eDocAmerica Medical Team

Anita Bennett, MD

Dr. Anita Bennett is in private practice at The Family Clinic in Little Rock, AR. She received her undergraduate degree from UCA in Conway, AR. She graduated medical school in 1989 at University Arkansas for Medical Sciences, then completed residency training in Family Medicine at UAMS Department of Family and Community Medicine in 1992.

Dr. Bennett is a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice. After completing residency, Dr. Bennett served in a federally funded Community Health Center clinic in Hazen, AR for 5 years prior to entering private practice in Little Rock.

Libbi Calloway RD, LD

Libbi Calloway RD,LD received her BS from Mississippi State University and completed her dietetic internship from UAMS. In December 2010, she will complete her Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Alabama. Libbi is registered and licensed in the state of Arkansas.

Libbi works at Arkansas Children’s Hospital where she specializes in inpatient and outpatient care of high risk term and preterm infants. She also enjoys doing research with preterm infants post-discharge from the NICU.

Lois Coulter, Pharm.D., BCPS

Dr. Coulter is a graduate from Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy in 1990 with a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. She completed an Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Residency at Wm. S. Middleton Veteran’s Hospital/University of Wisconsin University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin in June 1991. She was a faculty member, and associate professor, of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest Arkansas Family Practice Residency Program and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy from July 1991 to Jan 2005.

She joined Washington Regional Medical Center’s Clinical Pharmacy Department in February of 2005 and is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Richard Henry, MD

Dr. Richard Henry is in private practice at Eye-Care Surgical Associates in North Little Rock, AR. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1970. He attended the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and graduated with Medical Degree in 1974.

After completing an internship at St.John’s Hospital in Tulsa, OK he did his residency training in ophthalmology at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Cincinnati, OH. He completed his residency in 1979. He was board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1980 and has been a member in good standing with the American Academy of Ophthalmology since 1980. He has practiced comprehensive ophthalmology in private practice since 1980.

Jose E. Rodriguez, MD

Dr. Rodriguez is a board certified Family Physician and associate professor of Family Medicine and Rural Health.He is also co-director of the Center for Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine at the Florida State University College of Medicine. His main areas of interest are Minority (especially Latino) health and preparation of the next generation of physicians to care for them.

Steven Strode, MD

Dr. Strode is also a board certified family physician with 20+ years of experience in practice. Dr. Strode has served as acting chair of the Department of Family Medicine at UAMS and has also served as the president of the Arkansas Academy of Family Physicians.

He is currently Director of the UAMS Telemedicine Program and Medical Director of the UAMS Rural Hospital Program. Dr. Strode shares eDocAmerica coverage responsibilities with Dr. Smith.

Robert L. Tramel, DDS, PLLC

Dr. Tramel is married and resides in Little Rock, AR. For 26 years he has maintained a private practice in Family Dentistry in Little Rock where the primary focuses of his practice are preventive dentistry, patient education, aesthetics, and implant restoration.

Dr. Tramel received a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Mississippi in 1977 and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in 1982.

Dr. Tramel’s passions include friends, church, travel, reading, flying and medical brigade trips to service the poor in the country of Honduras.

Valerie Hines, MD Pediatrics

Dr Valerie Hines has lived in Chicago since her Pediatric Residency at the University of Illinois in 2005. She was born in Florida and has lived in Belgium and Argentina. She now lives in Chicago with her husband and 3 kids. Enjoys being with her family, working with kids and travelling.

Dr Hines works in a group/hospital based practice in Chicago, is on staff at Ann & Robert H Luries Children’s Hospital and Presence St Joseph Hospital. Works also with students form Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwesten University and Loyola University, enjoys very much teaching in a clinical setting. She is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and also certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support. She has served on many hospital committees, and is the Medical Director for the outpatient pediatric clinic.

Ananth Ranganathan, MD OBGYN

Dr. Ananth Ranganathan grew up in Little Rock, AR. He completed his OBGYN residency in 2015 and joined the Arkansas Women’s Center in June 2019.

Dr. Ranganathan and his wife, Amber, have two sons–Cruz and Nash. When he is not at work, he enjoys date nights with his wife, chasing after his sons, running, playing tennis, and spending time with extended family.

Specialty – Obstetrics and Gynecology, Board Certified

Amber Smith RN, MNSc

Amber grew up in Little Rock, AR. She completed her BSN in 2003 and worked in various parts of the country as a registered nurse for 12 years. In 2015 she finished her Masters in Nursing, specializing in Women’s Health. She practiced for four years as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health and in 2019, she decided to leave her position in Women’s Health to start a Direct Primary Care Practice in Little Rock. Amber remains in the Direct Primary Care Practice as the Administrator and Clinical nurse overseeing all operations of the practice.

Amber and her husband, Dr. Ananth Ranganathan, have two sons–Cruz and Nash. When she is not at work, she enjoys traveling, cooking, walking and being outdoors, playing tennis, listening to music and podcasts, musical theater, and being with her husband and children.