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Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Current Fellows | July 2021 – June 2022
First Year Fellows
Rahul Chaudhary, MBBS
MBBS, Maulana Azas Medical College, 2012
Residency, Johns Hopkins, 2016
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Javier Farinas, Jr., MD
MD, Chicago Medical School, 2018
Residency, UPMC, 2021
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Kerianne Fullin, MD
MD, University of Wisconsin, 2018
Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital, 2021
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Kathryn Harris, MD
MD, Meharry Medical College, 2018
Residency, University of Maryland, 2021
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Susan Keen, MD
MD, Indiana University, 2016
Residency, University of North Carolina, 2021
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Brent Medoff, MD
MD, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, 2018
Residency, UPMC, 2021
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Corey Rearick, MD
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2018
Residency, University of Chicago Medical Center, 2021
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Jenna Skowronski, MD
MD, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 2017
Residency, UPMC, 2020
Chief Resident, UPMC, 2021
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Fellowship Program:
B-571.3 Scaife Hall
412-647-3429
Second 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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Third 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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Advanced Cardiovascular Fellows
Amr Barakat, MD
Electrophysiology – 2ND YEAR
MD, Ain Shams University, 2009
Residency, Cleveland Clinic, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2020
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Stephen T. Broughton, MD
Interventional Cardiology
MD, University of Arkansas, 2015
Residency, Wake Forest, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2021
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Vishal Jitendra Dahya, MD
Advanced Interventional Cardiology
MD, Florida State, 2014
Residency, Florida State, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, Summa Health/Northeast Ohio Medical University, 2020
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2021
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Mehak Dhande, MBBS
Electrophysiology
MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, 2013
Residency, Tufts Medical Center, 2017
Chief Resident, Tufts Medical Center, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, Tufts Medical Center, 2021
Amber Makani, MD
Advanced Interventional Cardiology
MD, West Virginia University, 2014
Residency, Case Western Reserve, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2020
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Jonatan Nunez-Breton, MD
Advanced Cardiac Imaging
MD, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, 2011
Residency, University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2017
Chief Resident, Miami VA Medical Center-Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital, 2021
Zackary Tushak, DO
Heart Failure
DO, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2015
Residency, University of Connecticut, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2021
Daniel Wann, MD
Electrophysiology
MD, East Tennessee State, 2015
Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2021
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Lane Zhang, MD
Electrophysiology – 2ND YEAR
MD, Emory University, 2014
Residency, Winthrop University, 2017
Cardiology Fellowship, Albany Medical Center, 2020
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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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For Patients: 1-855-UPMC-HVI (876-2484)
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