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Family Medicine Physician and Associate Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Fayetteville, AR, United States
Sheldon Riklon, MD, is a native Marshallese family physician, born and raised in the Marshall Islands. He is one of only two Marshallese in the world who has completed medical school and residency training from US accredited programs. Dr. Riklon is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and is also a co-investigator in the UAMS Office of Community Health and Research/Center for Pacific Islander Health, at UAMS Northwest Campus (UAMS-NW). He is the inaugural recipient of the Peter O. Kohler, M.D., Endowed Chair in Health Disparities, at UAMS-NW. He also serves as a primary care physician at Community Clinic in Springdale, Arkansas, that serves a large patient population of Marshallese and underserved populations in Northwest Arkansas. His background and experience as a Marshallese migrant, along with 20+ years of experience as a primary care physician treating Marshallese patients in the Pacific and the United States, and advocating for Pacific Islanders, provides a unique and robust perspective on the Pacific Islander culture in Western Society.
Dr. Riklon’s research encompasses culturally competent health research, health care services, and palliative care for indigenous Pacific Islanders. He has also worked toward creating health equity for Pacific Islanders living in the US. Ongoing research with UAMS includes increasing patient centered research with underrepresented Pacific Islander populations, a family model of diabetes self- management education to reduce disparities, and increasing the access the Marshallese community have to healthy food options and culturally competent health care services.
Dr. Riklon continues to be actively involved among the Marshallese and other Micronesian populations in Arkansas and Hawaii, as one of the founding members of the Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition (MHAC), which is comprised of Micronesian professionals with a health equity focus. He is also an active member of the Compact of Free Association (COFA) Community Leadership and Advocacy Nework, and a board member of the National Council of Asian & Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP), and the Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum (APIAHF) as well. Dr. Riklon also serves on the Marshallese COVID-19 Task Force in Arkansas.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US ET
Thursday, October 20, 2022
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET