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Youmin Wu MD Dr. Wu came to UAMS in 2004 from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, where he was an associate professor of surgery, chairman of the division of transplant surgery and director of transplant research and the transplant fellowship program. He earned his medical degree and completed a surgical residency at Nanjing Medical University in China in 1986. He served a transplant fellowship and a transplant clinical fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh from 1987-1993. During his extensive time as a transplant surgeon he developed a technique for transplantation called Cavaplasty which reduces OR time for the patient and greatly reduces the risk of intra operative bleeding. He holds several world records for patient survival including the youngest patient to be transplanted- 19 days old and the oldest longest living recipient. Wael Refai MD Dr. Wael Refai received his medical degree in 1991 from Aleppo University in Aleppo, Syria. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and a Fellowship in Clinical Nutrition at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. In June 2004, Dr. Refai completed a fellowship in Hepatology/Transplant Medicine at the Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, Baptist INTEGRIS Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK, where he continued to practice as a staff physician in the Hepatology/Transplant Critical Care until he joined the liver transplant program at UAMS in 2005. Sue Belcher RN Sue obtained her Registered General Nursing Certification in the UK in 1985. After working with adults in the ICU and medical surgical setting for two years she relocated to the USA to work at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. During the 16 years she spent at ACH she was involved in many roles from bedside RN to PICU Nursing Manager. She spent some time working in the hospitals Emergency Room and more recently spent two years as a Dialysis Nurse dealing with Hemofiltration, Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis. Sue worked for 12 years as one of the hospital’s Organ Recovery Coordinators. Sue has been with UAMS in the Liver Transplant Coordinator role since October 2004.
Gary Barone MD Dr. Barone graduated in 1981 with his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine. He completed a general surgical residency at the University of Virginia in 1987 and a vascular residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1989. He then went on to complete a transplantation residency at Ohio State University in 1991. He is board certified in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He has been at UAMS since 1991. Anesthesia Team
Jehad Albataineh, MD
Sumeet Goswami, MD
Eugenio Sabalvoro, MD Blood Bank
Krishna Oza, MD Cardiology
J. L. Mehta, MD, PhD Georges Chahoud, MD Financial Coordination Karie Denice Roberts, RMA Karie Denice received her General Education degree from Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, FL in 1990 and her Registered Medical Assistant registry in 2003 from Eastern College of Health Vocations in Little Rock, AR. She is registered with the American Medical Technologists and is a member of the Transplant Financial Coordinators Association. Karie Denice has worked in the medical field for the past 7 years in different capacities, including assistant management. She has been with UAMS since July 2004. Gastroenterology
Vivek Raj, MD, MRCP
Arshad Malik, MD Infectious Disease
Anupama Menon, MD, MPH Dr. Menon received her Bachelors degree from Tulane University in 1994 and her MD from Louisiana State University in 1998. Dr. Menon also has a Masters in Public Health from Tulane University, which she received in 2003. She received post graduate training from the Medical College of Virginia and Tulane University. Dr. Menon is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. She has been with UAMS since August 2003. ICU
Muhammad Jaffar, MD Nephrology
Sameh Abul-Ezz MD Dr. Abul-Ezz graduated in 1975 with his medical degree from Alexandria University in Egypt. He completed his residency at Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals, New Orleans, Louisiana. He continued his education with the completion of a Nephrology fellowship at Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals and a Transplant Nephrology fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He started work as a Transplant Nephrologist at UAMS in 1994.
Jayant Kumar MD Dr. Kumar earned his degree at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India in 1991. He completed his residencies at SUNY at Stony Brook in 1993 and Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1994-95. He then completed a fellowship in Internal Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center in 2001. Dr. Kumar has been at UAMS since 2001 and is an Assistant Professor. Oncology
Rangaswamy Govindarajan, MD Pathology
Laura Lamps, MD Dr. Lamps received her Bachelors degree from Davidson College in 1988, and her MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1992. She completed her residency and fellowship at Vanderbilt, and began her professional career there before coming to UAMS in 1998. She is board certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology. Areas of interest include infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, and molecular diagnosis of infectious disease. Psychiatry Dan-Vy Mui MD Dr. Mui received her Bachelors degree from Tulane University in 1994 and her MD from Washington University School of Medicine in 1999. She did her clinical training at Washington University and UAMS. Dr. Mui is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Mui has been with UAMS since 2004. Mohit Chopra, MD Dr. Chopra received his training in psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in India before coming to the United States. He did his residency training at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA. After completing his residency in 2003, he completed an inter-disciplinary fellowship in Geriatric Psychiatry, also at the University of Pennsylvania, before coming to UAMS. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry and the American Medical Association. Dr. Chopra has an interest in the medically co-morbid psychiatrically ill population. Radiology
Sanjaya Viswamitra, MD
Hemendra Shah, MD Social Work Laura Danley MSW Laura received her Bachelors degree in 1991 from Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego, CA and her Masters in Social Work from San Diego State University in 1994. She completed her social work internship in May 1994 and has since worked as a Medical Social Worker. Laura also owns and manages her own business. She has been with UAMS since January 2005.
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