Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Current Fellows | July 2020 – June 2021
First Year Fellows
Adipong Brickshawana, MD, PhD
MD, Vanderbilt University, 2017
Residency, Montefiore Medical
Center (Moses-Weiler) / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2020
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Chad Kosanovich, MD
MD, Georgetown University, 2017
Residency, UPMC, 2020
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Tanmay Gokhale, MD, PhD
MD, Duke University, 2018
Residency, Duke University, 2020
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Anna LaRosa, MD
MD, University of Wisconsin, 2016
Residency, UPMC, 2019
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Sae Kyoung Jang, MD
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
Residency, Mayo Clinic Rochester, 2020
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Jared Romeo, DO
DO, University of New England, 2016
Residency, UPMC, 2019
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Neil Kelly, MD, PhD
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Residency, UPMC, 2020
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Kayle Shapero, MD, PhD
MD, Tuft’s University, 2017
Residency, Yale University, 2020
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Fellowship Program:
B-571.3 Scaife Hall
412-647-3429
Second Year Fellows
Michael J. Bashline, MD
MD, Temple University, 2016
Residency, UPMC, 2019
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Agnes Koczo, MD
MD, Virginia Commonwealth, 2015
Residency, UPMC, 2018
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Ann Canterbury, MD
MD, University of Toledo, 2016
Residency, UPMC, 2019
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Ivan N. Mugisha, MD
MD, University of Illinois, 2015
Residency, Washington University, 2018
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Michael W. Gardner, MD
MD, University of Arkansas, 2016
Residency, Oregon Health and Science University, 2019
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Ricardo A. Nieves, MD
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Residency, UPMC, 2019
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Allexa A. Hammond, MD
MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2016
Residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2019
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Natalie R. Stokes, MD
MD, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
Residency, University of Pennsylvania, 2019
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Third Year Fellows
Stephen T. Broughton, MD
MD, University of Arkansas, 2015
Residency, Wake Forest, 2018
Email: broughtonst@upmc.edu
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Anum Saeed, MBBS
MBBS, Ziauddin Medical College, 2011
Residency, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, 2016
Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, 2018
Email: saeeda2@upmc.edu
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Abdallah A. Bukari, MD
MD, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Residency, University of Chicago, 2017
Email: bukaria@upmc.edu
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Daniel L. Shpilsky, MD
MD, Temple University, 2015
Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2018
Email: shpilskydl2@upmc.edu
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Rebecca F. Lolley, MD
MD, Thomas Jefferson University, 2014
Residency, University of Maryland, 2018
Email: lolleyrf@upmc.edu
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Daniel G. Wann, MD
MD, East Tennessee State University, 2015
Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2018
Email: wanndg@upmc.edu
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Vinaya C. Mulkareddy, MD
MD, St. Louis University, 2015
Residency, Barnes Jewish Hospital (WUSTL), 2018
Email: mulkareddyvc@upmc.edu
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Adil A. Yunis, MD
Medical School, Boston University – 2014
Residency, Boston University – 2017
Email: yunisaa@upmc.edu
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Jonathan P. Pollock, MD
MD, Pennsylvania State University, 2014
Residency, Wright State University, 2017
Email: pollockjp@upmc.edu
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Advanced Cardiovascular Fellows
Vishal Jitendra Dahya, MD
Interventional Cardiology
MD, Florida State, 2014
Residency, Florida State, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, Summa Health/Northeast Ohio Medical University, 2020
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Amr Barakat, MD
Electrophysiology
MD, Ain Shams University, 2009
Residency, Cleveland Clinic, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2020
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Amber Makani, MD
Interventional Cardiology
MD, West Virginia University, 2014
Residency, Case Western Reserve, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2020
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Lane Zhang, MD
Electrophysiology
MD, Emory University, 2014
Residency, Winthrop University, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, Albany Medical Center, 2020
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Charles Nicolais, MD
Advanced Interventional Cardiology
MD, George Washington School of Medicine, 2012
Residency, Temple University, 2015
Cardiology Fellowship, Temple University, 2019
Ashritha Penagaluri, MBBS
Electrophysiology – 2ND YEAR
MD, KVG Medical College 2011
Residency, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2015
Cardiology Fellowship, Icahn School of Medicine, St. Luke’s Hospital, 2019
Carly Fabrizio, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant (PUH)
MD, Rowan University, 2014
Residency,
Cardiology Fellowship, Christiana Care Health System, 2020
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Arun Iyer, MD
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
MD, Medical University of Soouth Carolina, 2014
Residency, Case Western Reserve, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2020
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Syed Bukhari, MD
Amyloidosis
MD, Allama Iqbal Medical College, 2013
Residency, UPMC McKeesport, 2019
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Fellowship Program:
B-571.3 Scaife Hall
412-647-3429
Division of Cardiology Academic Offices
Scaife Hall, 5th Floor
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-647-3429 | email
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HeartAndVascular@upmc.edu | website
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