JONESBORO – St. Bernards has welcomed three physicians to its staff – a cardiologist, an OB/GYN and a radiation oncologist.

Ahmed S. Ahmed, MD, has joined physicians at St. Bernards Heart & Vascular as an interventional cardiologist.

He earned a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree from Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum in Khartoum, Sedan, before coming to the United States for advanced medical training.

Ahmed comes to Heart & Vascular having completed an interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Connecticut, Hartford Hospital. Before that, he completed a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine – Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute.

He also completed an internal medicine residency program at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

He has published peer-reviewed articles in professional journals and holds membership in a number of professional organizations, including the American College of Cardiology, the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, the Society of Vascular Ultrasound and the American College of Physicians.

He and his wife, Hadia, have an 11-month-old son, Salah.P

Andrew Dunham, MD, has joined physicians at St. Bernards OB-GYN Associates. 

He earned his MD from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and has completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at St. Louis University Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health. 

He holds an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from Lyon College in Batesville. 

He and his wife, the former Cari Trevathan, are originally from Jonesboro. They have two young children, 3-year-old Eli and 1-year-old Sam.

Christian Okoye, MD, has joined physicians at the Ben E. Owens Cancer Treatment Center at St. Bernards as a radiation oncologist.

He earned his MD from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and has completed a residency in radiation oncology at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The holder of an electrical engineering degree from the University of California, Davis, also completed a preliminary internship in internal medicine at the University of Maryland.

He serves on committees for the American Society for Radiation Oncology and has authored a number of peer-reviewed articles as well as book chapters. 

Born to Nigerian parents, Okoye grew up in Northern California and is the oldest of three children. He says he became a radiation oncologist because of the unique combination of quality patient interactions, the ability to work during a critical juncture in the patient’s experience and the technical aspects of radiation therapy and its delivery.

Professionally, he is particularly interested in stereotactic radiotherapy, head and neck cancer and central nervous system tumors.

Personally, he enjoys spending time with family and friends, music, participating in sports such as basketball and tennis and watching football. His younger brother has played professional basketball in Europe and South America, and his sister is a biomedical engineer.