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Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD

(80 Ratings)

Specializes in: Family Medicine

University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine

2855 E Joyce Boulevard
Fayetteville, AR 72703

(479) 521-7615

Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD is a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR specializing in family medicine. He graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine. Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD is affiliated with University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health.

Office Locations

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health

1125 N. College Avenue Uams Northwest Regional Campus
Fayetteville, AR 72703

(479) 521-8260

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2855 E Joyce Boulevard
Fayetteville, AR 72703

(479) 521-7615

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610 E Emma Avenue Suite C
Springdale, AR 72764

(479) 751-7417

(479) 751-4898

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“Dr. Sheldon Riklon, a professor in the Department of Family & Preventive Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, has been named to the Arkansas Minority Health...”—"UA Little Rock, Cadence Bank & Heartland Forward Announce Promotions (Movers & Shakers)", Arkansas Business, November 2025

“Sheldon Riklon, M.D., is a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and a co-investigator with the UAMS Institute for...”—"Safe summer fun: Protecting yourself from UV rays", Stuttgart Daily Leader, July 2025

“It was contaminated," said Dr. Sheldon Riklon, a medical doctor at the university of Arkansas who is the only Marshallese physician practicing and teaching in the lower 48.”—"After years, Congress restored Marshallese residents' right to Medicaid. How Washington's push to get them signed up is playing out", The Spokesman-Review, January 2023

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2012 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	146
hospital care	94
inpatient care	94

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	163
hospital care	71
inpatient care	71

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	55
Female	64

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	39
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	52
Other	15
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	45
From 75 to 84	25
85 and over	24
Less than 65	25

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	39
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	41
Dementia	18
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	83
hospital care	43
inpatient care	43

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	37
Female	59

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	28
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	50
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	29
85 and over	21
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	39
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	42
Dementia	24
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

diabetes management	12
doctor visit	182
hospital care	50
inpatient care	50
lab tests	12
preventive care	25
vaccines	13

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	128
Female	186

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	90
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	134
Other	42
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	128
From 75 to 84	74
85 and over	44
Less than 65	68

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	46
Dementia	18
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	113

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	55
Female	79

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	59
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	45
Other	13
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	50
From 75 to 84	32
85 and over	11
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2016

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	39
Asthma	25
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	37
Dementia	15
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2017 were lab tests, preventive care, diabetes management and thyroid function tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

diabetes management	26
doctor visit	230
lab tests	195
preventive care	64
thyroid function tests	18

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	78
Female	114

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	160
Black	14
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	77

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2017

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	32
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	29
Dementia	0
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2018 were lab tests, preventive care, diabetes management and thyroid function tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

diabetes management	22
doctor visit	153
lab tests	144
preventive care	45
thyroid function tests	21

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	64
Female	91

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	125
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	50
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	66

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2018

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	32
Dementia	7
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2019 were lab tests, preventive care, thyroid function tests and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

diabetes management	18
doctor visit	147
lab tests	129
preventive care	44
thyroid function tests	26

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	57
Female	100

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	127
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	57
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	65

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2019

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	38
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	27
Dementia	8
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2020 were lab tests, preventive care and thyroid function tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	74
lab tests	69
preventive care	20
thyroid function tests	17

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	38
Female	59

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	74
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	44
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	30

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2020

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR during 2021 were lab tests, blood draw, thyroid function tests and preventive care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	28
doctor visit	138
lab tests	66
preventive care	13
thyroid function tests	15

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	98
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	42
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2021

Hypertension	58
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	98

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	49

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	72
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	33
From 75 to 84	24
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	34
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Fayetteville, AR were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and preventive care.

blood draw	28
diabetes management	19
doctor visit	138
hospital care	64
inpatient care	64
lab tests	102
preventive care	35
thyroid function tests	19
vaccines	13

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD.

**Gender**
Female	78
Male	54

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	2
Asian / Pacific Islander	25
Non-Hispanic White	79
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	6

**Age**
85 and over	9
75 to 84	16
Less than 65	38
65 to 74	51

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	4
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	32
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Dementia	8
Cancer	2

Education & Training

Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine. He has a state license in Hawaii.

Medical School: University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Licensed In: Hawaii

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD has a high overall rating with an average of 4.49 out of 5 stars based on 80 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Fayetteville, AR.

4.49

Overall Rating

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Sheldon Riklon, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Pfizer Inc.	$97 ELIQUIS $97
Baxter Healthcare	$69 $69
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$19 Skyla $19

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$116
Debt forgiveness	$69

Biography

Dr. Sheldon Riklon practices family medicine. Patient ratings for Dr. Riklon average 4.5 stars (out of 5). Dr. Riklon's professional affiliations include the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Unfortunately, according to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health, he is not currently accepting new patients. Dr. Riklon graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, John A. Burns School of Medicine.