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Sam Dalvi, M.D.
Sam Dalvi, M.D., Joins UAMS as Director of Rheumatology and Immunology
| LITTLE ROCK — Sam Dalvi, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Internal Medicine as a professor and director of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology.
Dalvi joins UAMS from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, where he was an associate professor.
“Dr. Dalvi is a superb clinician and educator, and was recruited to rebuild our rheumatology training program,” said Edward Yeh, M.D., department chair. “He will also expand the scope of clinical services at UAMS and introduce new clinical trials for patients with autoimmune diseases.”
Dalvi is board-certified in rheumatology and internal medicine, and specializes in arthritic diseases, including osteoarthritis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. He is accepting new patients.
He obtained his medical degree in 2005 from UAB, where he also completed his internal medicine residency in 2008.
After his residency, Dalvi continued his training with a rheumatology fellowship at New York University, Hospital for Joint Diseases. He then worked as an assistant professor at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, before returning to UAB in 2018.
Dalvi is a two-time Castle Connolly Top Doctor, a designation reserved for the top 7% of all practicing physicians after they are peer-nominated and vetted by a physician-led research team.
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.
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