- Javid Alakbarli, MD- Kelsey-Seybold
- Joseph Allencherril, MD – UTMB
- Anish Badjatiya, MD – THI EP Fellowship
- Isabel Balachandran, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship
- Gilad Birnbaum, MD – Lone Star Heart and Vascular, New Braunfels TX
- Adam Brouillard, MD – THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
- Milad El Hajj, MD – THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
- Jordan Gales, MD – THI EP Fellowship
- Lauren Golden, MD – Conway Medical Center in Myrtle Beach
- Sudeep Kuchibhotla, MD – Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists in Richmond VA
- Patrick Marcus, MD – THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
- Robert Paisley, MD – Private Practice, The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care
- Matthew Riesbeck, DO – Mission Health Asheville NC
Recent Graduates
100% Fellows Pursue Subspecialty Training After Graduation 2020-2017 (Last 4 Years Straight)
35 % of Fellows Pursue Academic Med
65 % of Fellows Pursue Hospital/Private Practice
100% of Fellows Complete Cardiology Boards
83 % of Fellows Complete National Board of Echocardiography During General Cardiology Training
249 Average Step 1 Board Score
“ Tremendous skill set and experience dealing with complex disease and sick patients”
“More than well prepared by fellowship training”
“ I have felt very well prepared coming out of fellowship. I came out with a diverse skill set that is very helpful in the community practice setting.”
2023 Graduates
2022 Graduates
- Javid Alakbarli, MD – Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Joseph Allencherrill, MD – Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Tamer Amer, MD – Methodist Hospital San Antonio Advanced HF & Transplant Practice – San Antonio, TX
- Robert Bagwell, MD – Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Main Campus – Houston, TX
- Salman Bandeali, MD – Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists, PA – Houston, TX
- Lauren Golden, MD – Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Michael Harms, MD – Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Main Campus – Houston, TX
- George Heberton, MD – Baylor Scott & White Cardiology Consultants of Texas – Dallas, TX
- Michael Hermelin, MD – Cypress Heart and Vascular Center – Houston, TX
- Austin Howard, MD – Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute – North Carolina
- Sudeep Kuchibholta, MD – Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Numan Khan, MD – Younis Cardiology Associates – Houston, TX
- Mitch Tan, MD – Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
2021 Graduates
2021 Graduation and Pinning Ceremony
- Michael Andrew Harms, MD – THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
- Numan Ali Khan, MD -THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
- Jeanney Lew, MD – Massachusetts General EP Fellowship
- Robert Douglas Paisley, MD – THI Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship
- Heather Pemberton, MD – Private Practice, Greensboro, NC
- Aaron Lee Bush, MD -THI Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
- Justin Scott Maxfield, MD – Private Practice, North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
- Michael Millard, MD – Private Practice, Pinehurst Medical Clinic, Pinehurst, NC
- Agam D. Patel, MD – Private Practice, Interventional Cardiology – Sarasota, FL
- Zachary David Hale, MD – Private Practice, Asheville, NC
- Benjamin Elhard Jenny, MD, MBA – Private Practice, Scottsdate, AZ
- Giancarlo Acosta Baez, MD -Private Practice, Gainesville, GA
2020 Graduates
2020 Graduation Ceremony and Pinning Ceremony
- Aaron L. Bush, MD – Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute
- Jordan M. Chaisson, MD – Cardiology Associates, Mobile, AL
- Briana T. Costello, MD – Private Practice, Houston, Texas
- George A. Heberton, MD – Electrophysiology, Texas Heart Institute
- Austin A. Howard III, MD Fellow of the Year – Electrophysiology, Texas Heart Institute *
- Kenneth Igbalode, MD – Attending Physician, University of Washington Valley Medical Center
- Carol Lai, MD – General Cardiologist, Straub Medical Center – Honolulu, HI
- Justin S. Maxfield, MD – Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute
- Michael A. Millard, MD – Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute
- Juan J. Nieves-Rivera, MD – Private Practice, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Agam D. Patel, MD – Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute
- Mark S. Pollet, MD – Baton Rouge Cardiology Center, Baton Rouge, LA
- Alexander Postalian, MD – Private Practice, Houston, Texas
- Priyanka Sen, MD – Private Practice, Houston, Texas
*TAUBER OUTSTANDING FELLOW OF THE YEAR
2019 Graduates
2019 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- David Aaron Burkland, MD Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, Houston TX
- Briana Costello, MD Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Robert W. Godley II, MD , Community Health Network in Indianapolis, IN
- Brian Greet, MD, Assistant Professor at University of Texas
- Zachary D. Hale, MD, Electrophysiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute (FELLOW OF THE YEAR)*
- Kenneth Yemisi Igbalode, MD, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Benjamin Jenny, MD, Electrophysiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Carol Lai, MD, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute
- Michael J. McArdle, MD Private practice, Houston, TX
- Dhaval R. Parekh, MD Texas Children’s Hospital/BCM Faculty, Houston, TX
- Vishal Y. Parikh, MD, Private practice, Rochester, NY
- Anoop M. Shah, MD, Private practice in VA
- John O. Tyler III, MD, Private practice in Houston, TX
- Alexander Postalian Yrausquin, MD , Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program – Texas Heart Institute *
2019 Cardiac Society Fellows Pinning Ceremony
*TAUBER OUTSTANDING FELLOW OF THE YEAR
2018 Graduates
2018 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Robert Aertker, MD, Woodlands North Houston Heart Center
- Anju Bhardwaj, MBB
- David Kuten, MD, Woodlands North Houston Heart Center, (Woodlands, TX)
- Carlos Manrique, MD
- James O’Neill, MD
- Wassim Shatila, MD
- Robert Godley, MD, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Michael McArdle, MD, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Dhaval Parekh, MD, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Prianka Sen, MD Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship, UTHSC Houston McGovern School
- Anoop Shah, MD, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- John Tyler, MD, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Jordan Chaisson, MD Chaisson, MD, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
2017 Graduates
2017 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Bobby Aertker, MD Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Salman Bandeali, MD Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart and Vascular Specialists, Houston, TX
- David Burkland, MD, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Brett Goodwin, MD Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Specialists of Southwest Louisiana, Lake Charles, LA
- Salman Gohar, MD Advanced Heart Failure, Scott & White, Temple, TX
- Brian Greet, MD EP Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Ketan Koranna, MD, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Mason City Clinic, Mason City
- David Kuten, MD Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute (FELLOW OF THE YEAR)*
- Mehran Massumi, MD Interventional Cardiology, Kelsey Seybold, Houston, TX Texas Medical Center
- Chalam Mulukutla, MD Cardiovascular Disease, El Paso Cardiology Associates, El Paso, TX
- James O’Neill, MD Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Indranill Basu Ray, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK
- Robert Salazar, MD Interventional Cardiology, Texas Cardiology Associates of Houston, Houston, TX
- Wassim Shatila, MD Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Samar Sheth, MD Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart & Vascular Specialists, Houston, TX
- Ziad Taimeh, MD Advanced Heart Failure, Texas Heart Institute/Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, TX
2016 Graduates
2016 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Salman Bandeali, MD Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute (FELLOW OF THE YEAR)
- Brett Goodwin, MD Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Mehran Massumi, MD Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Chalam Mulukutla, MD Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Robert Salazar, MD Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Samar Sheth, MD Cardiovascular Disease; Interventional Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute
- Daisy Nieto, MD Cardiovascular Disease, El Paso Cardiology Associates, El Paso, TX
- Abedelkader Amanfi, MD Interventional Cardiology, Private Practice, Owensborough, KY
- Amir Gahremanpour, MD Interventional Cardiology, Private Practice, Tomball, TX
- John Lee, MD Interventional Cardiology, Private Practice, Dallas, TX
- Scott Greenberg, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Woodlands North Houston Heart Center, The Woodlands, TX
- Cyril Varghese, MD Advanced Heart Failure, Private Practice, Dallas, TX
2015 Graduates
2015 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Jorge Escobar, MD Interventional Cardiology, Texas Heart and Vascular Specialists, Houston, TX
- Marlos Fernandes, MD Interventional Cardiology, Memorial Herman Hospital System,Houston, TX
- Mohammad Madjid, MD Interventional Cardiology, Academic, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX
- Gary Yawn, MD Interventional Cardiology, Costal Cardiology, PC, Brunswick, GA
- Mark McCauley, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Joanna Molina Razavi, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hall-Garcia Cardiology Associates at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Ambar Andrade, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Academic, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Leon Cannizzaro, MD Cardiovascular Disease, Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group, Baton Rouge, LA
- Jessica Brown, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
2014 Graduates
2014 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Cihan Cevik, MD Interventional Cardiology, Shaw Heart and Vascular Center, Roseburg, OR
- Joggy George, MD Interventional Cardiology, Practice Cardiovascular Care Providers, Inc, Houston, TX
- Steven Joggerst, MD Interventional Cardiology, Cape Cardiology Group, Missouri
- Angelo Nascimbene, MD Interventional Cardiology, Academic, UT Physicians, Houston, TX
- Wilson Lam, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Alireza Nazeri, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
2013 Graduates
2013 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Federico Azpurua, MD Interventional Cardiology, Valley Care Clinics Network Heart Care Physicians, Weslaco, TX
- Sreedevi Gondi, MD Interventional Cardiology, Louisville Cardiology Group, Louisville, KY
- Chris Higgins, MD Interventional Cardiology, St. Francis Hospital South, Tulsa, OK
- Mauricio Obon Dent, MD Interventional Cardiology, Hospital CIMA, Costa Rica
- Kumar Satya, MD Interventional Cardiology, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
- Mihail Chelu, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic, University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT
- Farshad Raissi, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic, UTHealth, Houston, TX
- Sandeep Patel, MD Cardiovascular Disease, Parkview Health Center, Fort Wayne, IN
- Nishant Shah, MD Cardiovascular Disease, VAMC, Brown University Alpert School of Medicine, Providence, RI
- Enoch Aguanne, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Texas Tech University Health Center, El Paso, TX
- Jigar Patel, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Private practice, California
- Sinan Sarsam, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Providence Heart Institute, Southfield, MI
2012 Graduates
2012 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- Brian Cogar, MD Interventional Cardiology, Private practice, Oklahoma City, OK
- Angela Ferguson, MD Interventional Cardiology, Kelsey-Seybold, The Woodlands, TX
- Joseph Horstman, MD Interventional Cardiology, Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK
- Sabrina Stone, MD Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology Consultants of North Texas, Plano TX
- Rohit Kedia, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, The Heart Institute of East Texas, Lufkin, TX
- Stephen May, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Academic, Arrhythmia Associates of South Texas, San Antonio, TX
- Ali Abdul-Jabbar, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
- Jawahar Gazzala, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Private practice, Scottsboro, AL
- German Rossell, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Yuma Cardiology Associates Yuma, AR
2011 Graduates
2011 Graduation Ceremony Photos
- John Canales, MD Interventional Cardiology, Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
- Ramon Kumar, MD Interventional Cardiology, Trinity Clinic Cardiology, Tyler, TX
- Alden McDonald, MD Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA
- Alec Weisberg, MD Interventional Cardiology, Midwest Heart & Vascular Specialists, Kansas City, MO
- Robert Mazzei, MD Cardiac Electrophysiology, Columbia Heart, SC
- Mubashir Ahmed, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Midwest Heart Specialists, Rockford, IL
- Kulpreet Barn, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Mercer Bucks Cardiology, Robbinsville, NJ
- William Posligua, MD Heart Failure Fellowship, Dallas Heart & Vascular Consultants, Dallas, TX