Graduate Medical Education Meet Our Fellows

John Braucher

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• Hometowns: Mainz, Germany, and Sevilla, Spain
• Undergraduate school: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
• Medical school: Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Categorical Fellow, First Year

• 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

Caitlin Bowen

Categorical Fellow, Second 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

Nicolle Ceneri

Categorical Fellow, Second 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, Second 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, Second 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, Second 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, Second 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, Second 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, Second 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, Second Year

• 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

Kristina Chambers

Categorical Fellow, Third 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, Third 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, Third 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, Third 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, Third 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, Third 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, Third 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

Zachariah Hale

Electrophysiology Fellow

• 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

Electrophysiology Fellow

• 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

Kathryn Dern

Cardiac Imaging Fellow

• 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

Cardiac Imaging Fellow

• 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

Cardiac Imaging Fellow

• 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)

Lauren Roach

CICU Fellow

• 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

Anne Stewart

CICU Fellow

• 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

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

Anne Stewart

Interventional Cardiology Fellow

• 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

Ibrahim Khayyat

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow

• 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

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

Juan Pablo Salazar

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow

• 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

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

Leanne Duhaney

Advanced Cardiac Therapies Fellow

• 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

Victoria Bradford

Acute Cardiac Care Fellow

• 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