Cardiology 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.

• Medcial 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.

• Medcial 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

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

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

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.