Discipline
Collegiate Track & Field
Competing on a full athletic scholarship in the throwing events built discipline, resilience, and respect for long-term goals.
About Dr. Porsha Butler
A physician shaped by more than medicine.
Board-certified pediatrician. Practicing neonatologist. Former collegiate athlete. Former math and science teacher. Educator at heart.
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Meet Dr. Butler
Clinical expertise with a teacher’s instinct.
Dr. Porsha Butler is a board-certified pediatrician and practicing neonatologist caring for premature and critically ill newborns in the NICU. Her clinical work is grounded in high-acuity newborn medicine, collaboration, and family-centered communication.
She is equally passionate about health literacy: giving families enough context to understand what is happening, ask useful questions, and feel included in the care of their baby. That commitment is one of the foundations of PorshaMD.
The Road Here
Not a straight line.
A meaningful one.
Before the NICU came athletics, teaching, persistence, medical school, pediatrics, and fellowship. Each chapter left something behind that still shows up in how Dr. Butler works today.
Communication
Math & Science Teacher
Teaching strengthened the ability to break down difficult concepts without talking down to the person learning them.
Foundation
Morehouse School of Medicine
Medical training deepened a commitment to service, representation, and meeting people where they are.
Specialty
Pediatrics
Pediatrics became the clinical foundation for caring for children while partnering closely with families.
Subspecialty
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Fellowship at UAMS and Arkansas Children’s Hospital focused that path on premature and critically ill newborns.
Practice
Neonatologist in Arkansas
Today, medicine, education, research, communication, and family support meet at the bedside.
What Shapes the Work
Credentials matter.
So does how people feel in the room.
01
Health Literacy
Accurate information does not need to be unnecessarily difficult to understand.
02
Family Partnership
Parents deserve context, clarity, and room to ask questions about their baby’s care.
03
Education
Teaching remains part of the work, whether the learner is a family, student, resident, fellow, or colleague.
04
Representation
Healthcare works better when people feel seen, respected, and included in the conversation.
Professional foundation
Training & Practice
Medical SchoolMorehouse School of Medicine
Primary SpecialtyPediatrics
Board StatusBoard-Certified Pediatrician
FellowshipNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Fellowship InstitutionsUAMS & Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Current PracticeNeonatology in Arkansas
Beyond Medicine
The white coat is not the whole story.
Outside the hospital, Dr. Butler enjoys traveling, working out, gaming, trying good food, and spending time with family. As a former athlete, she is also reconnecting with fitness and intentionally prioritizing her own health and wellness.
PorshaMD exists so those parts of life can sit beside medicine instead of being hidden behind it.
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