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.
- The Department of Medicine offers the Vanderbilt University Cardiovascular Medicine T32 (VUCM-T32), designed to foster the career development of the next generation of cardiovascular investigators through organized training and mentorship of early career scientists.
- Vanderbilt is an ACGME-accredited program site that provides comprehensive training and exposure in all major areas of cardiovascular medicine. See an overview of cardiology fellowships and learn more on the Department of Medicine website.
- Contact Leslie Pullen for more information.
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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 |