Contacts and Training Verification
For Pediatric Cardiothoracic Fellowship Training Verifications, please contact:
Barbara Bradshaw
Program Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship Program
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For all other Cardiothoracic Surgery Training Program Verifications, please contact:
Tiffony Medina
Residency Program Coordinator II
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Cardiothoracic Surgery Graduated Residents
| Year Graduated | Resident | Program | Fellowship/Practice after Graduation | Location |
| 2023 | Maureen McKiernan | Integrated six-year program | Congenital Fellowship, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta | Atlanta, GA |
| John Murray | Integrated six-year program | University of Tennessee Medical Center | Knoxville, TN | |
| Alicia Bonanno | Traditional three-year program | Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| Jonathan Zurcher | Traditional three-year program | Advanced Aortic Fellowship, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2022 | Kanika Kalra | Traditional three-year program | Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA |
| Xiaoying Lou | Integrated six-year program | Aortic Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, OH | |
| David Zapata | Integrated six-year program | Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | |
| 2021 | Nakul Valsangkar | Traditional three-year program | Ascension St. Vincent's | Indianapolis, IN |
| David Cervantes | Integrated six-year program | Shipley Cardiothoracic Center | Ft. Meyers, FL | |
| Amalia Jonsson | Integrated six-year program | Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, Emory St. Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2020 | John Fallon | Traditional three-year program | Maine Medical Center | Portland, ME |
| Walter Wakwe | Traditional three-year program | Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center | Phoenix, AZ | |
| 2019 | Rachel Medbery | Traditional three-year program | Cardiothoraic and Vascular Surgeons | Austin, TX |
| Joshua Rosenblum | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston | Atlanta, GA | |
| John Nicholas Melvan, MD, PhD | Integrated six-year program | Holy Cross Hospital | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | |
| Chris Pierecchi, MD | Integrated six-year program | VA Healthcare System | Tucson, AZ | |
| 2018 | Ray Chihara | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center | Houston, TX |
| Richard Lee | Traditional three-year program | Emory Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Atlanta, GA | |
| Michael Kayatta, MD | Integrated six-year program | Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, BayCare Medical Group | Clearwater, FL | |
| Christina Saikus, MD, PhD | Integrated six-year program | Transplant, VAD, and ECMO Fellowship at Duke University | Durham, NC | |
| 2017 | Phillips Harrington | Traditional three-year program | Saint Joseph's Hospital | Tampa, FL |
| Jason Muesse | Traditional three-year program | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Little Rock, AR | |
| 2016 | Aaron Abarbanell | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA |
| Steven DeBeer | Traditional three-year program | Florida Heart and Vascular Care of Broward | Plantation, FL | |
| Onkar Khular | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2015 | Shair Ahmed | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, Norton Thoracic Institute, Chander Regional MC | Phoenix, AZ |
| Farshad Anvari | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Emory University/CHOA | Atlanta, GA | |
| Jared Murdock | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, CVT Surgical Group | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| Jay Patel | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beacon Medical Group | Granger, IN | |
| 2014 | Kumari Adams | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, St. Joseph Mercy Health System | Ann Arbor, MI |
| Shady Eldaif | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, Northside Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| Marek Polomsky | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Mid-Atlantic Surgical Associates | Morristown, NJ | |
| Manu Sancheti | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, Emory University, St. Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2013 | Chrisitan Charles Shults | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, MedStar Health | Washington DC |
| William Stein IV | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Presbyterian Healthcare Services | Gainesville, FL | |
| 2012 | Bryon Boulton | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Carolina Cardiovascular Associates | Raleigh, NC |
| Azeem Khan | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, CVT Surgical Group | Baton Rouge, LA | |
| 2011 | Hector Alejandro Flores | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, El Paso Southwestern Cardiovascular Assoc | El Paso, TX |
| Brent Keeling | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| Bradley Leshnower | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2010 | Lauren C. Kane | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX |
| Jefferson Lyons | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, OhioHealth Heart/Lung/Vasc, Riverside Methodist Hospital | Columbus, OH | |
| Eric Sarin | Traditional three-year program | Inova Fairfax Hospital | Falls Church, VA | |
| 2009 | Michael Halkos | Traditional three-year program | Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA |
| Faraz Kerendi | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Associates | Austin, TX | |
| Richard J. Myung | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Wellstar Medical Group | Marietta, GA | |
| 2008 | Joel Corvera | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Indiana Health | Indianapolis, IN |
| Theresa Luu | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Wellstar Medical Group | Marietta, GA | |
| Thomas Scott Maxey | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Levine Children's Hospital, Carolina Health | Charlotte, NC | |
| 2007 | James Ryan Burke | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Associates | Columbia, SC |
| Blanding Upshur Jones | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Kaiser Permanente | Los Angeles, CA | |
| Stewart Mclendon Long | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, The International Heart Institute of Montana | Missoula, MT | |
| 2006 | Jason M. Budde | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, Blount Memorial Hospital | Maryville, TN |
| Cullen Morris | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Athens Regional Medical Center | Athens, GA | |
| Duc Nguyen | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2005 | V. Seenu Reddy | Traditional three-year program | Adult CardiothoracicSurgery, TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery | Nashville, TN |
| Daniel L. Serna | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Southern California Permenante MG | San Bernandino, CA | |
| Vinod Thourani | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| 2004 | Jacob Delarosa | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Portneuf Medical Center | Pocatello, ID |
| Paul Fedalen | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bayhealth Cardiovascular Associates | Dover, DE | |
| Howard Song | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Oregeon Health Sciences Center | Portland, OR | |
| 2003 | Edward Chen | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA |
| Ignacio Duarte | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Brandon Regional Hospital | Brandon, FL | |
| Mark Jayawant | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Austin Cardiothoracic Surgery | Austin, TX | |
| 2002 | John C. Ofenloch | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Baycare Medical Group, Morton Plant Hospital | Clearwater, FL |
| Andrew Sherman | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Joesph's Hospital | Tampa, FL | |
| Alan Winston | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University | Gainsville, GA | |
| 2001 | William Cooper | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Wellstar Medical Group | Marietta, GA |
| Patrick Murrah | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Athens Regional Medical Center | Athens, GA | |
| Scott James Petit | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, University of South Carolina, Carolina Cardiac Surgery Assoc | Columbia, SC | |
| 2000 | Mehrdad Amirhamzeh | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Sierra Vein and Vascular Institute | Manteca, CA |
| Jeffrey M. Silver | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Northwest Community Health Care | Chicago, IL | |
| Fady S. Wanna | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Emory University | Macon, GA | |
| 1999 | Philip Bongiorno | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Kansas Heart Hospital | Wichita, KS |
| Bradley Lance Bufkin | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgical Associates | Brandon, FL | |
| Robert H. Messier Jr | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Grand Strand Heart and Vascular Specialists | Myrtle Beach, SC | |
| 1998 | Kathleen N. Fenton | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiac Surgery, William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance | Memphis, TN |
| William Horsely | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic | Jackson, MS | |
| Richard Mellit | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Missouri Heart Center | Columbia, MO | |
| 1997 | F. Curtis Bryan | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgical Associates | St. Petersburgh, FL |
| Kristijan Minanov | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic Surgery, St. John Providence Hospital | Detroit, MI | |
| Steven S. Scott | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Riverside Medical Group, Riverside Regional Hospital | Newport News, VA | |
| 1996 | George T. Hodakowski | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, St. John Memorial Cardiac Clinic | Michigan City, IN |
| John L. Jay | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dallas Regional Medical Center | Dallas, TX | |
| John Puskas | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center | New York, NY | |
| 1995 | Ray A. Blackwell | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Christiana Care | Newark, DE |
| James D. Hall | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wheaton Fransician All Saints Hospital | Racine, WI | |
| Alexander G. Justicz | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Jim Moran Heart/Vascular Center, Holy Cross Hospital | Fort Lauderdale, FL | |
| 1994 | W. Morris Brown | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Piedmont Healthcare | Atlanta, GA |
| Robert Lee | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic | Jackson, MS | |
| Prior to 1994 | Kevin D. Accola | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgeons PA | Orlando, FL |
| Edson H. Cheung | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor Scott and White Health | Dallas, TX | |
| Stephen Eugene Clayson | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Intermountain Healthcare | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| George Comas | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lee Memorial Health System | Fort Myers, FL | |
| John M. Conn | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Colorado Springs Surgical Associates | Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Mark W. Connolly | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Joseph's Healthcare System | Paterson, NJ | |
| Hakob G. Davtyan | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Riverside Community Hospital | San Bernandino, CA | |
| Woodrow Wilson Defore Jr. | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lakeland Surgical Clinic | Jackson, MS | |
| Richard Stuart Downey | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Michigan Cardiothoracic Surgeons - Muskegon | Muskegon, MI | |
| Marvin H. Erbesfeld | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Boynton Beach, FL | |
| Nicholas Demetrius Exarhos | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center | Browns Mills, NJ | |
| Frank Lewis Ferrier | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Vein Innovations | Atlanta, GA | |
| Mark Andre Goncalves | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Private Practice | Mobile, AL | |
| John Parker Gott | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| Robert Fredrick Hebeler Jr. | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Baylor Scott and White Health | Dallas, TX | |
| William Grant Hendersen | Traditional three-year program | Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Innovative Health Ventures | Duxburry, MA | |
| Robert Merrill Hunter | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Med Physician Practices | Raleigh, NC | |
| Gary Kimble Jett | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Specialists | Plano, TX | |
| James Richard Kauten | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| Thomas Francis Kelly Jr. | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sarasota Memorial Hospital | Sarasota, FL | |
| William Rodgers Kitchens | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Healthcare Heart and Vascular Institute | Augusta, GA | |
| Cleland Campbell Landolt | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Collateral Therapeutics, Inc. | San Diego, CA | |
| Omar Mahmood Lattouf | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University | Atlanta, GA | |
| Edward McIver Leppard Jr. | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Providence Hospitals | Providence, RI | |
| Joseph Lancelot Lester, III | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Florida Heart and Vascular Care at JFK | Atlantis, FL | |
| Barry J. Levin | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Holy Cross Health | Bethesda, MD | |
| Jefferson Morton Lyons | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio Health - Heart Lung and Vascular Surgeons | Columbus, OH | |
| Steven Kent Macheers | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Emory University, St. Joseph's Hospital | Atlanta, GA | |
| Rafael Marcias | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Breman, IN | |
| Vincent Joseph Maffei | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Athen's Chest | Athens, GA | |
| Chris Edward Malone | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Watkinsville, GA | |
| Alex Brian McIntyre | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Grand Strand Heart and Vascular Specialists | Myrtle Beach, SC | |
| Peter Philip McKeown | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pikeville Medical Center Heart Institute | Lexington, KY | |
| Richard Edmund Michalik | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Kingsport, TN | |
| John Everett Moore | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atlanta Cardiac and Thoracic Associates | Atlanta, GA | |
| Wistar (Tim) Moore III | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Leesburg Ocala Heart Institute | Leesburg, FL | |
| A. Joseph Motta | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Palm Beach Cardiovascular | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | |
| Richard Allen Murbach | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Morton Plant Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Associates | Clearwater, FL | |
| Craig A. Nachbauer | Traditional three-year program | General Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, North Country Thoracic and Vascular | Plattsburgh, NY | |
| John Elwood Owens | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Richmond, VA | |
| Leycester Owens, Jr. | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, North Central Heart Clinic | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| William Wheeler Patton | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | Idaho Falls, ID | |
| Anthony Louis Picone | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Inst | Buffalo, NY | |
| James C. Prescott | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, retired | Thomasville, AL | |
| Carlton Duane Randleman | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiovascular Surgery, Varicosity Management Group | Birmingham, AL | |
| Samuel Gwin Robbins, Jr. | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Methodist Health Care | Germantown, TN | |
| John A Shallal | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Savannah Heart and Lung Insitute | Savannah, GA | |
| Robert Patrick Shearin | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Madison, MS | |
| Dennis John Stapleton | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center | Naples, FL | |
| Cary L. Stowe | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Indian River Medical Center | Vero Beach, FL | |
| Henry Teaford | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Americus, GA | |
| Karen Thompson | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Clinic of Houma | Houma, LA | |
| Denis Tyras | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Medical Center | New Hyde Park, NY | |
| Charles E. Umstott | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Riverside Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery | Newport News, VA | |
| Hassan Chaharsou Vakil | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Crozer-Keystone Health System | Media, PA | |
| Robert Edwin Ware | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, East Tennessee Cardiovascular Surgery Group | Knoxville, TN | |
| Dale Allen Waters | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Sandia Park, NM | |
| Robert Klinghoffer Wenger | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brandywine Hospital | Coatesville, PA | |
| James D. Wuamett | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Coastal Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery | Ormond Beach, FL | |
| Paul G. Zerbi | Traditional three-year program | Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Private Practice | Beachwood, OH |