AMS Welcomes 48 New Members
The physicians listed below have illustrated their commitment to improving health care in this community and our state by joining the Arkansas Medical Society.
“As society members, these physicians are part of a statewide network of over 4,000 Arkansas physicians, residents and medical students, dedicated to protecting the interests of their patients and improving the health of Arkansans,” said Society President, Omar Atiq, MD, of Pine Bluff.
“Some of the society’s most recent advocacy efforts include supporting the passage of the “Private Option” to extend private health insurance coverage to working families earning below 138% of poverty, advocating for responsible and practical reforms such as patient-centered medical homes and establishing a prescription drug monitoring program to combat abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. Other significant advances for Arkansas patients and physicians supported by AMS include establishing a statewide trauma system and passage of the Clean Indoor Air Act.”
The society has also successfully fought for passage of laws to protect motorists by initiating a graduated drivers’ license and placing restrictions on cell phone use while driving, funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs, funding cancer research, providing vision screening in schools, requiring health care facilities to provide emergency care to sexual assault victims, providing research funding and insurance coverage for colorectal cancer screening, and protecting an Arkansan’s right to choose their physician.
| Name | City | State |
| Derek Buck , MD | Alexander | AR |
| Dylan Price Carpenter , MD | Batesville | AR |
| Shahla Gul Naoman , MD | Batesville | AR |
| Shannon Swift , MD | Batesville | AR |
| James E. Thomas , MD | Benton | AR |
| Robert Halterman , DO | Clarksville | AR |
| Robert Mitchell Pickering , MD | Collierville | TN |
| Kim Mitchell-Silver , MD | Decatur | AR |
| Matei Tudor Andreoiu , MD | Fort Smith | AR |
| Ongkarn Sarasombath , MD | Fort Smith | AR |
| Beena Syed , MD | Fort Smith | AR |
| James Michael Whiteneck , MD | Ft. Smith | AR |
| Julian Hernandez , MD | Jacksonville | AR |
| Paul Steven Levy , MD | Jonesboro | AR |
| Michael Lyerly , MD | Jonesboro | AR |
| Deepak Thomas , MD | Jonesboro | AR |
| Joshua S. Tolleson , MD | Jonesboro | AR |
| Francesca Wilkins , MD | Jonesboro | AR |
| Mark C. Wood , MD | Jonesboro | AR |
| Charles Burnell , MD | Lafayette | LA |
| William E. Ackerman III, MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Jennifer Anderson , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Appathurai Balamurugan , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Jared C. Beavers , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Toni Block , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Jennings R. Boyette , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Kristen N. Brandon , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Michael Cassat , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| James G. Crosland , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Guillermo A. Escobar , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Alison Gizinski , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Freij Gobal , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Irol Torin Gray , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| David E. Rainosek , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| William Rolston IV, MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Louis Sanders , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Christopher Man Stewart , MD | Little Rock | AR |
| Julia Nicholson , MD | Monticello | AR |
| Adegbenga Ademu Olayemi , MD | Rogers | AR |
| Chad L. Sherwood , MD | Searcy | AR |
| Michael Butler , MD | Siloam Springs | AR |
| Angela A. Fangmeier , MD | Siloam Springs | AR |
| Amy Leann Schochler , DO | Siloam Springs | AR |
| Ranga Balasekaran , MD | Springdale | AR |
| Paul F. Whipple , DO | Star City | AR |
| Christian Allen Sell , MD | Texarkana | TX |
| Callie Barnwell , MD | West Memphis | AR |
| Ayesha S. Shah , MD | West Memphis | AR |