Current Fellows & Alumni
Meet the Current Fellows
Amarat Kongsompong, MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Matthew Derakhshesh, MD
Cardiology Fellowship, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
Alumni
*A heart for every location associated with graduates.
2024-2025
Khaing Khaing Htwe, MD
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Program
Ronald Regan Medical Center, UCLA Health, California
2023-2024
Megan Pelter, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Loma Linda University Health, Riverside, California
2022-2023
Negeen Shahandeh, MD
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Program
Ronald Regan Medical Center, UCLA Health, California
Nirav Patel, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Connecticut
2021-2022
Kleanthis Theodoropoulos, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
NYU Langone Health, New York
Deepti Upparapalli, MD
Division of Cardiology | Department of Internal Medicine
University of California Irvine, California
2020-2021
Michael DiVita, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
NYU Langone Health, New York
Meshe Chonde, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, California
2019-2020
Jeffrey J. Hsu, MD, PhD, FAHA, FACC
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Program
Ronald Regan Medical Center, UCLA Health/West LA VA Medical Center, California
Farah Al-Saffar, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Baylor University Medical Center, Texas
2018-2019
Robin Chand MD FACC
Director of Heart Failure Services
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, California
Corey J. Lum, DO, FACP, FACC
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
Intermountain Health, Nevada
2017-2018
Naveen Bellam, MD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Advent Health Orlando, Florida
Megan Kamath, MD
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Program
Ronald Regan Medical Center, UCLA Health, California
2016-2017
Darko Vucicevic, MD
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Program
Ronald Regan Medical Center, UCLA Health, California
Lily Honoris, MD
Cardiologist
Kaiser Permanente Bakersfield, California
2015-2016
Shin Lin, MD, PhD
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Emory Healthcare, Georgia
2014-2015
Kruti A. Pandya, MD
Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplantation Program
Ronald Regan Medical Center, UCLA Health, California
Kristin Lyons, MD
Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
University of Calgary and Alberta health Services, Canada
2013-2014
Sashi Adigopula, MD
Medical Director for Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support & Community Health Network, Indiana
Rey Vivo, MD
Advanced Heart Failure
Community Health Network, Indiana
2012-2013
Richard Cheng, MD, MSc
Section Chief, Heart Failure/MCS/Transplant and Cardio-Oncology,
University of Washington, Washington
Mrudula Munagala, MD
Co-Director of Advanced Heart Failure and Mechanical Support
Jackson Health System-Miami, Florida