Meet Our Doctors
This eleven-member group consists of board certified radiologists with subspecialty training in neuroradiology, interventional radiology, nuclear medicine, CT, ultrasound, MRI, mammography, and musculoskeletal imaging.
Michael P. Hickman, MD
back to topAfter receiving his diploma from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1982, Dr. Hickman completed the course of study for his medical degree at the University of Arkansas Medical Center in 1986. His residency was finished at the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 1990. He then completed a fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology in 1991. After practicing in Kinsport, TN for a short time, Dr. Hickman joined the group in 1992. His professional memberships include the American College of Radiology, the Arkansas State Medical Society, the Garland County Medical Society, the Radiological Society of North America, the Society of Minimally Invasive Therapy, and the Society for Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. Widely recognized for his knowledge in the field of vascular and interventional radiology, he is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at medical seminars.
Mark B. Robbins, MD
back to topDr. Mark B. Robbins is a 1982 graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and received his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1987. Following his time at UAMS, he completed residency programs at St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1991. After completion of a fellowship in neuroradiology at UAMS, he joined Hot Springs Radiology Services in 1993, specializing in neuroradiology and magnetic resonance imaging. Professional memberships include the American College of Radiology, the Arkansas State Medical Society, the Garland County Medical Society, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American Society of Neuroradiology
Stephen P. Penor, MD
back to topDr. Stephen P. Penor is a 1995 graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and received his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1999 and completed his internship at that institution in 2000. He finished his residency at UAMS in 2004. He completed his fellowship in nuclear medicine at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia in 2005 and joined the practice shortly thereafter. Professional memberships include the American College of Radiology, Arkansas State Medical Society, the Arkansas Chapter of the ACR, Radiologic Society of America and the Garland County Medical Society.
James R. McCarley, MD
back to topDr. James R. McCarley is a 2000 Graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He received his medical degree in 2004 from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. McCarley completed his radiology residency in 2009. After completing a vascular and interventional radiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, Dr. McCarley joined Hot Springs Radiology. He is a member of the Society of Interventional Radiology, American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, Arkansas Medical Society and the Garland County Medical Society.
John F. Burda, MD
back to topDr. John F. Burda graduated from Villanova University in Villanova, PA in 1993 and received his medical degree in 2000 from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Following an internal medicine internship at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, CA in 2001, he served as a General Medical Officer for the US Navy. Dr. Burda then returned to complete a diagnostic radiology residency at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2010. After an additional year of interventional radiology fellowship training at Washington University School of Medicine/Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis, MO, he began his time working in private practice. Dr. Burda is board certified by the American Board of Radiology in diagnostic radiology and vascular and interventional radiology. Joining the group in 2016, Dr. Burda holds memberships in the American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology, the Arkansas Medical Society and the Garland County Medical Society.
Steven L. Weiner , MD
back to topDr. Steven Weiner is a 1990 graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN, where he earned his chiropractic degree. He subsequently earned his medical degree at Ross University School of Medicine in 2010. After completing an internship in internal medicine in 2011 at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI, he then completed two years of nuclear medicine residency at the same institution. He completed his diagnostic radiology residency in 2016 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT and his neuroradiology fellowship in 2017 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. He joined the practice in 2017. Dr. Weiner is board-certified in both diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine by the American Board of Radiology and the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, respectively. He holds memberships in the Arkansas Medical Society, Garland County Medical Society, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America, American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of Head & Neck Radiology, and Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.
Vance E. Wise , MD
back to topDr. Vance E. Wise graduated from Texas A&M University in 1997. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas in 2011 and completed his diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 2016. After completing a fellowship in neuroradiology at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, Dr. Wise joined the practice in 2017. He holds memberships in the Arkansas Medical Society, Garland County Medical Society, American Society of Neuroradiology, the American College of Radiology, and the American Roentgen Ray Society.
M. Jack Long, MD
back to topDr. Long is a 1993 graduate of Texas A&M University. He attended medical school at The University of New Mexico and received his medical degree in 1998. He completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2003 and continued to complete a Fellowship in Interventional Radiology in 2004. Dr. Long worked in private practice in Little Rock since his fellowship, and was most recently the Medical Director of The Vein Center. He joined Hot Springs Radiology Services, LTD in 2018 and continues to maintain a special interest in Vein Treatment. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Long continues to maintain certification as a Registered Vascular Technologist. He holds memberships in the Arkansas Medical Society and the Radiological Society of North America.
Soraya Ong, MD
back to topDr. Soraya Ong graduated from Northwestern University in 2000 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She then worked for Kraft Foods as a Design Engineer from 2000-2002, after which she attended medical school at St. George’s University and earned her medical degree in 2007. After completing an internship in General Surgery at Nassau University Medical Center in 2009, she went on to complete a Nuclear Medicine Residency at Loyola University Medical Center in 2012, followed by a Diagnostic Radiology Residency at St. Francis Hospital (both in Illinois) in 2016. She is board certified in both Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology. She completed her training with a Breast Imaging Fellowship at Kettering Medical Center near Dayton, Ohio, and joined the practice in 2018. Dr. Ong holds memberships in the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Society of Breast Imaging, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and the American College of Nuclear Medicine.
D. Lee Stock, MD
back to topDr. Lee Stock is a 2008 graduate of Texas A&M University and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2014. He completed internship and residency at Michigan State University/Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2014-2019. He then completed his fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan in 2020. Professional memberships include the Arkansas State Medical Society, the Garland County Medical Society, American College of Radiology and Radiologic Society of North America.
Marcus M. Brown, MD
back to topDr. Marcus M. Brown is a 2004 graduate of Arkansas State University and received his medical degree from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2009. He completed his radiology residency at UAMS in 2014 and attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill for his abdominal imaging fellowship in 2014-2015. Dr. Brown began working for a private practice group in Oklahoma in 2015 and continued working with them for six years. He joined the group in early 2022 after deciding to return home to Arkansas. Dr. Brown is board certified by the American Board of Radiology and is a member of the American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiologic Society of North America, and Arkansas State Medical Society.
Matthew C. Pope, MD
back to topDr. Matthew C. Pope is a 2012 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University. He received his medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA in 2016 and completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN in 2021. After completing a neuroradiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, he joined the practice in 2022. Professional memberships include the Radiological Society of North America, American Roentgen Ray Society, American College of Radiology, Arkansas State Medical Society, and the Garland County Medical Society.