Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program | Meet Our Fellows
Categorical Fellows
First year
Caitlin Bowen
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Nicole Ceneri
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Caitlin Bowen
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Nicole Ceneri
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, First Year
- 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
Second year
Kristina Chambers
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Kristina Chambers
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Categorical Fellow, Second Year
- 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
Third year
Victoria Bradford
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- Hometown: 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
Kathryn Dern
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Leanne Duhaney
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Deepak Gupta
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Karina Javalkar
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Christopher Teng
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- Hometown: Lexington, Mass.
- Undergraduate school: Princeton University
- Medical school: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Post-graduate training: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Academic interests: CICU, medical education, ICU arrhythmias
- Hobbies: Volleyball, dance, cooking, karaoke
Hannah Tredway
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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)
Victoria Bradford
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- Hometown: 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
Kathryn Dern
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Leanne Duhaney
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Deepak Gupta
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Karina Javalkar
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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
Christopher Teng
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- Hometown: Lexington, Mass.
- Undergraduate school: Princeton University
- Medical school: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Post-graduate training: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Academic interests: CICU, medical education, ICU arrhythmias
- Hobbies: Volleyball, dance, cooking, karaoke
Hannah Tredway
Categorical Fellow, Third Year
- 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)
Electrophysiology Fellows
‘Richard’ Clint Collier
Electrophysiology Fellow
- Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.
- Undergraduate school: Whitman College
- Medical school: University of New Mexico
- Post-graduate training: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (internal medicine and pediatrics residency)
- Academic interests: EP, sports, exercise physiology
- Hobbies: Parenting, soccer, swimming, biking, road trips
Jonathan Su
Electrophysiology Fellow
- Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
- Undergraduate school: University of California, San Diego
- Medical school: St. Louis University
- Post-graduate training: University of California, Los Angeles (pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Electrophysiology
- Hobbies: Basketball, biking, piano, coffee shop hopping
‘Richard’ Clint Collier
Electrophysiology Fellow
- Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.
- Undergraduate school: Whitman College
- Medical school: University of New Mexico
- Post-graduate training: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (internal medicine and pediatrics residency)
- Academic interests: EP, sports, exercise physiology
- Hobbies: Parenting, soccer, swimming, biking, road trips
Jonathan Su
Electrophysiology Fellow
- Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
- Undergraduate school: University of California, San Diego
- Medical school: St. Louis University
- Post-graduate training: University of California, Los Angeles (pediatric residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Electrophysiology
- Hobbies: Basketball, biking, piano, coffee shop hopping
Cardiac Imaging Fellows
Lauren Crafts
Cardiac Imaging Fellow
- Hometown: Pennington, N.J.
- Undergraduate school: Georgetown University
- Medical school: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston Children’s Hospital (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Imaging
- Hobbies: Running, Pilates, watching sports
Shanique Sterling
Cardiac Imaging Fellow
- Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
- Medical school: University of the West Indies
- Post-graduate training: University of Miami-Holtz Children’s Hospital (pediatric residency), Harvard Medical School-Boston Children’s Hospital (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Cardiac imaging — I love to image the heart (i.e. all things echo, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT-related
- Hobbies: Traveling — experiencing new places, cultures and food, playing tennis and volleyball, cycling, going to sporting events and concerts, reading fictional novels and autobiographies, watching TV shows with my husband, and in general spending quality time with my family.
Benjamin Zielonka
Cardiac Imaging Fellow
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
- Undergraduate school: Washington University in St. Louis
- Medical school: University of Pennsylvania
- Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program (residency), Boston Children’s Hospital (cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Non-invasive imaging, clinical research.
- Hobbies: Exploring new restaurants with my wife, Ally, chasing my son Owen around the green spaces in Brookline and Jamaica Plain, being disappointed by Philadelphia sports teams.
Lauren Crafts
Cardiac Imaging Fellow
- Hometown: Pennington, N.J.
- Undergraduate school: Georgetown University
- Medical school: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston Children’s Hospital (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Imaging
- Hobbies: Running, Pilates, watching sports
Shanique Sterling
Cardiac Imaging Fellow
- Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
- Medical school: University of the West Indies
- Post-graduate training: University of Miami-Holtz Children’s Hospital (pediatric residency), Harvard Medical School-Boston Children’s Hospital (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Cardiac imaging — I love to image the heart (i.e. all things echo, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT-related
- Hobbies: Traveling — experiencing new places, cultures and food, playing tennis and volleyball, cycling, going to sporting events and concerts, reading fictional novels and autobiographies, watching TV shows with my husband, and in general spending quality time with my family.
Benjamin Zielonka
Cardiac Imaging Fellow
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
- Undergraduate school: Washington University in St. Louis
- Medical school: University of Pennsylvania
- Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program (residency), Boston Children’s Hospital (cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Non-invasive imaging, clinical research.
- Hobbies: Exploring new restaurants with my wife, Ally, chasing my son Owen around the green spaces in Brookline and Jamaica Plain, being disappointed by Philadelphia sports teams.
Preventive Fellows
Michelle Degen
Preventive Fellow
- Hometown: Huntsville, Ala.
- Undergraduate school: Sewanee, The University of the South
- Medical school: University of South Alabama
- Post-graduate training: University of Louisville (residency), Yale University (categorical cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Preventive cardiology
- Hobbies: Running, reading, baking
Michelle Degen
Preventive Fellow
- Hometown: Huntsville, Ala.
- Undergraduate school: Sewanee, The University of the South
- Medical school: University of South Alabama
- Post-graduate training: University of Louisville (residency), Yale University (categorical cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: Preventive cardiology
- Hobbies: Running, reading, baking
CICU Fellows
Nora Alfakhri
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Basra, Iraq; Doha, Qatar
- Undergraduate school: Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
- Medical school: Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
- Post-graduate training: University of Florida/Shands Children’s Hospital and Mass General for Children
- Academic interests: CICU
- Hobbies: Solidcore and barre exercises, reading, trying new bakeries/cafes
Joshua Feder
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
- Undergraduate school: McGill University
- Medical school: University of Ottawa
- Post-graduate training: Montreal Children’s Hospital PCCM, Hospital for Sick Children PCCM, Boston Children’s Hospital CICU
- Academic interests: Respiratory physiology, cardiopulmonary interactions, mechanical circulatory support
- Hobbies: Running, traveling and food
Uvaraj Periasasmy
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Salem, India
- Medical school: PSG IMS&R
- Academic interests: CICU
- Hobbies: Cricket, badminton, and trail walks
Vickren Pillay
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Undergraduate school: St. Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Medical school: Medical University of the Americas
- Academic interests: CICU, intrahospital transport
- Hobbies: Packers football, sneakers
Nora Alfakhri
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Basra, Iraq; Doha, Qatar
- Undergraduate school: Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
- Medical school: Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar
- Post-graduate training: University of Florida/Shands Children’s Hospital and Mass General for Children
- Academic interests: CICU
- Hobbies: Solidcore and barre exercises, reading, trying new bakeries/cafes
Joshua Feder
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
- Undergraduate school: McGill University
- Medical school: University of Ottawa
- Post-graduate training: Montreal Children’s Hospital PCCM, Hospital for Sick Children PCCM, Boston Children’s Hospital CICU
- Academic interests: Respiratory physiology, cardiopulmonary interactions, mechanical circulatory support
- Hobbies: Running, traveling and food
Uvaraj Periasasmy
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Salem, India
- Medical school: PSG IMS&R
- Academic interests: CICU
- Hobbies: Cricket, badminton, and trail walks
Vickren Pillay
CICU Fellow
- Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Undergraduate school: St. Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Medical school: Medical University of the Americas
- Academic interests: CICU, intrahospital transport
- Hobbies: Packers football, sneakers
Interventional Cardiology Fellows
Aravinth Karunanandaa
Interventional Cardiology Fellow
- 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
Aravinth Karunanandaa
Interventional Cardiology Fellow
- 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
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellows
Charmaine Lam
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
- Undergraduate school: University of British Columbia
- Medical school: University of British Columbia
- Post-graduate training: University of British Columbia (internal medicine, adult cardiology)
- Academic interests: Adult congenital heart disease, transition from pediatric to adult cardiology care
- Hobbies: Muay Thai, badminton, hip-hop dance
Michelle Moore-Padilla
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- 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
Maram Sati
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- 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
Christopher Valle
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
- Undergraduate school: Williams College
- Medical school: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Post-graduate training: Massachusetts General Hospital (med-peds Residency), Boston Children’s Hospital (pediatric cardiology)
- Academic interests: ACHD, CICU
- Hobbies: Cooking, nature walks with my dog, golf
Charmaine Lam
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia
- Undergraduate school: University of British Columbia
- Medical school: University of British Columbia
- Post-graduate training: University of British Columbia (internal medicine, adult cardiology)
- Academic interests: Adult congenital heart disease, transition from pediatric to adult cardiology care
- Hobbies: Muay Thai, badminton, hip-hop dance
Michelle Moore-Padilla
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- 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
Maram Sati
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- 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
Christopher Valle
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow
- Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
- Undergraduate school: Williams College
- Medical school: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Post-graduate training: Massachusetts General Hospital (med-peds Residency), Boston Children’s Hospital (pediatric cardiology)
- Academic interests: ACHD, CICU
- Hobbies: Cooking, nature walks with my dog, golf
Advanced Cardiac Therapies Fellows
Joseph Stidham
Advanced Cardiac Therapies Fellow
- Hometown: Bartow, Fla.
- Undergraduate school: University of Florida
- Medical school: University of South Florida
- Post-graduate training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pediatric residency), Oregon Health and Science University (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: ACT, specifically heart failure in congenital heart disease
- Hobbies: Movies, cooking
Joseph Stidham
Advanced Cardiac Therapies Fellow
- Hometown: Bartow, Fla.
- Undergraduate school: University of Florida
- Medical school: University of South Florida
- Post-graduate training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pediatric residency), Oregon Health and Science University (pediatric cardiology fellowship)
- Academic interests: ACT, specifically heart failure in congenital heart disease
- Hobbies: Movies, cooking