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Fellow Graduates - Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program

Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program
Fellow Graduates

Cardiology Fellow Graduates

 

 

Graduate Name After Graduation Where are they now

 

2025
  Felix Afriye, MD

Private Practice:
Novant Health - North Carolina
     
  Afif Hossain, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellow
University of California Los Angeles
     
  Joseph Dzierzawiec, MD

Assistant Prof Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University Hospital
     
  Amanda Naaraayan, MD

Private Practice: 
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
       
  Matthew Fanous, MD

Private Practice:
White Plains Hospital Group

  
       
  Keneil Shah

Private Practice:
Virtua NJ

  
       
  Baoqiong Liu

Imaging:
NJMS Imaging Fellowship

  Advent Health Winter Park, FL

 

2024
  Michael Silverman, MD

Private Practice:
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
     
  Amtul Mansoor , MD

Private Practice:
Richmond Hill, NY

 

2023
  Shin, Jaewook, MD

Electrophysiology
UTHealth Houston

 Assistant Professor, McGovern Medical School UTHealth Houston
       
  Singh, Inderjit, MD

Interventional Cardiology Albert Einstein; Vascular & Endovascular
Massachusetts General Hospital

 Shore Heart Group, Manahawkin, NJ
     
  Michel Sanchez, Pablo , MD

Private Practice:
Kootenai Health, Idaho
       
  Wengrofsky, Perry, MD

Advanced Imaging
Morristown NJ

 Director of Structural/Interventional Echocardiography at Hackensack University Medical Center

 

2022
  Uzair Ashraf, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

  
       
  Parul Kakar, MD

Interventional Fellowship
Hackensack University Medical Center

  Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
       
  Mohamad Soud, MD

Interventional Fellowship
New York University

 RWJBH - Robert Wood University Hospital

 

2021
  Aishwarya Bhardwaj, MD Attending- Noninvasive Cardiology
University of Rochester, NY		  
       
  Vitaly Buza, MD Attending- Noninvasive Cardiology
Great Plains Health System, Nebraska		  
       
  Anthony Lucev, MD Attending- Noninvasive Cardiology
New Jersey		 Clinical Assistant Professor, Rutgers NJMS, East Orange VA Hospital
       
  Brijesh Rajeshkumar Patel, MD Attending- Noninvasive Cardiology
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Paterson, NJ		  
       
  Anoshia Raza, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Hackensack University Medical Center		 St. Mary's General Hospital · Passaic, NJ

 

2020
  Monali Shah, DO Assistant Professor of Medicine
Temple University, PA		 Temple University Hospital - Jeanes Campus · Philadelphia, PA
       
  Renjit Thomas, MD Attending - Noninvasive Cardiology
East Orange Veterans Hospital		 Clinical Assistant Professor, Rutgers NJMS, East Orange VA Hospital

 

2019
  Ahmad Alkhalil, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY		 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Stony Brook University , Northport VA Catheterization Laboratory
       
  Shervin Golbari, MD Attending - Noninvasive Cardiology
Mount Sinai Long Island Heart, New York, NY		  
       
  Shashank Jain, MD Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT		 University Hospitals, Cleveland Ohio

 

2018
  Farhan Bajwa, MD Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship
Detroit, MI		 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester, NY
       
  Sajid Mirza, MD Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
Pittsburgh, PA		 HCA Florida Heart and Vascular Care - JFKAtlantis, FL
       
  Geurys Rojas Marte, MD Advanced Heart Failure and  Cardiac Transplantation Fellowship
University of Florida, FL		  Director of the Advanced HF and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs at Deborah Heart and Lung Center
       
  Adebayo Olusanya, MD Cardiology Attending
El Paso, TX		 Las Palmas Del Sol, El Paso TX

 

2017
  Osama (Tariq) Niazi, DO Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
New York University, New York, NY		 Private Practice Tri-County Cardiology Mesa Arizona
       
  Menhel Kinno, MD Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois		 Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Rush Universoty Medical Center, Chicago, IL
       
  Ra'ad Tashman, MD Invasive Cardiology Attending
Kaiser Permanente System, Sacramento, California		  

 

2016
  Venkata Boppana, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowhip
St. Louis University, Missouri		 Heartland Cardiology, Andover Kansas
       
  Saurabh Kapoor, MD Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship
Newark Beth Israel Center (Barnabas Health)		 Newark Beth Israel Center (Barnabas Health)
       
  Fatima Samad, MD Cardiac Imaging Fellowship
Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin		 Assistant Professor University of Missouri- Columbia

 

2015
  Adam Raskin, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ		 Mercy Health, Fairfield, OH
       
  Hayder Hashim, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Albert Einstein School of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, NY		 Faculty : Medstart Health, Washington Hospital
       
  Ifad Rahman, MD Private Practice
Virginia		 Medical Director Advance cardiac imaging and Non invasive cardiology, UNC Health Chapel Hill, NC
       
  Nandan Thirunahari, MD Private Practice
New Jersey		 AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City

 

2014
  Christopher DiGiorgio, MD Private Practice
Glen Ridge, New Jersey		  
       
  Puneet Ghayal, MD Non invasive cardiologist
University Medical Center of Princeton, NJ		 Kaise Permanente, Oregon, CA
       
  Atish Mathur, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ		 Ohio Health, Mansfield OH

 

2013
  Eyad Alhaj, MD Private Practice
New York		 Private Practice Ascencion, Il
       
  Oussama Lawand, MD Electrophysiology Fellowship
UT Southwestern Medical Center		  Cheyenne, Regional Cheyenne, Wyoming
       
  Wojciech Rudzinski, MD Faculty Appointment
Guthrie Clinic,  PA		 Clinical Assistant Professor Medicine, Chair Division of Cardiology East Orange VA Hospital

 

2012
  Rajiv Patel, DO Attending
Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ		 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hackensack University Medical School
       
  Arthur Rusovici, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
St. Lukes Roosevelt		 Private Practice : NYU Langone South Shore Heart, Rockville Centre, NY
       
  Santosh Varkey, MD Electrophysiology Fellowship
Boston Medical Center		  Piedmont Augusta Georgia
       
  Alfonso Waller, MD Imaging Fellowship
Brigham and Women’s Hospital		 Professor and Division Chief Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

 

2011
  Dan Tsyvine, MD Interventional Fellowship
NBIMC, Newark, NJ		 St Lukes Health, Sellersville, PA
       
  Michael Kasper, MD Private Practice
New Jersey		 Saddle River Medical Group, NJ
       
  Aarti Patel, MD EP Fellowship
New York Methodist		 Garden State Heart, Englishtown NJ

 

2010
  Brijesh Patel, MD Faculty Appointment
Louisiana State University		 HeartPlace, Dallas Tx
       
  Victor Mazza, MD EP Fellowship
Temple University		 All Health Medical, Hasbrouch Heights, NJ
       
  Monica Sanchez-Ross, MD Private Practice
Texas		 University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

 

2009
  James Maher, MD Faculty Appointment
UMDNJ-NJMS		 Carolina Cardiology Associates, Rock Hill, SC
       
  Pallavi Solanki, MD Heart Failure Fellowship
Columbia University		 Associate Professor of Medicine Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
       
  David Sedaghat, MD Private Practice
Long Island Area		 North Shore University Hospital Manhasset, NY

 

2008
  Bernard Kim, MD Heart Failure
Hackensack University Medical Center		  
       
  Steve Tsai, MD Faculty Appointment
EO VA Medical Center		 Clinical Associate Professor Penn State Health, Hershey PA
       
  Ramzan Zakir, MD Interventional Fellowship
NBIMC, Newark, NJ		 Clinical Assistant Professor Of Medicine Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

 

2007
  Samir Ahuja, MD Interventional Fellowship
Arizona		 Cardiology Associates of Frederick, MD
       
  Ather Anis, MD Interventional Fellowship
Boston University		 Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, VA
       
  Vivek Dhruva, DO Private Practice
Maryland		 Chair, Dept of Medicine University of Medicine of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health
       
  Jesus Mendiolaza, MD Private Practice
Florida		 Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers FL

 

2006
  Jason Levine, MD Interventional Fellowship
Maryland		 St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
       
  David Manela, MD EP Fellowship
Stanford		 Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA

 

2005
  Amir Choudry, MD Private Practice
Texas		 Hearplace, Dallas, TX
       
  Kingsley Okorafor, MD Private Practice
North Carolina		 Cape Fear Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC
       
  Jennifer Zimmer, MD EP Fellowship
George Washington University		 John Hopkins Medicine, MD

 

2004
  Raju Bejjanki, MD Interventional Fellowship
St. Vincent’s, NY		 Jersey City Medical Center
       
  Navin Budhwani, MD Interventional Fellowship
Mount Sinai, NY		 Valley Hospital, NJ
       
  George Stoupakis, MD Interventional Fellowship
North Shore, LIJ		 Hackensack Medical Center
       

 

2003
  James Orlando, MD Interventional Fellowship
North Shore		 Shore Heart Group, Neptune, NJ
       
  Ruchi Shah, MD Private Practice
New Jersey		 Hackensack Medical Center