Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Current Fellows | July 2022 – June 2023
First Year Fellows
Shalini Allam, MD
MD, University of Central Florida, 2018
Residency, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, 2021
Eleanor Christenson, MD
MD, Washington University, 2018
Residency, Washington University, 2021
Joseph Ibrahim, MD
MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2019
Residency, UPMC, 2022
Jacqueline Levene, DO
MD, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 2018
Residency, Oregon Health & Science University, 2021
Second Year Fellows
Rahul Chaudhary, MBBS
MBBS, Maulana Azas Medical College, 2012
Residency, Johns Hopkins, 2016
Kerianne Fullin, MD
MD, University of Wisconsin, 2018
Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital, 2021
Susan Keen, MD
MD, Indiana University, 2016
Residency, University of North Carolina, 2021
Corey Rearick, MD
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2018
Residency, University of Chicago Medical Center, 2021
Third Year Fellows
Adipong Brickshawana, MD, PhD
MD, Vanderbilt University, 2017
Residency, Montefiore Medical
Center (Moses-Weiler) / Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2020
Sae Kyoung Jang, MD
MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
Residency, Mayo Clinic Rochester, 2020
Chad Kosanovich, MD
MD, Georgetown University, 2017
Residency, UPMC, 2020
Advanced Cardiovascular Fellows
Muhammad Talha Ayub, MBBS
Electrophysiology
MBBS, Allama Iqbal Medical College, 2012
Residency, John H Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, 2019
Cardiology Fellowship, Rush University, 2022
Stephen T. Broughton, MD
Interventional Cardiology
MD, University of Arkansas, 2015
Residency, Wake Forest, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, UPMC, 2021
Mehak Dhande, MBBS
Electrophysiology – 2nd year
MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, 2013
Residency, Tufts Medical Center, 2017
Chief Resident, Tufts Medical Center, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, Tufts Medical Center, 2021
Sideris Facaros, MD
Advanced Heart Failure
MD, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, 2016
Residency, Summa Health System/NEOMED Program, 2019
Cardiology Fellowship, Summa Health System/NEOMED Program, 2022
Philip Lavenburg, DO
Interventional Cardiology
DO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2015
Residency, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2018
Cardiology Fellowship, Temple University, 2022
Bharadwaj ‘Shannu’ Satyavolu, MBBS
Amyloidosis
MBBS, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, India, 2017
Residency, Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, 2022
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