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Cardiology Fellows

Meet our Fellows

Meet Our Fellows (Part 1)
Meet Our Fellows (Part 2)
Meet Our 2022-2023 First Year Fellows

First-Year Fellows

Zainali Chunawala

Zainali Chunawala, M.D.

  • Medical School: Seth G.S. Medical College
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Heart Failure
Julie Cooper

Julie Cooper, M.D.

  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Medical Education
Maria Hernandez

Maria Hernandez, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center
  • Residency: Northwestern University
  • Career Interests: Academic Cardiology, Health Equity
Katarina Leyba

Katarina Leyba, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of New Mexico
  • Residency: University of Colorado
  • Career Interests: Academic Cardiology
Christopher Mason

Christopher Mason, M.D.

  • Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Michigan
  • Career Interests: Medical Education, Quality Improvement
Cayla Pichan

Cayla Pichan, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Michigan
  • Residency: Duke University
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure
Nancy Song

Nancy Song, M.D., M.B.A.

  • Medical School: Stanford University
  • Residency: Stanford University
  • Career Interests: General Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Quality Improvement
Vinayak Subramanian

Vinayak Subramanian, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Adam Ungemach

Adam Ungemach, M.D.

  • Medical School: Rowan University
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure
Audrey White

Audrey White, M.D.

  • Medical School: Ohio State University
  • Residency: Vanderbilt University
  • Career Interests: Academic Cardiology
Jeffrey Xia

Jeffrey Xia, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
  • Residency: University of California, Los Angeles
  • Career Interests: Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Cardio-Oncology

Second-Year Fellows

Dr. Leonard Chiu

Leonard Chiu, M.D.

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: Vanderbilt University
  • Career Interests: Clinician-Investigator Focused on Spectrum of Heart Failure
Dr. Leonard Chiu

Shanice Glasco, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Career Interests: Prevention and Health Equity
Dr. Leonard Chiu

Gustavo Henandez, M.D., M.S.

  • Medical School: New York University
  • Residency: New York University
  • Career Interests: Academic Cardiology
Dr. Daniel Gonzales Izundegui

Daniel G. Izundegui, M.D.

  • Medical School: Universidad Panamericana Escula de Medicina
  • Residency: Boston University
  • Career Interests: Academic Cardiology with Focus on Cardiometabolic Disease
Dr. Alysha Joseph

Alysha Joseph, M.D.

  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Benjamin Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Benjamin Nelson M.D., Ph.D.

  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Physician-Scientist
Benjamin Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.

Joyce Ngouchet Nouhossi, M.D.

  • Medical School: Loyola University
  • Residency: University of Chicago
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Global Health
Dr. Nga Nguyen

Nga Nguyen, M.D.

  • Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Preventative Cardiology, Women's Cardiovascular Health
Dr. Balakrishnan Pillai

Balakrishnan Pillai, M.D.

  • Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
  • Residency: Stanford University
  • Career Interests: Critical Care Cardiology, Structural Heart Disease, Cardiac Imaging
Dr. Benjamin Yang

Benjamin Yang, M.D.

  • Medical School: Stony Brook University
  • Residency: University of California, San Diego
  • Career Interests: Cardio-Oncology, Medical Education

Scholarly Fellows

Omowunmi Adedeji, M.D.

Omowunmi Adedeji, M.D.

  • Medical School: Rutgers University
  • Residency: George Washington University
  • Career Interests: Cardiac Imaging, Heart Failure
Jeff Chen, M.D.

Jeff Chen, M.D., Ph.D.

  • PSTP
  • Medical School: University of Virginia
  • Residency: Emory University
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure
Emmanuella Egbonim, M.D., M.P.H.

Emmanuella Egbonim, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: Duke University
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant
Melina Giugni, M.D.

Melina Giugni, M.D.

  • Medical School: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
  • Residency: Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP
  • Fellowship: Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP; Cardiology
  • Fellowship: Baylor University Medical Center; Advanced Heart Failure
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Christopher Grubb, M.D.

Christopher Grubb, M.D.

  • Medical School: Columbia University
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University
  • Career Interests: Critical Care Cardiology
Keerthi Gondi, M.D.

Keerthi Gondi, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Residency: University of Michigan
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant, Critical Care Cardiology
Artrish Jefferson M.D., M.H.S.

Artrish Jefferson M.D., M.H.S.

  • Cardiac Amyloid Grant
  • Medical School: Meharry Medical College
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Interventional Cardiology
Ayeeshik Kole, M.D., Ph.D.

Ayeeshik Kole, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Medical School: Indiana University
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Preventive or Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Imaging
Vivek Koshti, M.D.

Vivek Koshti, M.D.

Chief Fellow

  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Advanced Cardiac Imaging
Lisandro Maya-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D

Lisandro Maya-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D

  • PSTP
  • Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Physician-Scientist
Danh Nguyen, M.D.

Danh Nguyen, M.D.

  • NIH-T32 Grant
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Preventive Cardiology
Keval Patel, M.D., Ph.D.

Keval Patel, M.D., Ph.D.

  • NIH-T32 Grant
  • Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University
  • Career Interests: Aerospace Medicine, Exercise Physiology, Sports Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care
Syed Rizvi, M.D., Ph.D.

Syed Kazim Rizvi, M.D.

  • PSTP
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Heart Failure, Health Equity
Alexandra Sykes, M.D.

Alexandra Sykes, M.D.

Chief Fellow

  • Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center
  • Residency: University of California, San Diego
  • Career Interests: Preventive Cardiology, Cardio-Obstetrics
Lena Tran, M.D.

Lena Tran, M.D.

  • Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
  • Residency: Vanderbilt University
  • Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Critical Care
Muhammad Shariq Usman, M.D.

Muhammad Shariq Usman, M.D.

  • PSTP
  • Medical School: Dow University of Health Sciences
  • Residency: UT Southwestern
  • Career Interests: Cardiometabolic Disease
Maya Weismann, M.D.

Maya Weismann, M.D.

  • Medical School: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Residency: Rabin Medical Center
  • Career Interests: Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Advanced Training Fellows

Jesslin Abraham, M.D.

Jesslin Abraham, M.D.

  • Hypertension
  • Medical School: American University of Antigua
  • Residency: Kern Medical-UCLA Harbor
  • Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology
Joseph Abraham, M.D.

Joseph Abraham, M.D.

  • Heart Failure
  • Medical School: Suez Canal University
  • Residency: Unity Health
  • Career Interests: Undecided
Garrett Bethel, M.D.

Garrett Bethel, M.D.

  • Vascular Medicine
  • Medical School: University of Arkansas
  • Residency: Duke University
  • Career Interests: Undecided
Sairamya Bodempudi, M.D.

Sairamya Bodempudi, M.D.

  • Interventional
  • Medical School: Rutgers University
  • Residency: Thomas Jefferson University
  • Career Interests: Undecided
Gene Hu, M.D.

Gene Hu, M.D.

  • Electrophysiology
  • Medical School: UT Southwestern
  • Residency: University of California, San Francisco
  • Career Interests: Advanced Imaging, Electrophysiology
Jean Kim, M.D.

Jean Kim, M.D.

  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Residency: University of Hawai'i
  • Career Interests: Cardio-Oncology
Dr. Douglas Kyrouac

Douglas Kyrouac, M.D.

  • Electrophysiology
  • Medical School: Ohio State University
  • Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Career Interests: Undecided
Carlos Lynes, M.D.

Carlos Lynes, M.D.

  • Interventional
  • Medical School: University of Louisville
  • Residency: Vanderbilt University
  • Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging
Mason Marcus, M.D.

Mason Marcus, M.D.

  • Electrophysiology
  • Medical School: University of Illinois
  • Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Career Interests: Electrophysiology
Jessica Qiu, M.D.

Jessica Qiu, M.D.

  • Electrophysiology
  • Medical School: New York University
  • Residency: New York University
  • Career Interests: Electrophysiology, Women's Health
Brandon Rogers, M.D.

Brandon Rogers, M.D.

  • Heart Failure
  • Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Career Interests: Undecided
Dantwan Smith, M.D.

Dantwan Smith, M.D., M.B.A, M.S.

  • Structural Interventional
  • Medical School: Ross Univeristy
  • Residency: Magnolia Regional Health Center
  • Career Interests: Structural Heart Disease