Heart Failure Fellowship Program Alumni
2021-2022
Sarumathi Thangavel, MD
Medical School: Maras Medical College, India
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital (Cardiology), Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation, Pittsburgh, PA
Future Endeavor: Cardiologist, India
2020-2021
Nael Aldweib, MD
Medical School: University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo, Syria
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital (Cardiology), Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc. (Adult Congenital Heart Disease), Boston, MA
Future Endeavor: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Steven Sorci, DO
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV
Residency: Northside Hospital & Tampa Bay Heart Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
Fellowship: Northside Hospital & Tampa Bay Heart Institute (Cardiology), St. Petersburg, FL
Future Endeavor: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2019-2020
Karthikeyan Ranganathan MD
Medical School: K.A.P. Vishwanathan Government Medical College,India
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital (Cardiology), Pittsburgh, PA
Future Endeavor: Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
2018-2019
Soidjon Khodjaev, MD
Medical School: Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Residency: St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship: Tulane University School of Medicine (Cardiology), New Orleans, LA
Future Endeavor: Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY
Saijid Mirza, MD
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
Residency: Rutgers-NJMS University Hospital, Newark, NJ
Fellowship: Rutgers-NJMS University Hospital (Cardiology), Newark, NJ
Future Endeavor: Florida Heart and Vascular Care, Atlantis, FL
2017-2018
Talha Meeran, MD
Medical School: Topiwala National Medical College, India
Residency: Johns Hopkins University, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital (Cardiology), Pittsburgh, PA
Future Endeavor: Fortis Hospital, Mulund, India
2016-2017
Hayah Kassis-George, MD
Medical School: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Fellowship: University of Washington (Cardiology), Seattle, WA
Future Endeavor: The University of Arizona Health Sciences,
Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson, AZ
Sophia Airhart, MD
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH
Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Fellowship: Allegheny General Hospital (Cardiology), Pittsburgh, PA
Future Endeavor: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
