Trainees

Fostering excellence in cardiovascular education and training

The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center offers training at the intersection of clinical care, scientific inquiry and scholarly endeavors. The Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center supports trainees working in cardiovascular research at Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center faculty members have deep experience offering mentorship to trainees and supporting them in their careers. Learn more about our current and former trainees below.

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Aaron Aday
Current or Former Trainee/Fellow Name Degree Years at VTRACC Current Position
Current trainee Susana Navarro BA 2023-present Vanderbilt University Undergraduate
Current trainee Amanda Morrison MD 2022-present VUMC Cardiovascular Fellow
Current trainee Alex Sullivan MD 2022-present VUMC Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Former trainee Sapphire Holston BS 2022 Graduate Student
University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Former trainee Ally Filipkowski BS 2021 Medical Student
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Evan Brittain
Current or Former Trainee/Fellow Name Degree Years at VTRACC Current Position
Current trainee Jonah Garry MD 2022-present VUMC Cardiovascular Fellow
Current trainee Vineet Agrawal MD, PhD 2017-present Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Former trainee Andrew Hughes MD 2022-2024 Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Minnesota
Former trainee Daniel Cook MD, PhD 2018-2022 Adjoint Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Former trainee Timothy Thayer MD 2018-2021 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Former trainee Jessica Huston MD 2017-2020 Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Former trainee Stephen Halliday MD 2012-2019 Assistant Professor
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Wisconsin
Former trainee Bin Yang MD 2016-2019 Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Washington University
Former trainee Courtney Zola MD 2016-2019 Internist, Nashville
Former trainee Reid D’Amico BS 2016-2018 Food and Drug Administration
Former trainee Tufik Assad MD 2014-2017 Pulmonologist, Williamson County Medical Center
Former trainee Jared O'Leary MD 2015-2017 Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew DeFilippis
Current or Former Trainee/Fellow Name Degree Years at VTRACC Current Position
Current trainee Sims Hershey MD 2024-present Internal Medicine Resident
Current trainee Aline Moraes MD, PhD 2024-present Adjunct Professor, PUCPR
Current trainee Christian Oakley BS 2024-present VUSM Medical Student
Current trainee Jonah Garry MD 2023-present VUMC Cardiovascular Fellow
Current trainee Greg Jackson MD 2023-present Chief Cardiovascular Disease Fellow
Current trainee Alexander Landry BS 2023-present VUSM Medical Student
Current trainee Kirolos Michael BS 2023-present Meharry Medical Student
Current trainee Shubham Tomar MBBS, MPH 2023-present Research Fellow
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Current trainee William Gao BS 2020-present Biomedical Engineering Student
Current trainee Karita Lidani MD, PhD 2020-present Research Analyst, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Current trainee Carlos Lynes MD 2020-present Internal Medicine Resident
Current trainee Jonathan Napper MD 2020-present Internal Medicine Resident
Former trainee Tony Owusu BS 2020-present Biomedical Engineering Student
Current trainee Brittany Saldivar-Murphy MD 2020-present Clinical Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Current trainee Alexander Sullivan MD 2020-present Clinical Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Current trainee Natalie Thomas MSN 2020-present Nurse Practicioner
Current trainee Patrick Trainor PhD 2013-present VCU Medical Student
Former trainee Thomas Thayer MD 2020-2022 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Deepak Gupta
Current or Former Trainee/Fellow Name Degree Years at VTRACC Current Position
Current trainee Leonie Dupuis MD 2024-present Internal Medicine Resident
Current trainee Audrey White MD 2023-present Internal Medicine Resident
Current trainee Hailey Kresege BS 2023-present MD/PhD Candidate
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Former trainee Annika Hsu BA 2022-2024 Medical Student, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Former trainee Jean Wassenaar MD 2023-present Instructor in Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Former trainee Lindsay Panah MD 2021-2023 Cardiologist, Indiana
Former trainee Sarah Brown MD 2020-2022 Chief Resident
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Former trainee Rachel Chang MD 2020-2022 Internal Medicine Resident, University of California
Former trainee Newman K. Boakye-Ansa MD 2019-2021 Radiology Resident, Meharry Medical College
Former trainee Xuan Ding MD, PhD 2019-2020 Cardiology Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Former trainee Ashwin Gupta BS 2019-2021 Medical Student, Vanderbilt University
Former trainee Philip Wilson MD 2019-2020 Chief Resident
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Former trainee Debra Dixon MD, MS 2018-2023 Instructor in Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Former trainee Holly Gonzales MD 20218-2019 Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC
Former trainee Danielle Kubicki MD 2018-2020 Instructor, Washington University
Former trainee Michael Ahlers MD 2017-2020 Cardiology Fellow, University of California-San Diego
Former trainee Cherie Dahm MD 2017-2021 Cardiologist
Former trainee Hannah Fish Trotter MD 2017-2023 Cardiologist, Tennessee
Former trainee Sushan Yang MD 2016-2019 Cardiologist, Washington
Former trainee Elvis Akwo MD, PhD 2015-2017 Staff Scientist, VUMC
Former trainee Michelle York BS 2015-2017 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Former trainee Karl Richardson MD 2013-2016 Associate Professor, Wake Forest University
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Lindman
Current or Former Trainee/Fellow Name Degree Years at VTRACC Current Position
Current trainee Bassim El-Sabawi MD 2023-present Cardiology fellow, VUMC
Current trainee Andrew Perry MD 2023-present Instructor, VUMC
Former resident Elliot Stein MD 2020-2023 Cardiology fellow
Former resident Colin Neill MD 2018-2020 Cardiology fellow
Former fellow Holly Gonzales MD 2017-2019 Cardiologist, Atrium Health
Former fellow Jay Patel MD 2017-2019 Cardiologist, Ascension Health
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ben Shoemaker
Current or Former Trainee/Fellow Name Degree Years at VTRACC Current Position
Current trainee Luke Laws MD 2024-present Cardiology fellow, VUMC
Current trainee Issac Ogunmola MD 2024-present Research Fellow, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Former trainee Majd El-Harasis MBBS 2021-2023 Cardiology fellow, VUMC
Former trainee Zachary Yoneda MD, MSCI 2019-2021 Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine