Meet the Current Fellows

Alumni

A color-coded map of the United States highlighting various states.

*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