Fellows

PGY-6:

Nathanael Tran MD

Hometown: Noisy-Le-Grand, France

Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, CT

Residency: New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist, Brooklyn, NY

Career Plan: Advanced Cardiac Imaging and Heart Failure

Personal Interests: Running, weightlifting

Anum Shahzad, MD - Chief Fellow

Hometown: Gujrat, Pakistan

Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Career Plan: Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Personal Interests: Hiking, Traveling, Cooking, Dancing

Mohammad Sha'ar, MD

Hometown: Nablus, Palestine

Medical School: An-Najah National University, Palestine

Residency: University of Texas Health at San Antonio, Texas

Career Plan: Interventional Cardiology

Personal Interests: basketball, table tennis, and resistance training

Karanjit Sandhu, MD

Hometown: Batala, India

Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Residency: Rochester General Hospital, Rochester NY

Career Plan: Electrophysiology, Advanced imaging

Personal Interests: Tennis, Running and social psychology

Aditya Bakhshi, MD - Chief Fellow

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine; Grenada, WI

Residency: Cooper University Hospital; Camden, NJ

Additional Training: Chief resident, MPH

Career Plan: Undecided

Personal Interests: Philadelphia sports, Foodie, Netflix enthusiast

PGY-5:

Hamza Akhtar, MD

Hometown : Lahore, Pakistan

Medical School: Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands Antilles

Residency: Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Career Plan: Non-Invasive Cardiology

Personal Interests: Squash, Traveling

Ja’far Alzu’bi, MD

Hometown: Jerash, Jordan

Medical School: University of Jordan

Residency: Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Career Plan: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Personal Interests: Hiking, Soccer and Tennis

Ruchika Bhargav, MD

Hometown:  Edison, New Jersey

Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Einstein Medical Center

Career Plan: Advanced Cardiac Imaging

Personal Interests: Dancing, Traveling, Photography

Lauren Hunter, MD

Hometown: Rockville, MD

Medical School: St. George’s University

Residency: Drexel/Hahnemann

Career Plan: General Cardiology, Women in Cardiology, Physician Wellness

Personal Interests: Yoga, Travel, Spending time with family

Shivaraj Patil, MD

Hometown: Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India

Residency: University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut

Career Interests: Electrophysiology or Interventional Cardiology

Personal Interests: Tennis, Swimming, Cricket, Cooking

PGY-4:

Eric Peterson, DO

Hometown: Mantua, NJ

Medical School: Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, PA

Career plan: I plan to pursuit a career in non-invasive cardiology, and have a particular interest in echocardiography and advanced imaging

Personal interests: Video games, golf, snowboarding. 

Nausharwan Butt, MD

Hometown:  London, United Kingdom

Medical school: Aga Khan University Medical College

Residency: MedStar/Georgetown University Washington Hospital Center

Career plan: Academic Cardiology

Personal interests: Ironman Triathlon, CrossFit, Running, Cars, Technology and Travel 

Sohab Radwan, MD

Hometown: Amman, Jordan

Medical school: University of Jordan

Residency: Georgetown University/MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Career plan: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

Personal interests: Soccer, swimming, computer web design

Kevin Chung, MD

Hometown: Seattle, WA

Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Career plan: Heart Failure

Personal interests: Tennis and Running.

Emmanuel Akuna, MD

Hometown: Delta State, Nigeria

Medical School: Windsor University School of Medicine

Residency: John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Career plan: Interventional cardiology

Personal interests: Playing Soccer, Table tennis.

Naveen Sooknanan, MD

Hometown :  Montreal, Canada

Medical School:  St. George's University

Residency:  Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia

Career plan: Heart failure

Personal interests: Travel, visiting new restaurants, Marvel movies, playing tennis.

HEART FAILURE FELLOWS:

Harsh Shah, MD

Hometown: Bartow, FL

Medical School: St.George’s University School of Medicine

Residency: Medstar Georgetown Univ- Washington Hospital Center

Career Plan: Interventional Cardiology or Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation

Personal Interests: Football, Basketball, Hiking, Space Aviation

Muhammad Usman Almani, MD

Hometown: Multan, Pakistan

Medical School: King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

Residency: John H. Stroger of Cook County, Chicago, I

Career plan: Interventional Cardiology

Personal interests: Running, Biking, Swimming, Travel and Hiking

INTERVENTIONAL FELLOWS:

Mohammad T Al-Sarie MD

Hometown: Amman, Jordan

Medical School: University of Jordan Medical School, Amman, Jordan

Residency: University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Career Plan: Interventional Cardiology

Personal Interests: Soccer, traveling

Amer Kadri, MD

Hometown: Jordan

Medical School: October 6 University, Egypt

Residency: Case Western Reserve University

Career Plan: Interventional Cardiology

Personal interests: cooking, reading, traveling, and spending time with family