Faculty

Matthew Riffle, M.D.
Program Director (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.

Roland Njoh, M.D.
Associate Program Director (Cardiovascular Diseases)

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.
Core Faculty (Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine)

Dr. Mohanad Alfaqih has been a Core Faculty member for Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center’s Internal Medicine Residency Program since 2021. 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.

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

Dr. Anil Nadipelli joined the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program as a Core Faculty member in April of 2020 and has over 10-years’ experience as a residency faculty.

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