Dr. Angelo Coppola, Jr.
Internal Medicine, 1997
Dr. Matthew Deneke
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2013
Dr. Kyle Hardy
Internal Medicine, 1990
Dr. Matthew Haustein
Internal Medicine, 2007
General Cardiology, 2010
Dr. Robert Hopkins, Jr.
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 1993
Dr. Brian Hughes
Internal Medicine, 2008
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2012
Dr. Josh Kennedy
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2010
Dr. Kathy Liverett
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2009
Infectious Diseases, 2013
Dr. Teresa Nimmo
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2004
Dr. Tamara Perry
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2001
Dr. Ernesto Ruiz-Rodriguez
Interventional Cardiology, 2015
Dr. Blake Scheer
Internal Medicine, 2000
Dr. Allison Shaw-Devine
Internal Medicine, 1998
General Cardiology, 2002
Dr. Manisha Singh
Internal Medicine, 2013
Nephrology, 2015
Dr. Donald Steely
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 1996
Dr. Jonathan Stringer
Internal Medicine, 2010
Endocrinology, 2012
Dr. Paul Svoboda
Internal Medicine, 2005
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2008
Dr. Walton Toy
Rheumatology, 2007
Dr. Srikanth Vallurupalli
General Cardiology, 2015
Dr. Meredith Walker, Jr.
Internal Medicine, 1990
Dr. Rachel White
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, 2006
The Selection Process
The online nominations process is open to all licensed physicians in America who are able to nominate physicians in any medical specialty, throughout the country. Once nominated, Castle Connolly’s physician-led team of researchers follow a rigorous screening process to select the top doctors. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected and profiled as Castle Connolly Top Doctors.