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

  • 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

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

*TAUBER OUTSTANDING FELLOW OF THE YEAR

2019 Graduates

2019 Graduation Ceremony Photos

2019 Cardiac Society Fellows Pinning Ceremony

*TAUBER OUTSTANDING FELLOW OF THE YEAR

2018 Graduates

2018 Graduation Ceremony Photos

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

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