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Vascular Neurologist Abhilash Thatikala, M.D., Joins UAMS
By Linda Satter
Aug. 10, 2026
| LITTLE ROCK — Vascular neurologist Abhilash Thatikala, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where he mostly treats stroke patients
Thatikala received an undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery in 2011 from Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India, then stayed at the college to complete his medical degree in 2016, followed by an internal medicine residency
During a neurology fellowship at Osmania Medical College, he moved to the United States for further training. He completed his neurology residency in 2025 at UAMS, serving as chief resident during his final year. Thatikala then completed a fellowship in vascular neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis before returning to UAMS, where he is an assistant professor in the College of Medicine Department of Neurology
“Dr. Thatikala impressed us during his residency here at UAMS, and we are thrilled to welcome him back, where his expertise and his enthusiasm for multidisciplinary approaches to healthcare will benefit many patients,” said Rohit Dhall, M.D., chair of the UAMS Department of Neurology
Thatikala sees patients at the UAMS Health Neurology Clinic, located in the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on the main UAMS campus. He is accepting new patients by referral
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