Top Doctor Awards & Statewide Recognition

Below you’ll find the awards that prove why patients choose our clinic year after year.

AY’s Best

2026 Winner of AY’s Best of  – Best Specialty Clinic

2025 Best of the Best

  • Winner – Best Orthopedic Group – OrthoArkansas
  • Winner – Sports Medicine Clinic – OrthoArkansas
  • Nominee – Best Pain Center
  • Nominee – Best Doctor-Owned Hospital
  • Nominee – Best Hand Surgeon – Brian Norton, MD
2025 AY Best Healthcare Professionals
  • Hand Surgery: Jeanine Andersson, MD
  • Foot & Ankle: Troy Ardoin, MD
  • Hand Surgeon: Matthew Burn, MD
  • Hand Surgeon: . Kirk Grynwald, MD
  • Hand Surgeon: Brian Norton, MD
  • Hand Surgeon: Richard Wirges, MD
  • Nonsurgical Interventional Pain Management: Drew Beasley, MD
  • Nonsurgical Interventional Pain Management: Gunter Cain, MD
  • Nonsurgical Interventional Pain Management: Gary Frankowski, MD
  • Nonsurgical Interventional Pain Management: Stephen Paulus, MD
  • Nonsurgical Interventional Pain Management: Brent Walker, MD
  • Nurse Practitioner: Rebekah Young, APRN
  • Orthopedics: Victor Vargas, MD
  • Physician Assistant: Kristen Wagner, PA-C
  • Physician Assistant: Maggie Brown, PA-C
  • Sports Medicine: Ethan Schock, MD
  • Sports Medicine: Jonathan Wyatt, MD

2024

  • Nominee – Best Orthopedic Group – OrthoArkansas
  • Nominee – Best Sports Medicine Clinic – OrthoArkansas

2023

  • Nominee – Best Foot & Ankle Surgeon – Troy Ardoin, MD

2022

  • Nominee – Best Doctor-Owned Hospital/Facility – OrthoArkansas
  • Nominee – Best Hand Surgery – Jeanine Andersson, MD
  • Nominee – Best Sports Medicine Clinic – OrthoArkansas
  • Nominee – Best Upper Extremity Surgeon – Richard Wirges, MD

2021

  • Nominee – Best Doctor-Owned Hospital/Facility – OrthoArkansas
  • Nominee – Best Orthopedic Group – OrthoArkansas
  • Winner – Best Sports Medicine Clinic – OrthoArkansas

2019

  • Winner – Best Sports Medicine Clinic – OrthoArkansas

2024

  • Best Orthopedic Surgeon – Kirk Reynolds, MD
  • Best Urgent Care – OrthoArkansas Urgent Care
  • Best Physical Therapy Center – OrthoArkansas Physical Therapy
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2025

  • Hand Surgery: Jeanine Andersson, MD
  • Hand Surgery: Richard Wirges, MD
  • Hand Surgery: Brian Norton, MD
  • Hand Surgery: David Black
  • Anesthesiology: Jacob Lewis, MD
  • Orthopedic Surgery: Eric Gordon, MD
  • Orthopedic Surgery: Gordon Newbern, MD
  • Orthopedic Surgery: Michael Hussey, MD
  • Orthopedics: Kirk Reynolds, MD
  • Orthopedics: P. Allan Smith, MD
  • Orthopedics: Troy Ardoin, MD
  • Pain Management: Drew Beasley, MD
  • Pain Management: Brent Walker, MD
  • Pain Management: Gary Frankowski, MD
  • Pain Management: Gunter Cain, MD
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Stephen Paulus, MD
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Rodrigo Cayme, MD
  •  Spine Surgery: Ikemefuna Onyekwelu, MD
  • Spine Surgery: Jason Smith, MD
  • Spine Surgery: Justin Seale, MD
  • Sports Medicine: Jonathan Wyatt, MD

2024

  • Hand Surgery: Jeanine Andersson MD · Brian Norton MD · Richard Wirges MD
  • Orthopedic Surgery: Eric Gordon MD · Michael Hussey MD · Gordon Newbern MD · Kirk Reynolds MD · Jonathan Wyatt MD
  • Orthopedics: Victor Vargas MD
  • Pain Management: Gary Frankowski MD · Brent Walker MD
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Rodrigo Cayme MD
  • Spine Surgery: Ikemefuna Onyekwelu MD · Richard Peek MD · Justin Seale MD
  • Sports Medicine: Ethan Schock MD

2025

  • Winner- Best Sports Medicine Clinic
  • Winner- Best Pain Specialist- Brent Walker, MD
  • Top 5- Best Orthopedic Surgeon- Troy Ardoin
  • Top 5- Best Orthopedic Surgeon- Tad Pruitt, MD
  • Top 5- Best Orthopedic Surgeon- Ethan Schock, MD

2025

  • Future Icons- Drew Beasley, MD
  • Future Icons- Derrick Henry, MD
  • Most Admired Companies- OrthoArkansas
  • Champions of Health Care- Physician Assistant- Maggie Brown, PA-C
2024
  • Champions of Health Care- Nurse Practitioner- Rebekah Young, APRN
2022
  • Champions of Health Care- Health Care Clinics- OrthoArkansas
2021
  • Champions of Health Care- Physician Assistant- Trent Tappan, PA-C
2020
  • Champions of Health Care- Physician- Gordon Newbern, MD
  • Champions of Health Care- Physician Assistant- Trent Tappan, PA-C