There are 18 physician-owned infectious disease practices in Arkansas, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Before you accept a hospital offer in Arkansas, see how many physician-owned infectious disease groups already exist. The answer is 23, and it changes everything you can ask for in negotiation.
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Most infectious disease physicians sign their first contract without knowing how many other groups exist within driving distance. This is the single largest source of leverage you give away in your career, and you give it away because nobody told you the information was out there. The Real Contract course walks you through every clause that matters.
Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
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Conway, AR
Located in Conway, Arkansas, Conway Regional Infectious Disease Clinic offers infectious disease care outside of hospital system employment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
525 Western Ave Suite 301, Conway, AR 72034
Conway, AR
Mary Burgess, MD, is an Infectious Disease specialist at the Conway Regional Infectious Disease Center. She is accepting new patients. To learn more, call 501-513-5295.
525 Western Ave Suite 301, Conway, AR 72034
Fayetteville, AR
Hennigan MD, Stephen provides infectious disease services from a privately held practice in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Additional capabilities include primary care. Call the practice directly to ask about current physician openings or partnership opportunities.
4038 N, Remington Dr #4, Fayetteville, AR 72703
Fayetteville, AR
Patients in Fayetteville, Arkansas can receive infectious disease care at Infectious Disease Specialists Of Northwest Arkansas, a private medical practice. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
4038 Remington Dr, Fayetteville, AR 72703
Fayetteville, AR
Located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Steve Hennigan delivers infectious disease care through an independently managed medical practice. Reach out by phone for information about joining this practice.
4038 N, 4038 Remington Dr #4, Fayetteville, AR 72703
Fort Smith, AR
Offering infectious disease services in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fernando Javier Calero Baquerizo, MD operates outside of hospital employment. Services extend to internal medicine. Reach out by phone for information about joining this practice.
7800 Dallas St, Fort Smith, AR 72903
Fort Smith, AR
Raed N. Khairy maintains a private infectious disease practice in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
1001 Towson Ave #200, Fort Smith, AR 72901
Jonesboro, AR
Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Cole Wood, MD delivers infectious disease care through an independently managed medical practice. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
300 Carson St Ste A, Jonesboro, AR 72401
Jonesboro, AR
John Norwood, MD operates a physician-owned infectious disease practice in Jonesboro, Arkansas, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Beyond infectious disease, the office offers internal medicine. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
300 Carson St Ste A, Jonesboro, AR 72401
Jonesboro, AR
Steven Stroud, MD provides infectious disease services from a privately held practice in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
4802 E Johnson Ave, Jonesboro, AR 72401
Little Rock, AR
Amanda Novack, MD provides infectious disease services from a privately held practice in Little Rock, Arkansas. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
9600 Baptist Health Dr #260, Little Rock, AR 72205
Little Rock, AR
Infectious disease physician with Infectious Disease Resource Group covering Baptist Health Medical Center, Arkansas Heart Hospital, and CHI St Vincent in Little Rock, AR
1 St Vincent Cir # 160, Little Rock, AR 72205
Little Rock, AR
Offering infectious disease services in Little Rock, Arkansas, Lindley Dwight A MD operates outside of hospital employment. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
1 St Vincent Cir Suite 160, Little Rock, AR 72205
Little Rock, AR
Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, Romero Jose R MD delivers infectious disease care through an independently managed medical practice. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
1 Children's Way, Little Rock, AR 72202
North Little Rock, AR
Atul Kothari, MD provides infectious disease services from a privately held practice in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
3201 Springhill Dr Suite 350, North Little Rock, AR 72117
North Little Rock, AR
Greg Zawada MD provides infectious disease services from a privately held practice in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Additional capabilities include internal medicine. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
3401 Springhill Dr Suite 240, North Little Rock, AR 72117
North Little Rock, AR
Offering infectious disease services in North Little Rock, Arkansas, Maxine C. Seales-Kasangana, MD, FIDSA operates outside of hospital employment. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
3201 Springhill Dr Suite 350, North Little Rock, AR 72117
Searcy, AR
A solo infectious disease practitioner in Searcy, Arkansas, Courtney Hicks provides care under an independent practice model. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
2900 Hawkins Dr, Searcy, AR 72143
Then training ends and the page goes blank. The first contract lands in your inbox with terms you have never seen, written by people who do this for a living against someone who has done it exactly never.
Nobody is telling you what other infectious disease practices exist in Arkansas, what the contract really says, or which lawyer to call. The senior people in your program signed without reading because they had no guide either. This directory is the first page of the map.
There are 23 physician-owned infectious disease practices in Arkansas, spread across 7 cities. I pulled every one of them from the NPPES NPI Registry, which is the federal database that CMS maintains for active providers. Then I filtered out anything that isn't independently operated. Hospital-employed positions, academic faculty roles, locum agencies, government clinics, they're all excluded. What's left is a clean list of practices where physicians hold actual ownership and make their own clinical decisions.
The reason this matters is that job boards don't distinguish between an independent infectious disease practice and a corporate medical group. They list them side by side, identical formatting, identical apply buttons. But the compensation model, the call schedule, the equity path, and the long-term upside are completely different depending on who owns the practice. This page separates the two. You can work through the list, contact practices directly, and skip the recruiter entirely.
Arkansas's physician-owned infectious disease directory lists 18 practice locations across 7 cities.
None of the infectious disease practices listed in Arkansas carry a PE-Backed or Corporate-Acquired flag. All listings in this directory are physician-owned independent practices verified through NPPES.
Practices span 7 cities including Conway, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, and Jonesboro.
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Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 18 physician-owned infectious disease private practices in Arkansas, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
Arkansas's only physician-owned infectious disease practice in this directory is Infectious Disease Consultants of Arkansas in Little Rock.
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
Private ID practices in Arkansas with strong outpatient models often combine: HIV primary care (with Ryan White Title III grant funding where applicable, which supports the practice financially for uninsured patients), travel medicine (yellow fever vaccination, malaria prophylaxis, pre-travel consultations, largely cash-pay), and outpatient antibiotic infusion therapy (OPAT) for patients completing IV antibiotic courses at home or in the office. These outpatient revenue streams reduce dependence on hospital inpatient admissions volume.
| Physician-Owned | Hospital-Employed | Corporate / PE-Backed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who controls the practice | Physicians | Health system | Non-physician entity |
| Non-compete scope | Narrower, negotiable | Broad | Very broad |
| Partnership / buy-in path | Common | Rare | Rare |
| Call schedule flexibility | Higher | Variable | Lower |
| Productivity bonus upside | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Included in this directory | Yes | No | Flagged |
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: .
Built by a physician who just walked this path. Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA.
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