First Year Fellows
Second Year Fellows
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Daniel Chu, MD
Hometown: Irvine, California
Undergraduate: Boston University
Medical school: Hofstra University
Residency: Baylor College of MedicineFavorite aspects of the program: Robust, clinically focused training program. Allows for great autonomy and procedural experience while caring for a variety of patients in different practice settings. Strong in each subspecialty area.
Career interests: Interventional Cardiology
Research interests: Quality improvement in the cardiac catheterization lab, preventive cardiology and cardiorespiratory fitness
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Candace Jackson, MD, MPH
Hometown: Yorba Linda, CA
Undergraduate: MIT
Medical school: UT Southwestern
Residency: Mayo Clinic, RochesterFavorite aspects of the program: Comprehensive training, complex pathophysiology, diverse patient populations, numerous research opportunities, supportive faculty and mentors.
Career interests: General Cardiology
Research interests: Preventive cardiology, cardiovascular epidemiology, familial hypercholesterolemia
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Andrew Lin, MD
Hometown: Carmel, Indiana
Undergraduate: Indiana University
Medical school: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: UC San DiegoFavorite aspects of the program: At UCSD we are exposed to the entire spectrum of cardiology care, with the perfect balance between autonomy and supervision. We also get to work with attendings who are experts in their respective fields and very invested in teaching. Lastly, love my cofellows!
Career interests: Electrophysiology, advanced heart failure
Research interests: CIED management, ventricular arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, advanced heart failure
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John Power, MD
Hometown: Alexandria, VA
Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
Medical school: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Favorite aspects of the program: Full exposure to complex and high acuity care, collaborative and supportive institutional culture, unique research environment.
Career interests: Advanced heart failure, clinical research
Research interests: Cardio-oncology, cardio-immunology, informatics
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Tatiana Saul, MD
Hometown: Downey, CA
Undergraduate: UC San Diego
Medical school: UC Riverside
Residency: UC San Diego
Favorite aspects of the program: Strong clinical training due to a high volume medical system with a diverse patient population and a variety of cardiovascular diseases. Also, the program has supportive faculty, mentors, and co-fellows to help navigate through all areas of cardiology fellowship.
Career interests: General cardiology, Advanced heart failure
Research interests: Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Research publications: view publications
Third Year Fellows
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Omar Aldaas, MD
Hometown: Corona, California
Undergraduate: University of California, Riverside
Medical School: University of California, Riverside
Residency: University of California, San DiegoFavorite aspects of the program: The high volume of complex cardiac pathology and diverse patient populations. Fellows get comprehensive experience in all areas of cardiology, with clinical training, research opportunities, and mentorship that are second to none.
Career interests: Electrophysiology, atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation
Research interests: Outcomes after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, novel ablation techniques, left atrial appendage occlusion, anticoagulation with direct oral anticoagulants
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Omid Behnamfar, MD, MSc
Hometown: Isfahan, Iran
Undergraduate: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Medical School: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Residency: John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook CountyFavorite aspects of the program: High patient volume with complex cardiovascular physiology. Excellent research and clinical training opportunities, particularly in coronary and peripheral interventional cardiology. Camaraderie among fellows.
Career interests: Interventional Cardiology
Research interests: Balloon pulmonary Angioplasty in CTEPH; Coronary and peripheral CTO interventional techniques and results; TAVR outcomes
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Antoinette Birs, MD - Chief Fellow
Hometown: West Palm Beach, Florida
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Medical School: University of Central Florida
Residency: University of WashingtonFavorite aspects of the program: UCSD is a very strong, high-volume, clinically focused program that has multiple training sites and a diverse patient population. I was extremely impressed with the tight knit community and camaraderie amongst the fellows and faculty and was intrigued by the variety of innovative research opportunities and numerous on-going projects. Of course, it is also hard to ignore the natural beauty of the city.
Career interests: Advanced heart failure, interventional cardiology
Research interests: Risk prediction and health outcomes, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, right ventricular pathology, infiltrative heart disease, heart disease in women
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Alison (Ali) Brann, MD
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: Rush Medical College
Residency: UC San DiegoFavorite aspects of the program: UCSD provides robust, hands on clinical training in all areas of cardiology which for me is highlighted by the high-volume advanced heart failure and transplant program. As a resident at UCSD I had a very positive experience working with supportive faculty and excellent mentors. Additionally, the research opportunities and camaraderie among the fellows made UCSD a very attractive place to continue my training.
Career interests: Cardiac critical care, advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation, imaging
Research interests: Outcomes in mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation, heart failure risk prediction
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Gary Ma, MD - Chief Fellow
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Undergraduate: University of California, Berkeley
Medical School: University of California, San Diego
Residency: University of California, San DiegoFavorite aspects of the program: Active, enthusiastic emphasis on research in fellowship. Diverse and complete clinical training with high volume and autonomy.
Career interests: Academic Physician-Science
Research interests: Calcified Aortic Valve Disease, Lipoprotein(a)
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Bryan Wu, MD
Hometown: Ambler, PA
Undergraduate: University of Notre Dame
Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Residency: University of Texas SouthwesternFavorite aspects of the program: Diverse and well-rounded clinical training, high clinical volume and disease complexity, numerous opportunities for scholarly endeavors.
Career interests: General cardiology
Research interests: Hypertension, hemodynamic principles of cardiovascular diseases.
Research publications: view publications
Past Fellows
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Recent Graduates
- Harpreet Bhatia
- Calvin Hang
- Thomas Prohaska
- Quan Bui
- Prerana (Pre) Bhatia
- Patrick Azcarate
- Shahzad (Shaz) Chindhy
- Kevin Ting
- David Torres-Barba
- Alayn Govea
- Abduallah Almasoud
- Jason Duran
- Marin Nishimura
- Daniel Mangels
- Harpreet Bhatia
- Darrin Wong
- Htet Khine
- Douglas Darden
- Stephen Dickson
- Christopher Smitson
- Nicholas Phreaner
- Lauren Glassmoyer
- Thao Duong
- Calvin Yeang
- Michael Wilkinson
- Shiv Sab
- Felice Lin
- Noel S. Lee
- Shone O. Almeida
- Daniel Walters
- Isac Thomas
- Armand Rostamian
- Boris Arbit