Department of Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease Fellows

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Joshua Hirsch, M.D.

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Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine (Chief Resident)
Career Interests: Fellowship in Electrophysiology. Learning from staff, co-fellows, and patients. Teaching the next generation of young doctors.
Hobbies: Golf, Cooking & Baking, Travel, Gardening, spending time with my wife and my Golden Retriever, Lando!

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Riyad Kherallah, M.D.

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Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Career Interests: Interests are evolving continuously. I love structural heart disease but have budding interests in electrophysiology and cardiovascular genetics.
Hobbies: Rock climbing, cooking new meals with my wife, and hiking! Also enjoy reading popular science books on physics and space (Carlo Rovelli!)

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Yazan Assaf, M.D.

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Medical School: University of Damascus
Residency: University of Florida
Career Interests: Critical care cardiology and interventional cardiology
Hobbies: Outdoor activities, travel, concerts, driving if no traffic!

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Mathew Deshotels, M.D.

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Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Career Interests: electrophysiology
Hobbies: Tennis, jogging, snowboarding, live music

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Mohamed Gad, M.D.

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Medical School: MD: Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt // MPH: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency: Internal Medicine Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cardiovascular Medicine Research Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Career Interests:  Electrophysiology
Hobbies: Swimming, running, getting to have fun with fitness
 

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Azka Latif, M.D.

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Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Residency: Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska
Career Interests: Interventional cardiology
Hobbies: Outside of work, I enjoy exploring different cuisines, and spending time outdoors.

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Michelle Lee, M.D.

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Medical School: UT Houston
Residency:  UT Houston
Career Interests: Preventive cardiology; Women's health; CardioOncology
Hobbies: Traveling, photography, mechanical keyboards

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Justin Haloot, M.D.

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Medical School: University of North Texas Health Science Center
Residency: University of Texas Health San Antonio
Chief Residency: University of Texas Health San Antonio
Career Interests: Electrophysiology, Interventional Cardiology, Medical Education
Leadership Activities: ACC EP Committee Member, Journal Reviewer for Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Journal Reviewer for Journal of Atrial Fibrillation & EP
Other Academic Activities: CardioNerds Ambassador, Gold Humanism Honor Society, SHM/CHEST POCUS Certified, Presentations at HRS, ACC, HFSA, AHA
Hobbies: Playing the piano, playing Nintendo Switch, Two-Stepping, Salsa Dancing

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Olamide Oyenubi, M.D.

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Medical School:  University of Ghana Medical School / Master of Public Health: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Residency:  Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New Rochelle) / Chief residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New Rochelle)
Career Interests: Cardiovascular disease prevention, racial disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes, interventional Cardiology
Hobbies: Spending time with family, travel, strength training

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Graham Rector, M.D.

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Medical School: Texas A&M Health Science Center
Residency:  Baylor College of Medicine
Career Interests: Non-invasive cardiology and advanced imaging
Hobbies: I enjoy playing guitar, rock-climbing, golfing, video games, and collecting whiskey. 
 

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Bryan Tan, M.D.

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Medical School: First Moscow State Medical University
Residency: Rochester General Hospital 
Career Interests: Electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, preventive cardiology
Hobbies: Enjoy road trips and traveling the world, basketball, investing, PlayStation.
 

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Andrea Tinsay, M.D.

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Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Career Interests: Adult congenital heart disease, imaging, medical education
Hobbies: Reading, playing piano, watching plays/musicals, discovering new restaurants

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Mini Varughese, M.D.

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Medical School: McGovern Medical School
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Career Interests: Preventive cardiology, advanced imaging
Hobbies: Traveling, painting

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Luxi Wan, M.D.

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Medical School: Duke University
Residency: Duke University
Career Interests: Preventive cardiology and advanced imaging
Hobbies: I love taking my cat Mango for walks and hikes, playing tennis, painting with acrylics, cooking and traveling! 

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Lorraine Mascarenhas, D.O.

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Medical School: Touro College Of Osteopathic Medicine - New York
Residency: University of Minnesota-Minneapolis

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Allen Hu, M.D.

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Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

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Hasan Ali, M.D.

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Medical School: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Career Interests: Interventional Cardiology; Education
Hobbies: Houston culinary scene; video games; my cat; sporting events

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Anjali Kumar, M.D.

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Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: University of California San Diego

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Shivani Hanchate, M.D.

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Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine
Residency: University of Virginia

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George Ajene, D.O.

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Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

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Ali Ahmad, M.D.

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Medical School: American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
Residency: St. Louis University
Career Interests: Still unraveling my interests, which include prevention, imaging, and physiology
Academic Participation: ACP Advocacy Day; ACC/AHA Presentations

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Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, M.D.

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Medical School: Orange Park Medical Center
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine