Cardiology Fellows

Leonard Chiu, M.D.

• Medical School: Columbia University
• Residency: Vanderbilt University
• Career Interests: Clinician-investigator focusing on spectrum of heart failure
• Personal Interests: Playing soccer, tennis, and chess

Shanice Glasco, M.D.

• Medical School: UT Medical Branch
• Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Career Interests: Prevention and health equity
• Personal Interests:

Gustavo Henandez, M.D.

• Medical School: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
• Residency: New York University Grossman School of Medicine
• Career Interests: Academic Cardiology
• Personal Interests: Scuba diving

Daniel G. Izundegui, M.D.

• Medical School: Universidad Panamericana Escula de Medicina
• Residency: Boston University Medical Center
• Career Interests: Academic Cardiology with expertise in Cardiometabolic Disease
• Personal Interests: Avid reader, amateur soccer player, and fan of Arsenal FC

Alysha Joseph, M.D.

• Medical School: UT Southwestern
• Residency: UT Southwestern
• Career Interests: Adult congenital heart disease
• Personal Interests: Travel, making healthy desserts

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.

Joyce Ngouchet Nouhossi, M.D.

• Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
• Residency: University of Chicago
• Career Interests: Advanced heart failure, Global Health
• Personal Interests:

Nga Nguyen, M.D.

• Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
• Residency: UT Southwestern
• Career Interests: Preventative cardiology, women's cardiovascular health
• Personal Interests:

Balakrishnan Pillai, M.D.

• Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
• Residency: Stanford University
• Career Interests: Critical care cardiology, structural heart disease, imaging
• Personal Interests:

Benjamin Yang, M.D.

• Medical School: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
• Residency: University of California, San Diego
• Career Interests: Cardio-oncology, medical education
• Personal Interests: Tennis, golf

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

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

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.

• Medical 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.

• Medical School: 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.

• Medical 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

Jeff Chen, M.D.

• PSTP
• 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

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

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

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

Danh Nguyen, M.D.

• Medical School: UT Southwestern
• Residency: UT Southwestern
• Career Interests: Preventive Cardiology
• Personal Interests: Dogs, guitar, board games, mentorship

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 (Ravens), U.S. History – particularly Cold War

Vinayak Subramanian, M.D.

• PSTP
• Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
• Residency: UT Southwestern
• Career Interests:
• Personal Interests: Running, cooking, political history, movies and podcasts

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

Jesslin Abraham, M.D.

• Hypertension
• Medical School: American University of Antigua
• Residency: Kern Medical-UCLA Harbor
• Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology
• Personal Interests: Weightlifting, sports, playing music, painting, foodie

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.

Parth Desai, M.D., M.Sc.

• Structural Interventional Cardiology
• Medical School: Medical College Baroda, India
• Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
• Career Interests: Structural heart interventions, Complex Coronary interventions
• Personal Interests: Tennis, chess, action movies, music, family vacations

Michelle Dimza, M.D.

• Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
• Medical School: Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency: University of Florida
• Career Interests: management of heart transplant patients, cardiogenic shock, and  mechanical circulatory support, medical education
• Personal Interests:  travel, soccer, running, and anything outdoors 

Akash Kataruka, M.D.

• Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
• Residency: University of Michigan
• Career Interests:
• Personal Interests: Powerlifting, Guitar

Douglas Kyrouac, M.D.

• Advanced Trianing
• Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
• Residency: General or preventive cardiology
• Career Interests: 
• Personal Interests: Juggling, hula, fishing, pickleball

Mason Marcus, M.D.

• Advanced Training
• 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

Cliff Pruett, M.D.

• Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
• Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
• Residency: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine/Barnes Jewish Hospital
• Career Interests: Advanced heart failure and transplant, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, advanced imaging
• Personal Interests: Swimming and cycling

Kayla Riggs, M.D.

• Advanced Training
• 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

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

• Interventional Cardiology
• Medical School: Ross Univeristy School of Medicine
• Residency: Magnolia Regional Health Center
• Career Interests: Structural heart disease
• Personal Interests: Fishing, basketball, traveling socializing and TopGolf

Katarina Yaros, M.D.

• Echocardiography
• 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