Cardiology Fellows
First-Year Fellows
Omowunmi Adedeji, M.D.
- Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Residency: George Washington University Hospital
- Career Interests: Imaging, heart failure
- Personal Interests: Traveling, cooking, reading, movies and music
Emmanuella Egbonim, M.D., M.P.H.
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
- Residency: Duke University Medical Center
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure/transplant
- Personal Interests: Self-taught pianist, reading, cooking and baking, movies, Peloton
Keerthi Gondi, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Residency: University of Michigan Health System
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure/transplant/critical care cardiology
- Personal Interests: Drone photography, hiking, backpacking, reading, science fiction and historical non-ficition, running
Artrish Jefferson M.D., M.H.S.
- Medical School: Meharry Medical College
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure, interventional
- Personal Interests: Writing songs, singing, traveling, brunch with friends
Ayeeshik Kole, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Preventive or interventional cardiology, cardiovascular imaging
- Personal Interests: Graphic design, audiobooks, podcasts, cooking, live music, travel, spending time with my dog
Ahmed A. Kolkailah, M.D., M.Sc.
- Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
- Residency: Cook County Health
- Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology
- Personal Interests: Pencil painting, playing the piano, soccer, squash, ping-pong, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, skydiving
Vivek Koshti, M.D.
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Advanced cardiac imaging
- Personal Interests: Playing guitar (in a local Dallas band), piano, table, sitar. Tennis, cars, motorsport, mechanical watches and current events
Keval Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medicial School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
- Residency: Johns Hopkins University
- Career Interests: Aerospace medicine, EP, sports cardiology, critical care
- Personal Interests: Scuba diving - PADI open water certified, rowing, soccer, hiking/backpacking
Alexandra Sykes, M.D.
- Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
- Residency: Univeristy of California, San Diego
- Career Interests: Preventive cardiology, cardio-obstetrics
- Personal Interests: Distance running, surfing, paddle boarding, backpacking, reading
Lena Tran, M.D.
- Medicial School: UT Medical Branch John Sealy School of Medicine
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure/cardiac critical care
- Personal Interests: Digital art, running, hiking, yoga, ballroom dancing, salsa dancing
Second-Year Fellows
Franck Azobou Tonleu, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency: Emory University
- Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure
- Personal Interests: Watching and playing soccer, reading historical non-fiction, running, reading, playing the ukulele
Glynnis Garry, M.D.
- Medical School: Vanderbilt School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Physician Scientist
- Personal Interests: Music, languages, swimming, golf, playing trumpet
Christopher Grubb, M.D.
- Medical School: Columbia University
- Residency: Columbia University
- Career Interests: Electrophysiology
- Personal Interests: Classic music concerts, playing and watching soccer, music performance
Gene Hu, M.D.
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
- Residency: University of California San Francisco
- Career Interests: Advanced Imaging, Electrophysiology
- Personal Interests: Bhangra dance, singing, basketball, plays five instruments
Hannah Lehrenbaum, M.D.
- Medical School: Georgetown University
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure
- Personal Interests: Hiking, national parks, running, spending time with her dog, board games
Carlos Lynes, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Imaging
- Personal Interests: Pick-up basketball, skiing, hiking, Settlers of Catan
Jessica Qiu, M.D.
- Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- Residency: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- Career Interests: Electrophysiology, Women's Health
- Personal Interests: Yoga, meditation, classical music, reading, podcasts, late night talk shows
Amit Saha, M.D.
- Medical School: Columbia University
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Critical Care
- Personal Interests: Crocheting, Russian literature, science fiction, freshwater fishing, weight training, cooking, and building gaming computers
Andrew Stewart, M.D.
- Medical School: Loma Linda University
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Cardio-Oncology
- Personal Interests: Basketball, hiking, watching football (fan of the Ravens), U.S. History – particularly Cold War
Scholarly Fellows
Courtney Bess, M.D.
- Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
- Residency: Emory University
- Career Interests: Imaging, Women's Health
- Personal Interests: Yoga, hiking, thriller movies, music festivals, playing tenor saxophone
Tiffany Brazile, M.D.
- Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
- Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Career Interests: Prevention
- Personal Interests: Vegetarian cuisine, traveling, art museums, hiking, real estate, social dancing, home remodeling, certified yoga instructor
Spencer V. Carter, M.D.
- Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Chicago
- Career Interests: Electrophysiology
- Personal Iterests: Roller skating, 90’s music, the Baltimore Ravens, bourbon tasting, food tours
Ijeoma Eleazu, M.D.
- Medical School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Career Interests: Healthcare Disparities
- Personal Interests: African Dancing, Reading, Running, Swimming, Cooking
Sarah Godfrey, M.D.
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physician and Surgeons
- Residency: Columbia University - New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure, palliative care cardiology, medical education
- Personal Interests: Wine tasting, camping, paragliding, bungee jumping, exploring new restaurants
Eric Hall, M.D.
- Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure/translational
- Personal Interests: Exercising, playing basketball, point of care ultrasound, nonfiction
Athena Huang, M.D.
- Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physician and Surgeons
- Residency: Columbia University - New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Career Interests: Advanced heart failure or general cardiology
- Personal Interests: Music, travel, hiking, Pilates, baking
Neil Keshvani, M.D.
- Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Heart Failure, Implementation Science
- Personal Interests: College basketball, reading, international travel
Douglas Kyrouac, M.D.
- Medical School: Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
- Career Interests: General or preventive cardiology
- Personal Interests: Juggling, hula, fishing, pickleball
MariaSanta Mangione, M.D.
- PSTP
- Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Physician Scientist
- Personal Interests: Reading, walking/hiking, tasting new foods and trying new restaurants, traveling
Mason Marcus, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
- Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess
- Career Interests: Electrophysiology
- Personal Interests: Cooking, gardening, running, spending time with wife and children
Lisandro Maya-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D
- PSTP
- Medical School: University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Physician Scientist
- Personal Interests: Cycling tours, soccer and hiking with his family
Benjamin Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Physician Scientist
- Personal Interests: Cooking, baking, reading and spending time outdoors with my family. Electric car enthusiast.
Kayla Riggs, M.D.
- Medical School: McGovern Medical School at UT Health Science Center at Houston
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Career Interests: Preventive, Interventional Cardiology
- Personal Interests: Cycling, jogging, yoga, podcasts, cooking blogs
Reynaldo Sanchez, M.D.
- Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine
- Residency: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Career Interests: Academic cardiology
- Personal Interests: Orangetheory fanatic, Northwestern football, coffee and cocktail enthusiast, Netflix
Maya Weismann, M.D.
- Medical School: Goldman Medical School, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Residency: Rabin Medical Center, Israel
- Career Interests: Advanced cardiac imaging
Katarina Yaros, M.D.
- Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Career Interests: Noninvasive imaging
- Personal Interests: Parenting, running, tennis, basketball and travel
Advanced Training Fellows
Ari Bennett, M.D.
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Medical School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Personal Interests: Running for enjoyment/exercise; listening to classic rock, jazz and blues.
Jeffrey Chidester, M.D.
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Personal Interests: Hiking, rock climbing, biking, walking dog, vegetable and herb gardening, playing piano
Kyle Geurink, M.D.
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
- Residency: Duke University Medical Center
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Personal Interests: Playing basketball, Wisconsin sports fan, experimenting with coffee brewing methods
Wynn Hunter, M.D.
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Residency: Duke University
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern
- Personal Interest: Painting, golf, craft beer and wine, wood working, film
Fizza Hussain, M.D.
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Medical School: Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
- Residency: Loyola University Medical Center
- Personal Interest: Boba, concerts, cycling, and yoga
Anas Jawaid, M.D.
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
- Personal Interest: Skiing and sailing
Akash Kataruka, M.D.
- Clinical Cardiac Elctrophysiology
- Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
- Residency: University of Michigan
- Personal Interest: Powerlifting, Guitar
Anna Rosenblatt, M.D.
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
- Residency: McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Personal Interest: Hiking, road biking, alpine and Nordic skiing, competitive running
Ahmed Zaghloul, M.D.
- Structural Interventional Cardiology
- Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
- Residency: University of Connecticut Health Center
- Personal Interest:Horse show jumping; playing and watching Soccer; working out, swimming or jogging; watching sport games.
Meet Our Former Fellows
- Meet Dr. Rohan Khera, a former Cardiology fellow.
- Meet Dr. Rina Mauricio, a former Advanced Cardiology fellow.
- Meet Dr. Wally Omar, a former Cardiology fellow.
- Meet Dr. Alana Lewis, a former Cardiology fellow.
- Meet Dr. Nicholas Hendron, a former Cardiology fellow.
- Meet Our 2022-2023 First Year Fellows
- Meet Our Fellows - Part 1
- Meet Our Fellows - Part 2