Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program | Meet Our Fellows

 

Categorical Fellows

First year

John Braucher

  • Hometown: Athens, Ga.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Georgia
  • Medical school: Medical School of Georgia
  • Post-graduate training: Pediatric Residency at Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship, Duke Divinity School (M.T.S.)
  • Academic interests: Interventional, narrative medicine, theology
  • Hobbies: Cycling, reading, cocktails, being outside with my wife (Maggie), son (Charlie), and dog (Penn)

Daniel Diaz-Gil

  • Hometowns: Mainz, Germany, and Sevilla, Spain
  • Undergraduate school: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
  • Medical school: Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Heart failure/transplant, CICU, molecular and cellular mechanisms of congenital heart disease
  • Hobbies: Paddle-boarding, hiking, trying out new recipes from all over the world, and spending time with my husband and our dog

Tomini Fashina

  • Hometowns: Lagos, Nigeria, and Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Undergraduate school: N/A
  • Medical school: Leicester Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: MPH at Yale School of Public Health; Pediatric Residency at the Mayo Clinic
  • Academic interests: CICU, AI, global health
  • Hobbies: I am happiest outdoors — hiking, running, cycling, sailing, skiing, Fun fact, I am a certified open water scuba diver! On the rare occasion I am indoors, I am likely playing an intense game of squash.

Shyam Harinarayanan

  • Hometown: Coimbatore, India
  • Undergraduate school: Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Post-graduate training: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
  • Academic interests: Intervention, imaging, AI in pediatric cardiology
  • Hobbies: Cooking, singing, cricket, watching tennis

Tara Jamieson

  • Hometown: Guelph, Ontario
  • Undergraduate school: Berklee College of Music
  • Medical school: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Palliative care, social determinants of health
  • Hobbies: Music, knitting, running, and my dog Sirius

Lauren Ledingham

  • Hometown: Wellesley, Mass.
  • Undergraduate school: Brown University
  • Medical school: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Post-graduate training: Med/peds at Nationwide/Ohio State University
  • Academic interests: Utilization of advanced imaging to understand progression of heart disease in ACHD patients to inform screening practices
  • Hobbies: Running, baking, spending time with family and friends, skiing, trying new foods

Elif Ozdogan

  • Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
  • Undergraduate school: N/A
  • Medical school: St. George’s University of London; Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Translational research, intersection of immunology and cardiology, medical education
  • Hobbies: Reading international literature, looking for the best Indian food in Boston, hanging out with my two cats, wind surfing in Turkey

Julia Pantalone

  • Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Undergraduate school: Vassar College
  • Medical school: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Internal medicine/pediatrics at UPMC
  • Academic interests: ACHD, heart failure/transplant, cardio-obstetrics
  • Hobbies: Running, reading, CrossFit, travel, dessert

Second year

Caitlin Bowen

  • Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
  • Undergraduate school: Cornell University
  • Medical school: Johns Hopkins, PhD in Human Genetics
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Cardiac genetics
  • Hobbies: Science fiction, quilting, biking, gardening with my cat

Nicolle Ceneri

  • Hometown: North Haven, Conn.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Connecticut
  • Medical school: George Washington University
  • Post-graduate training: Children’s National Hospital (pediatrics)
  • Academic interests: CICU, single ventricle, heterotaxy
  • Hobbies: Golf, ice hockey, skiing/snowboarding, running with my golden retriever, and cooking and traveling with my husband

Molly Clarke

  • Hometown: Cumberland, R.I.; Falmouth, Mass.
  • Undergraduate school: Boston College
  • Medical school: Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
  • Academic interests: Imaging and inpatient
  • Hobbies: Running, sailing, and baking

Thomas Day

  • Hometown: Franklin, Tenn.
  • Undergraduate school: Washington & Lee University
  • Medical school: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program, Leadership in Equity and Advocacy (LEAD) track
  • Academic interests: CICU, health services research, access to care, health equity
  • Hobbies: Indoor gardening, running along the Charles, playing music, cooking

Cara Lachtrupp

  • Hometown: Stowe, Vt.
  • Undergraduate school: Barnard College
  • Medical school: Harvard Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: I think I am interested in general cardiology, perhaps with an imaging and/or exercise component.
  • Hobbies: Hiking in my native Vermont, spending time with my puppy Gracie, and baking

Daniel Mulhall

  • Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Notre Dame
  • Medical school: University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Post-graduate training: Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. (internship, residency, chief residency), Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C. (pediatric critical care medicine fellowship (chief fellow))
  • Academic interests: CICU, quality improvement, medical education, ethics
  • Hobbies: Disc golf, trivia, Survivor, running

Lindsay Thomson

  • Hometown: Clifton, Va.
  • Undergraduate school: College of William & Mary
  • Medical school: Boston University
  • Post-graduate training: University of Colorado
  • Academic interests: ACT
  • Hobbies: Hiking, skiing/snowboarding, antique furniture restoration

James Ting

  • Hometown: Holmdel, N.J.
  • Undergraduate school: Yale College
  • Medical school: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Johns Hopkins Hospital (hospice and palliative fellowship)
  • Academic interests: I am especially interested in further bridging the fields of palliative medicine and pediatric cardiology. I hope to further explore that collaboration in the fields of imaging (including fetal cardiology), advanced heart failure, and CICU.
  • Hobbies: Convoluted board games, going on a walk with his wife, Anna, and daughter Ahrin

Rachel Wyand

  • Hometown: Canfield, Ohio
  • Undergraduate school: Miami University
  • Medical school: University of Toledo College of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Pediatrics Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina
  • Academic interests: CICU, nutrition, ambulatory care, exercise
  • Hobbies: CrossFit, weight lifting, running, pickleball, cornhole, reading, baking

Third year

Kristina Chambers

  • Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • Undergraduate school: Dartmouth College
  • Medical school: Emory School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Inherited arrhythmias, EP
  • Hobbies: Traveling

Miriam Fox

  • Hometown: Weston, Mass.
  • Undergraduate school: Duke University
  • Medical school: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (master’s of public health); Boston Combined Residency Program, Leadership in Equity and Advocacy Track (pediatric residency)
  • Academic interests: CICU, ACT, imaging
  • Hobbies: Running, hiking, baking, traveling (especially to anywhere with waves to surf), and exploring New England with my husband, 1-year-old son, and dog

Anna Martens

  • Hometown: Scarborough, Maine
  • Undergraduate school: Muhlenberg College
  • Medical school: Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Mass General for Children
  • Academic interests: Undecided
  • Hobbies: Running, soccer, skiing, surfing, family time

Joshua Mayourian

  • Hometown: Roslyn, N.Y.
  • Undergraduate school: Cooper Union
  • Medical school: Mount Sinai
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: EP
  • Hobbies: Spending time with my wife and two kids, basketball

Sean Sanker

  • Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
  • Undergraduate school: New York University
  • Medical school: University of Florida College of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Brown University Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
  • Academic interests: Community and ambulatory cardiology, preventive cardiology, ACHD, and transition of care
  • Hobbies: Preparing and sampling West Indian cuisine, exploring the waters and beaches of New England and the Caribbean

Kathryn Stack

  • Undergraduate school: Princeton University
  • Medical school: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Post-graduate training: Pediatrics residency at CHOP
  • Academic interests: ACT
  • Hobbies: running, cooking, hiking, golf

Alexander Tang

  • Hometown: Worcester, Mass.
  • Undergraduate school: Harvard University
  • Medical school: University of Illinois
  • Post-graduate training: Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Academic interests: Imaging
  • Hobbies: Trying new restaurants, cooking, collecting fountain pens

Nishma Valikodath

  • Hometown: Rockwood, Mich.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Michigan
  • Medical school: University of Michigan Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pediatrics residency)
  • Academic interests: CICU
  • Hobbies: Running, cooking

Electrophysiology Fellows

Zachariah Hale

  • Hometown: Dansville, N.Y.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Rochester
  • Medical school: UC San Francisco
  • Post-graduate training: Rutgers-NJMS, Johns Hopkins
  • Academic interests: Complex ablations
  • Hobbies: Hiking and spending time with my wife and dog

Pierre-Olivier Veillette

  • Hometown: Saguenay, Quebec
  • Undergraduate school: N/A
  • Medical school: University of Sherbrooke
  • Post-graduate training: Three years of general pediatrics at Sainte-Justine Hospital (Montreal), three years of pediatric cardiology at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
  • Academic interests: Ablation procedures
  • Hobbies: Sports, food

Cardiac Imaging Fellows

Kathryn Dern

  • Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
  • Undergraduate school: UCLA
  • Medical school: UC San Diego
  • Post-graduate training: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (pediatrics residency)
  • Academic interests: Advanced cardiac imaging
  • Hobbies: Visiting National Parks, gardening, baking

Karina Javalkar

  • Hometown: Cary, N.C.
  • Undergraduate school: UNC Chapel Hill
  • Medical school: UNC Chapel Hill
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program (pediatrics)
  • Academic interests: Advanced cardiac imaging
  • Hobbies: Singing, reading, cooking, travel

Hannah Tredway

  • Hometown: Gunnison, Colo.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Utah
  • Medical school: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
  • Academic interests: Imaging
  • Hobbies: Paddleboarding, reading, knitting/crocheting, Harry Potter trivia, and hanging out with my cats (Penny and Pepper)

Preventive Fellows

Deepak Gupta

  • Hometown: Mahwah, N.J.
  • Undergraduate school: Rutgers University
  • Medical school: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (pediatrics residency)
  • Academic interests: Exercise and outpatient cardiology
  • Hobbies: Baking, basketball, hiking

CICU Fellows

Lauren Roach

  • Hometown: Edina, Minn.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Minnesota
  • Medical school: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Residency University of Nebraska, Fellowship University of Iowa
  • Academic interests: Medical ethics
  • Hobbies: Stand-up comedy, walleye fishing, bee keeping, trivia, mystery novels, and spending time with my dogs and family

Amandeep Sehra

  • Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Undergraduate school: University of British Columbia (Vancouver)
  • Medical school: St. George’s
  • Post-graduate training: University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (Pediatrics), University of Ottawa/Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (PCCM)
  • Academic interests: CICU, QI, team communication
  • Hobbies: Sports, travelling, sneakers

Interventional Cardiology Fellows

Aravinth Karunanandaa

  • Hometown: State College, Pa.
  • Undergraduate school: St. Louis University
  • Medical school: St. Louis University School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Levine Children’s Hospital (pediatric residency), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
  • Academic interests: Cardiac catheterization
  • Hobbies: Running, pick-up basketball, reading, exploring new restaurants

Anne Stewart

  • Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
  • Undergraduate school: The University of Melbourne
  • Medical school: The University of Melbourne
  • Post-graduate training: The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
  • Academic interests: Cardiac catheterization and imaging
  • Hobbies: Spending time with family and friends, enjoying good food, travel, spending time in nature

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellows

Ibrahim Khayyat

  • Hometown: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Undergraduate school: N/A
  • Medical school: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Post-graduate training: Internal Medicine and Cardiology at McGill University, Montreal
  • Academic interests: ACHD interventions
  • Hobbies: Paddle, traveling, scuba diving

Michelle Moore-Padilla

  • Hometown: Miami, Fla.
  • Undergraduate school: Barry University
  • Medical school: Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University
  • Post-graduate training: The Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (internal medicine-pediatrics residency), Emory University (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
  • Academic interests: ACHD, cross-sectional imaging, ACT
  • Hobbies: Cooking, foodie, Pilates, hiking

Juan Pablo Salazar

  • Hometown: Cuenca, Ecuador
  • Undergraduate school: Borja
  • Medical school: Universidad de Cuenca
  • Post-graduate training: Adult Congenital Heart Disease
  • Academic interests: Congenital structural intervention
  • Hobbies: Weight lifting, long-distance running, golf

Maram Sati

  • Hometown: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Medical school: Medical school in Khartoum, Sudan
  • Post-graduate training: Doha, Qatar; Texas Tech University (residency); University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children in Cleveland, Ohio (pediatric cardiology)
  • Academic interests: Advanced cardiac imaging in preprocedural planning, identifying social barriers, ACHD
  • Hobbies: Charcoal portrait artist, active lifestyle, working out and traveling

Advanced Cardiac Therapies Fellows

Leanne Duhaney

  • Undergraduate school: Princeton University
  • Medical school: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Post-graduate training: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (pediatrics residency)
  • Academic interests: Advanced cardiac therapies (ACT)
  • Hobbies: Reading, hiking, gardening

Acute Cardiac Care Fellows

Victoria Bradford

  • Hometowns: Cape Town, South Africa; Weston, Mass.
  • Undergraduate school: Columbia University
  • Medical school: Harvard Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: ACCU, medical education
  • Hobbies: Dance (ballet), reading historical fiction, hiking