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Current Fellows

General Cardiology

  • Nikita Agarwal, MD

    Nikita Agarwal, MD

    First Year Fellow

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  • Fadi Azar, MD

    Fadi Azar, MD

    First  Year Fellow

    Career interests: Interventional Cardiology, Critical Care, Advanced Heart Failure
    Research interests: Heart transplantation outcomes, Mechanical circulatory support, Sports cardiology
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  • Michael Hoffer-Hawlik, MD, MBA

    Michael Hoffer-Hawlik, MD, MBA

    First Year Fellow

    Career interests: Electrophysiology, General Cardiology
    Research interests: Novel catheter ablation techniques, AI for arrhythmia management, healthcare delivery outcomes
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  • Khush Kharidia, MD

    Khush Kharidia, MD

    First Year Fellow

    Career interests: Electrophysiology, Advanced Echocardiography, General Cardiology
    Research interests: Leadless pacing, atrial arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, digital health communication
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  • Aaron Park, MD

    Aaron Park, MD

    First Year Fellow

    Career interests: Interventional cardiology, preventive cardiology, medical education
    Research interests: Transvenous lead extraction, complex coronary interventions
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  • Yash Prakash, MD

    Yash Prakash, MD

    First Year Fellow

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  • Christopher Rios, MD

    Christopher Rios, MD

    First Year Fellow

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  • Rodrigo Barriola-Rubarth, MD

    Rodrigo Barriola-Rubarth, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology; Cardiac Critical Care; Medical Education
    Research interests: Cardiogenic Shock; Advanced Heart Failure; Cardiac Hemodynamics
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  • Maedha Begur, MD

    Maedha Begur, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Electrophysiology, General Cardiology, Critical Care
    Research interests: Arrhythmias, Pacing Devices, Inflammatory Heart Disease, Health Care Disparities
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  • Yusi Gong, MD

    Yusi Gong, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Academic Cardiology, Preventive Cardiology, Vascular Disease, Hypertension
    Research interests: Cardiovascular outcomes in older adults, frailty, lifestyle on cardiovascular risk
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  • Max Jason, MD

    Max Jason, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Interventional Cardiology, Critical Care
    Research interests: Genetic Cardiomyopathies, mechanical circulatory support
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  • Saurabh Sudesh, MD

    Saurabh Sudesh, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Electrophysiology
    Research interests: Cardiac resynchronization therapy, arrhythmias
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  • David Timmer, MD

    David Timmer, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: General Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure, and Medical Education
    Research interests: Heart Failure, Disparities in Heart Failure
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  • Alexander Wells, MD

    Alexander Wells, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: General Cardiology, Electrophysiology
    Research interests: Cardiovascular Genetics, Biomedical informatics
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  • Theodore B. Curran, MD

    Theodore B. Curran, MD

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: Academic Medicine, Preventive Cardiology, Advanced Imaging
    Research interests: Development and validation of technologies for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases
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  • Jessica Hong, MD

    Jessica Hong, MD

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: General Cardiology, Basic Science
    Research interests: Molecular underpinnings of cardiac inflammation and fibrosis, synthetic biology, multi-omics
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  • Melody Huang, MD

    Melody Huang, MD

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: Women's cardiovascular health
    Research interests:  Prevention, Women's cardiovascular health, Health disparities
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  • Apurva Khedagi, MD, MS

    Apurva Khedagi, MD, MS

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: Prevention, Advanced Imaging
    Research interests: Heart disease in South Asians, Health Disparities
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  • Emily Margolin, MD

    Emily Margolin, MD

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: Advanced Heart Failure; General Cardiology
    Research interests: Optimizing heart failure management to improve clinical outcomes; social determinants of health in cardiovascular care; patient-reported outcomes
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  • Rebecca Ocher, MD

    Rebecca Ocher, MD

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: Preventive Cardiology; General Cardiology; Women's Cardiovascular Health
    Research interests: Mitral Regurgitation; Preventive Cardiology; POTS; Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Care and Outcomes
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  • Shelief Robbins-Juarez, MD

    Shelief Robbins-Juarez, MD

    Third Year Fellow

    Career interests: Electrophysiology
    Research interests: Atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, disparities in care for patients with AF
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Interventional Cardiology

  • Narjes Akhlaghi, MD, MPH

    Narjes Akhlaghi, MD, MPH

    First Year Fellow

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  • Madison Edens, MD

    Madison Edens, MD

    First Year Fellow

    Career interests: Interventional and structural cardiology
    Research interests: Cardiogenic shock, gender disparities 
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  • Revathy Sampath-Kumar, MD

    Revathy Sampath-Kumar, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Academic Interventional and ACHD/Structural Cardiology
    Research interests: International PCI outcomes, structural heart interventions, cardiogenic shock, health disparities, bioengineering/device development, clinical trials
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  • Mike Ahlers, MD

    Mike Ahlers, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Interventional Cardiology and Structural Cardiology
    Research interests: Interventional Cardiology and Structural Cardiology
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Electrophysiology

  • Benjamin Hoffman, MD

    Benjamin Hoffman, MD

    First Year Fellow

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  • Kevin Sung, MD

    Kevin Sung, MD

    First Year Fellow

    Career interests: I hope to pursue a career in academic electrophysiology combining clinical EP, research, and education.
    Research interests: Treatment of arrhythmias in patients with heart failure, CIED and lead management
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  • Chaitanya Malladi, MD

    Chaitanya Malladi, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: Electrophysiology
    Research interests: Catheter ablation techniques, left atrial appendage occlusion, anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation
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  • Kavin Raj Joseph Pushparaj, MD

    Kavin Raj Joseph Pushparaj, MD

    Second Year Fellow

    Career interests: My goal is to become a confident and competent electrophysiologist with strong procedural skills and a deep understanding of complex arrhythmias. I also intend to continue pursuing outcomes-based research in electrophysiology. With a passion for teaching fellows and medical students, I aspire to work in an academic environment where I can contribute to both clinical care and education.
    Research interests:I have a strong interest in complex survey data analysis using large databases such as HCUP and TriNetX to address clinically meaningful questions. With a background in biostatistics, I often collaborate with other researchers by assisting with the analytical components of their projects. Currently, our team is investigating the impact of cannabis use on arrhythmias and evaluating the safety of leadless pacemakers. I look forward to advancing my knowledge in biostatistics and contributing to randomized studies that aim to answer important questions in the field of electrophysiology.
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Advanced Heart Failure

  • Beani Forst, MD

    Beani Forst, MD

    Heart Failure & Transplant Fellow

    Career interests: Transplant 
    Research interests: Peripartum cardiomyopathy / high-risk OB, CAV, Global health & underserved populations 
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  • Rita Pingree, MD

    Rita Pingree, MD

    Heart Failure & Transplant Fellow

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Advanced Imaging