Dr. Ronnie G. Smalling's Credentials

Accepting New Patients

Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients

Biography

Dr. Ronnie G Smalling is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1986 where he also completed his residency in 1989. His medical training continued when he accepted one of the four seats offered in the Cardiovascular Fellowship at LA County Hospital. There, Dr. Smalling trained under Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the University of Southern California Medical Center headed by professor Dr. Shahbudin Rahimtoola, who is the distinguished ACC recipient of a lifetime achievement award in 2013, in the company of only four other recipients ever to receive the ACC award. Dr. Rahimtoola known as "the world's cardiologist" and Dr. Smalling cites his successes over the past two decades has been tied to the physician who equipped him to excel in his expertise. Dr. Smalling furthered his cardiology specialty by dedicating himself to an additional fellowship year specializing in Interventional Cardiology at The Heart Institute at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, OR. Upon graduating, he moved his family of four to Springfield, MO and enjoyed a thriving Interventional Cardiology practice there for ten years. Besides his successes at St. John's Regional Health Center, he served as Medical Director for Hammons Heart Institute while also becoming known as a "Top Doc" in Cardiovascular Disease by "417 Magazine." Smalling was the author for several clinical Interventional Cardiology research trials and while developing patented devices and leading many educational speaking engagements. His patient successes led to Mercy St. John's recruiting Dr. Smalling to implement a Peripheral Interventional Cardiology for the Cardiology program in Joplin, MO in 2007. He built a thriving practice there and implemented the program to help support local patients from having to travel for their peripheral interventional needs. Along with implementing numerous new technologies to improve patient outcomes at Mercy St. John's.

Languages

• Spanish

Education

• University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine (Grad. 1986)
• Oklahoma University (Grad. 1985)

Areas of Expertise

• Chemical Ablation (Varithena)
• Thermal Ablation- Laser and RF technology
• Non-Thermal Ablation (VenaSeal)
• Chronic Venous Insufficiency Screening
• Cosmetic Aesthetic
• PAD Screening
• Phlebectomy
• Volume Recovery
• Perforater Ablation