Cardiovascular Fellowship Training Program
Cardiology Fellow Research Grants
Funds are available on a competitive basis to fund the projects of cardiology fellows during their period of research training.
| 2022 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | PROJECT | |
| Anna Larosa, MD | Association of area deprivation index and outcomes in transcatheter aortic valve implantation | |
| Neil Kelly, MD, PhD | Pulmonary hypertension due to left-sided heart disease | |
| Jared Romeo, DO | Design and functional validation of a novel ticagrelor coated stent | |
| Sae Jang, MD | In vivo microbubble biophysical behavior under ultrasound excitation | |
| Tanmay Gokhale, MD, PhD | Predicting response to cardiac resynchronization therapy using machine learning | |
| 2019 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | MENTOR(S) | PROJECT |
| Lindsey Cilia, MD | Jeffrey Fowler, DO | Laboratory Developed Test Using Radiometer Hemoglobin Assay to Detect Plasma Free Hemoglobin in Patients on Mechanical Circulatory Support |
| Daniel Shplisky, MD | Stephen Chan, MD, PhD | Persistent Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension after Mitral Valve Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation as a Predictor for Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality |
| Adil Yunis, MD | Marc Simon, MD Alison Morris, MD | Impact of Enteral Microbiome Dysbiosis and Nitrate Metabolism on Biomarkers in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Jonathan Pollock, MD | Timothy Wong, MD | Cardiovascular outcomes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with elevated troponin and/or myocardial fibrosis on cardiovascular magnetic resonance |
| 2018 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | MENTOR(S) | PROJECT |
| Laith Alkukhun, MD | Samir Saba, MD | Role of microvascular endothelial dysfunction in predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence in patients on antiarrhythmic medical therapy |
| Amy Marino, MD | Dennis McNamara, MD | Investigating the Link Between Preeclampsia and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Cross Sectional Evaluation of Cardiac Dysfunction in Women with Severe Preeclampsia |
| Emily Guhl, MD | Jared Magnani, MD | Social Determinants of Health and Atrial Fibrillation |
| Amr Barakat, MD | Dennis Bruemmer, MD Samir Saba, MD | Atrial Telomere Length and the Risk of Prevalent and Incident Atrial Fibrillation |
| Brian Pierce, MD | Tiffany Chen, MD | Pulmonary Hypertension in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Effects of LVAD Unloading |
| 2017 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | PROJECT | |
| Wei Sun, MD, PhD | Identification, Validation and Functional Study of Long Noncoding RNA RBMS3-AS3 in Idiopathic PH | |
| Malamo Countouris, MD | Placental Malperfusion and Association with Later Life Global Longitudinal Strain and Diastolic Dysfunction | |
| Roy Sriwattanakomen, MD | Effect of frailty on ICD placement and outcomes among patients receiving CRT | |
| Dingxin Qin, MD, MSc | Clinical Management of Class III Obesity and AF | |
| Zachary Rhinehart, MD | Optimized electronic health record review for ascertainment and characterization of AF | |
| Mourad Senussi, MBBCh | Validation of carotid and femoral artery Doppler flow-derived cardiac output measurements | |
| Alicia Topoll, MD | Outcomes of patients with PAH and palliative care intervention | |
| George Cater, MD | Quantitative Assessment of the Extracellular Matrix in a Rat model of PH-HFpEF | |
| 2016 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | MENTOR(S) | PROJECT |
| Stephen D’Auria, MD | John Pacella, MD, MS | Sonothrombolysis of Arterial Thrombus utilizing Microbubbles Containing Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) |
| Sebhat Erqou, MD, PhD | Steven Reis, MD | Change in endothelial function and risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes |
| Michael Genuardi, MD | Sanjay Patel, MD, MS Jared Magnani, MD Stephen Chan, MD, PhD | Cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension |
| Jeff Lee, MD | Stephen Chan, MD, PhD Samir Saba, MD | Molecular mechanisms of Pulmonary Vein Endothelial Cells harvested from balloon catheters in the setting of Pulmonary Hypertension |
| Ahmad Masri, MBBS | Prem Soman, MD, PhD | Establishing a patient-care algorithm for screening of cardiac amyloidosis using Pyrophosphate (PYP) scintigraphy |
| Polakit Teekakirikul, MD | Cecilia Lo, PhD | Identifying Genetic Etiology of Familial Atrial Septal Defect in a Five Generation Pedigree |
| 2015 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | MENTOR(S) | PROJECT |
| Robert Baumgartner, MD | Catalin Toma, MD | The Microbiological Investigation of Coronary atheRosclerosis in Oral secretions, Blood, Ex vivo thrombus, and Stool (MICROBES) study group |
| Meshe Chonde, MD | Jonathan Elmer, MD | Attenuation of myocardial dysfunction after cardiac arrest |
| Andrea Elliott, MD | Aref Rahman, MD Harsha Rao, MD | Evaluation of exogenous testosterone therapy on the coagulation profile |
| Eli Friedman, MD | Jon Rittenberger, MD Ron Roth, MD Aaron Mares, MD | Blood testing of Pittsburgh Marathon runners to determine biomarker levels in both those with CAD risk factors and healthy runners |
| Amber Johnson, MD, MBA | Samir Saba, MD Larissa Myaskovsky, PhD | Understanding and addressing disparities in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) use at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| Manling Zhang, MD, MS | Iain Scott, PhD | Myocardial GCN5L1 and how it protects the heart against pressure overload |
| 2014 Awardees | ||
| FELLOW | MENTOR(S) | PROJECT |
| Sandeep Patel, MD | Catalin Toma, MD | To determine whether bacterium play a role in ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
| Brian Henry, MD | Roy Smith, MD David Schwartzman, MD | To test hypothesis that activated clotting time and Dilute Russell Viper Venom Time are capable of accurately quantifying the degree of NOA induced anticoagulation at normal therapeutic levels as well supratherapeutic levels |
| Chirag Chauhan, MD | Shivdev Rao, MD Conrad Smith, MD Catalin Toma, MD Suresh Mulukutla MD | The objective is to focus on interventional cardiology applications of Google GLASS |
| Gavin Hickey, MD | Prem Soman, MD | To evaluate the optimal use of stress MPI in acute chest pain patients with non-ischemic presenting ECG and serial negative biomarkers |
| Jonathan Holtz, MD | John Kellum, MD | To augment and refine the current UPMC LVAD database to assess longitudinal association between the RAS pathway and renal function |
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