Interventional Pulmonologist Nikhil Meena, M.D., Joins UAMS
| LITTLE ROCK – Nikhil Meena, M.D., a fellowship-trained interventional pulmonologist has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He sees patients with lung cancer and other pulmonary conditions in the seventh floor clinics of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
He also is an assistant professor in the UAMS Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care in the UAMS College of Medicine.
Meena earned his medical degree and completed his internship at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at UAMS, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine.
His honors include Surgery Intern of the Year at AIIMS; UAMS Chairman’s Scholars Program in Pediatrics; Internal Medicine/Pediatrics chief resident; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine chief fellow; and fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. Meena holds memberships in the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Physicians.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###