Faculty

Roland Njoh, M.D.
Program Director

Dr. Roland Njoh has served as an Interventional Cardiologist with Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center since 2018 and has been a Core Faculty member for the Internal Medicine Residency Program since 2021. In July 2023, Dr. Njoh accepted the position of Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine program. Prior to coming to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Dr. Njoh completed a Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology fellowship in Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.

Mohanad Alfaqih, M.D.
Associate Program Director

Dr. Mohanad Alfaqih has served as Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Associate Program Director since July 2026. Dr. Alfaqih has been a Pulmonology/Critical Care physician at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center since 2016.

Syed Anees, M.D.
Core Faculty (Internal Medicine)

Dr. Syed Anees completed his internal medicine residency at St. Vincent hospital in Indianapolis where he was awarded Resident of The Year two years in a row. He is now a hospitalist at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center where he is also completing his fellowship in Administrative Medicine.

Lance Majors, M.D.
Core Faculty (Emergency Medicine)

Dr. Lance Majors completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center where he also served as the Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Majors has served as a Core Faculty member for Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Program since January 1, 2024.

Anil Nadipelli, M.D.
Core Faculty (Emergency Medicine)

Dr. Nadipelli has been employed as an Emergency Medicine physician with Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center since 2016 where he spent two years as the Medical Director.

Matthew Riffle, M.D.
Core Faculty (Internal Medicine)

Dr. Matthew Riffle has served as Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Program Director since 2021 when the program received initial ACGME accreditation. Dr. Riffle, a St. Louis native, graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine and has been a resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri and served as an Internal Medicine physician here since 1988.

Ahmad Sheikh, MBBS – Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Subspecialty Education Coordinator

Victor Lawrenko, M.D. – Gastroenterology
Subspecialty Education Coordinator

Charles Lavalle, M.D. – Infectious Diseases
Subspecialty Education Coordinator

Raghuveer Kura, M.D. – Nephrology
Subspecialty Education Coordinator

Amjad Roumany, M.D. – Rheumatology
Subspecialty Education Coordinator

Donald Piland, M.D. – Geriatric Medicine
Teaching Faculty

Stephen Nagy, M.D. – Geriatric Medicine
Teaching Faculty