Bhattacharyya Joins Unity (Movers & Shakers)

Dr. Panna Bhattacharyya, a neurologist, has joined Unity Health at Searcy.

Bhattacharyya specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system and related blood vessels.

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Dr. Patrick Paullus, a neurosurgeon, has joined CHI St. Vincent Neurosurgery Clinic in Hot Springs.

He is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and completed a residency in neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in Shreveport and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

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Drs. Jordan Gross, Adrienne Koder, Lauren Poindexter, Justin Rabinowitz and Scott Schoenleber have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

The fellowship-trained physicians will be part of a network of orthopedic and sports medicine providers in central and northwest Arkansas.

Gross, trained at Boston University School of Medicine and New York Medical College, specializes in complex deformities of the spine. He will practice at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock and Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale.

Koder, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, has joined Arkansas Children’s Northwest. She earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine and obtained additional training at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian.

Poindexter, a primary care sports medicine physician, has joined the UAMS Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine practice in Fayetteville and Lowell. She also sees patients at Arkansas Children’s Northwest in Springdale. Poindexter received her medical degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke and completed an internship in general surgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center in Phoenix and a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at UAMS.

Rabinowitz earned his medical degree from Rush University Medical College in Chicago with additional training at the Medical University of South Carolina and Washington University in St. Louis. He specializes in disorders of the shoulder and elbow and sees patients at UAMS’ Orthopaedic Clinic in Little Rock and at the UAMS Baptist Health Orthopaedic Clinic in Conway.

Schoenleber is a board-certified pediatric orthopedic surgeon specializing in limb lengthening and complex lower extremity deformity correction at Arkansas Children’s and Arkansas Children’s Northwest. Schoenleber received his medical degree from the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, and completed additional training at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and Nemours Children’s Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. Before joining UAMS, Schoenleber practiced at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami.

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Drs. Nureddin Almaddah, Mark Hardin, Michael Loguidice and Oscar Talledo have joined Arkansas Heart Hospital.

Almaddah, an interventional cardiologist, sees patients at the main campus in Little Rock and at clinics in Crossett and El Dorado. He is a graduate of the University of Zawia Faculty of Medicine in Libya and holds a master’s in interventional cardiology from the National University of Ireland. He was chief resident at Massachusetts General Brigham Salem Hospital.

Hardin, a cardiothoracic surgeon and former general surgeon for the U.S. Army, is a graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and completed additional training at San Antonio Military Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He practices at the main campus in Little Rock.

Loguidice, an electrophysiologist, treats heart rhythm disorders at the main campus and at the Conway Cardiac Center. He is a graduate of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, with additional training at the University of Virginia Medical Center and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Talledo sees bariatric surgery patients at Encore Medical Center in Saline County. He earned his medical degree at the Universidad de San Martin de Porres in Peru, followed by surgical training at Duke University Hospital, the University of Oklahoma Health & Science Center and the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.

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