Cardiology Fellows
First-Year Fellows
Franck Azobou Tonleu, M.D.
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.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Physician Scientist
Personal Interests: Music, languages, swimming, golf, playing trumpet
Christopher Grubb, M.D.
Residency: Columbia University
Career Interests: Electrophysiology
Personal Interests: Classic music concerts, playing and watching soccer, music performance
Gene Hu, M.D.
Residency: University of California San Francisco
Career Interests: Advanced Imaging, Electrophysiology
Personal Interests: Bhangra dance, singing, basketball, plays five instruments
Hannah Lehrenbaum, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure
Personal Interests: Hiking, national parks, running, spending time with her dog, board games
Carlos Lynes, M.D.
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Imaging
Personal Interests: Pick-up basketball, skiing, hiking, Settlers of Catan
Jessica Qiu, M.D.
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.
Residency: UT Southwestern
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.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Cardio-Oncology
Personal Interests: Basketball, watching football (fan of the Ravens), U.S. History – particularly Cold War, hiking
Second-Year Fellows
Courtney Bess, M.D.
Residency: Emory University
Career Interests: Imaging, Women's Health
Personal Interests: Yoga, hiking, thriller movies, music festivals, playing tenor saxophone
Spencer V. Carter, M.D.
Residency: University of Chicago
Career Interests: Prevention, Advanced Imaging
Personal Iterests: Roller skating, 90’s music, the Baltimore Ravens, bourbon tasting, food tours
Sarah Godfrey, M.D.
Residency: Columbia University
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.
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Critical Care Cardiology
Personal Interests: Exercising, playing basketball, point of care ultrasound, nonfiction
Athena Huang, M.D.
Residency: Columbia University
Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Prevention
Personal Interests: Music, travel, hiking, Pilates, baking
Nitin Kondamudi, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Electrophysiology
Personal Interest: Fusion dance, theology and physiology, guitar and violin, Topo Chico
Douglas Kyrouac, M.D.
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Career Interests: Electrophysiology
Personal Interests: Juggling, hula, fishing, pickleball
Mason Marcus, M.D.
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess
Career Interests: Electrophysiology
Personal Interests: Cooking, gardening, running, spending time with wife and children
Kayla Riggs, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Preventive, Interventional Cardiology
Personal Interests: Cycling, jogging, yoga, podcasts, cooking blogs
Reynaldo Sanchez, M.D.
Residency: Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Career Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Advanced Imaging
Personal Interests: Orangetheory fanatic, Northwestern football, coffee and cocktail enthusiast, Netflix
Katarina Yaros, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Advanced imaging
Personal Interests: Parenting, running, tennis, basketball and travel
Scholarly Fellows
Ari Bennett, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Electrophysiology
Personal Interests: Playing piano and keyboard, listening to classic rock, running
Tiffany Brazile, M.D.
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
Jeffrey Chidester, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology
Personal Interests: Hiking, rock climbing, biking, walking dog, vegetable and herb gardening, playing piano
Ijeoma Eleazu, M.D.
Residency: Massachusetts General
Career Interests: Healthcare Disparities
Personal Interests: African Dancing, Reading, Running, Swimming, Cooking
Kyle Geurink, M.D.
Residency: Duke University
Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology
Personal Interests: Playing basketball, Wisconsin sports fan, experimenting with coffee brewing methods
Natalie Hoeting, M.D., M.P.H.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Advanced Imaging
Personal Interests: Skiing, calligraphy, reading and softball
Neil Keshvani, M.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Heart Failure, Implementation Science
Personal Interests: College basketball, reading, international travel
Ahmed Kolkailah, M.D.
Residency: Cook County Health
Career Interests: Academic Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology
Personal Interests: Drawing, pencil painting, keyboard and piano, skydiving, squash, soccer
Lakshman Manjunath, M.D.
Residency: Stanford University
Career Interests: Advanced Imaging
Personal Interests: Music composition and production, jazz piano, singing, tennis, travel, photography, weightlifting
Lisandro Maya-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Physician Scientist
Personal Interests: Science, cycling and simple living
Benjamin Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Residency: UT Southwestern
Career Interests: Physician Scientist
Personal Interests: Cooking, baking, cycling, reading and spending time outdoors
Nisha Raiker, M.D.
Residency: Northwestern University
Career Interests: Advanced Imaging
Personal Interests: Indian dance, exploring local restaurants, cooking, live music
Taylor Triana, M.D.
Residency: Duke University
Career Interests: Advanced Imaging
Personal Interests: Hiking, canoeing, scuba diving, cooking, reading
Advanced Training Fellows
Patrick Dale, M.D.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Residency: University of North Carolina
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interests: The outdoors, basketball, backgammon
Ayman Elbadawi, M.D.
Structural Interventional Cardiology
Residency: Rochester General
Fellowship: UT Medical Branch
Personal Interest: TBN
Laurette Femnou Mbuntum, M.D.
Interventional Cardiology
Residency: UT Southwestern
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interest: Dancing, singing, traveling and experiencing new cultures
Wynn Hunter, M.D.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Residency: Duke University
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interest: Painting, golf, craft beer and wine, wood working, film
Ghazi Khan, M.D.
Hypertension
Residency: Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati
Personal Interests: Basketball, mixed martial arts, biking and reading
Anjali Rao, M.D.
Cardio-Oncology
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interest: Vocal performance, martial arts, playing the piano, Spin, baking
Anna Rosenblatt, M.D.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Residency: McGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interest: Hiking, road biking, alpine and Nordic skiing, competitive running
Mohita Singh, M.D.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interest: Running, pilates, yoga, biking, reading, gardening and spending quality time with her baby and husband
Lauren Truby, M.D.
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Residency: Columbia University
Fellowship: Duke University
Personal Interest: Hiking, cyling, spending time with her partner Kyle and their 5-year-old Coonhound named Maggie
McCall Walker, M.D.
Interventional Cardiology
Residency: University of Virginia
Fellowship: UT Southwestern
Personal Interest: Tennis, indoor/outdoor gardening, piano, guitar, drums, singing, amateur food critiquing, offshore fishing, vinyl record collecting