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Faculty

Our Team

Our teaching faculty includes eight board-certified pediatric pulmonologists as well as several APRN Instructors. The Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship is led by Dr. John L. Carroll.

John L. Carroll, M.D.
John L. Carroll, M.D.
Chief of Pulmonology
Amit Agarwal, M.D.
Associate Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary Division Faculty Director – ACH Chronic Vent Program Associate Director – Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program MISL Faculty
Ariel Berlinski, M.D.
Professor
Director – ACH Cystic Fibrosis Center Director – ACH Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Developmental Therapeutics Network research center. Director – ACH Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Astryd Menendez, M.D.
Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary Division Faculty at Arkansas Children’s Northwest Named as one of the 2017 UAMS Phenomenal Women
April B. Carpenter, MNSc, APRN, CPNP-PC
April Carpenter, MNSc, APRN, CPNP-PC
Director of Nursing - Advanced Practice
Email: CarpenterAprilB@uams.edu
Erhan Ararat, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary Division Faculty Associate Director – ACH Cystic Fibrosis Care Center
Matt Pertzborn, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary Division Faculty
Supriya Jambhekar, M.D.
Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division Faculty Medical Director – Arkansas Children’s Hospital Sleep Disorders Center
Zena Ghazala, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Pulmonary Division Faculty Director – PCD Center (accreditation pending)
Julie Thibodaux, MNSc, APRN, CPNP, PC
Pediatric Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner – AC Northwest Location
Kim Newman, MNSc, APRN, CPNP, PC
Pediatric Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner
Jill Richardson, MNSc, APRN, CPNP, PC
Pediatric Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner
Rachel McKnight, MNSc, APRN, CPNP, PC
Pediatric Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner
Wendy Burgener, MNSc, APRN, CPNP, PC
Pediatric Pulmonary Nurse Practitioner

Other Faculty
The ACH/UAMS pediatric faculty includes over 200 faculty members representing virtually every pediatric subspecialty, including cardiologists, intensivists, nephrologists, neonatologists, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, hematologists-oncologists, six pharmacologists, and nineteen emergency medicine physicians.

Surgical specialists include cardiovascular surgeons, pediatric surgeons, three pediatric neurosurgeons, and pediatric otolaryngologists.  We also have pediatric anesthesiologists at ACH.

Critical support physicians for pulmonologists include pediatric radiologists and pediatric pathologists.


Support Staff
In addition to the hospital staff available for patient care, eight respiratory therapists, six nurse specialists, nine advanced practice nurses, four pediatric speech therapists, one child life therapist, two pediatric occupational and physical therapists, one nutritionist, one social worker, and one psychologist are assigned to the Pulmonology Division. The Pulmonary Division has a full pulmonary function lab with multiple state-of-the-art instruments for evaluation of lung function in children, fully staffed with excellent and highly qualified technicians. A fully equipped suite for flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is maintained by excellent technical staff. Sedation and anesthesia support are readily available.

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