2024 Graduates
Bayan Issa, MD (2021-2024)
Medical School: Kalamoon University Faculty of Medicine, Syria
Residency: University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL
2023 Graduates
Kamel Shibbani, MD (2020-2023)
Medical School: American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Residency: University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA
Krista Young, MD (2020-2023)
Medical School: University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio
Residency: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2022 Graduates
Kurt Bjorkman, MD (2019-2022)
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, Mich.
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
Janelle Buysse, DO (2019-2022)
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pa.
Residency: Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Ill.
2021 Graduates
Omar Abu Anza, MBChB (2018-2021)
Medical School: Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo
Residency: University at Buffalo, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
Research: Doppler estimated pressure gradient after stent repair of coarctation of aorta
Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla.
2020 Graduates
Nikola Dragisic, MD (2017-2020)
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean, School of Medicine, Coral Gables, Fla.
Residency: Atlantic Health Systems, Morristown, N.J.
Research: Evaluating the in vivo role of cyclin C in mammalian hearts
Current Position: Associate, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa
Natasha Gonzalez Estevez, MD (2017-2020)
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Research: The use of novel MRI analysis model for evaluation of the RVOT in patients with congenital heart disease
Post Fellowship Training: Advanced Imaging Fellowship, University of California Los Angeles
2019 Graduates
Jess Randall, MD (2016-2019)
Medical School: University of Kansas, School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kan.
Residency: Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix
Research Interests: Novel targets for treatment of pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Post Fellowship Training: Interventional Cardiology, Colorado Children’s Hospital, Denver, 2019-2020
Current Position: Group practice interventional cardiologist Rochester, N.Y., 2020-Present
2004-2018 Graduates
| Name | Graduate year | Medical School | Residency | Research Interests | Post Fellowship Training | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randi Durden (Parker) | 2018 | Ross University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica | Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, Ga. | Childhood obesity and obesity prevention: looking into identifiable risk factors for obesity with the goal of implementation of early childhood interventions to prevent childhood obesity | Pediatric Cardiology Associates of Houston, Houston | |
| Deidra Ansah, MD | 2018 | East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, N.C. | Emory University Hospital, Atlanta | Determination of cardiac size and function in SSRI exposed infants | Advanced Imaging Fellowship, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago | |
| Omar Rodriguez, MD | 2017 | State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, New York | Northwell Health, New York (Chief Residency: Northwell Health, New York) | Thrombosis prevention in children with congenital heart disease | Pediatric Critical Care, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa | Critical Care Fellowship, University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa |
| Derek Hoyme, MD | 2016 | University of Buffalo, State University of New York School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, N.Y. | University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. | Resuscitation outcomes and outcomes of resuscitation education programs in Iowa High Schools | University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Madison, Wis. | |
| Sonya Kirmani, MD | 2016 | University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa | University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa | Dilated cardiomyopathy results in dilated ventricles with depressed systolic function | Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis | Duke Children’s Health Center; Cardiac Transplant, Durham, N.C. |
| Govinda Paudel, MD | 2015 | B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal | Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, New York | Computational Fluid Dynamics in Cardiovascular Diseases | Imaging Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | LeBonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. |
| Luis Ochoa, MD | 2014 | University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa | University of Colorado, Denver / The Children's Hospital; Aurora, Colo. | Regulation of Epithelial Sodium Channel Gating in Hypertension | Pediatric Electrophysiology, Duke University, Durham, N.C. | University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa |
| M. Santiago Restrepo, MD | 2014 | University of Antioquia, Medical School, Medellín, Colombia | Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, New York | In-vivo delivery of a viral vector for gene therapy in cystic fibrosis | Pediatric Cardiologist, Children's Hospital Central California, Madera, Calif. | |
| Lindsey Malloy, DO, MPH | 2013 | Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Mo. | Children’s Mercy, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo. | Biochemical changes caused by aortic aneurysm actin mutations. | Pediatric Electrophysiology, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford Hospital, Stanford, Calif. | Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Mercy, Kansas City, Mo. |
| Benton Ng, MD | 2012 | University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas | University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wis. | Heart rate variability in newborns | Completion of Masters in Clinical Investigation, Cardiac MRI Observership, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia | Pediatric Cardiologist, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Fla. |
| Scott (Jared) Bentley, DO | 2011 | University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine | Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va. | Obstructive sleep apnea (clinical markers of and cardiovascular changes associated with OSA) and childhood obesity | Major in the United States Air Force, San Antonio | |
| Susan Haynes, MD | 2011 | Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C. | University of South Alabama, University Hospital, Mobile, Ala. | Hypertension in preterm infants | Greenville Health System, Greenville, S.C. | |
| Melissa M. Agoudemos, MD, PhD | 2010 | Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa | Cardiovascular effects in offspring of diabetic mothers | St. Luke's Children's Cardiology, Boise, Idaho | |
| Ryan Johnson, MD | 2010 | Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore. | University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. | Development of novel indices of right and left ventricular morphology/motion and aortic morphology/motion using 4D MR imaging in pediatric patients with tetralogy of Fallot and connective tissue disorders. | Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz. | |
| Sonali Patel, MD, PhD | 2009 | University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa | University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa | Epidemiology of atherosclerotic heart disease in pediatric patients | Pediatric Cardiology Research Fellowship, PhD Thesis in Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa | Assistant Professor, Director, Hypertension Program, Co-Director, Preventive Cardiology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver |
| Priti Patel, MBBS, MD | 2008 | Sri M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, India | John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago | Genetic determinants of patent ductus arteriosus in term infants; Gene linkage analysis for familial atrial fibrillation, ventricular arrhythmias, and/or cardiomyopathy | Pediatric Cardiology (interventional cardiac catheterization), Baylor University, College of Medicine, Houston | Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Peoria, Ill. |
| Nicholas Von Bergen, MD | 2008 | University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa | University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, Iowa | Alterations of heart rate variability as a predictor of sudden cardiac death in the Norwood population; Alterations in reactive oxygen species production in ovine coronary artery smooth muscle cells, mitochondrial and sub-mitochondrial particles in early gestation dexamethasone programmed ewes; Effectiveness of ICDs by indication in children and young adults with congenital heart disease; Exercise related syncope in pediatrics | Pediatric Cardiology, Visiting Scholar in Pediatric Electrophysiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. | Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Madison, Wis. |
| Robert Escalera, MD | 2007 | Georgetown University, School of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia | University of California, San Francisco | The role of early genetic determinants of Xenopus heart development | Pediatric Cardiology Associates, Fairfax, Va. | |
| Benjamin Reinking, MD | 2006 | University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa | University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. | Using high resolution ultrasound to define the cardiac phenotype of small animal models | Echocardiography, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford Hospital, Stanford, Calif. | Director Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Iowa City, Iowa |
| Aaron Olson, MD (2002-2005) | 2005 | University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis and University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, Duluth, Minn. | University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics, Chicago | Signaling pathways in fetal cardiac hypertrophy | Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle | |
| Jeffrey Frazer, MD | 2004 | Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. | Delineating the metabolic and physiologic alterations in cardiovascular function induced by deletion of the gene for the voltage-dependent chloride channel CIC-3 | Associate Professor, University of California, Pediatric Cardiology, San Diego | Interventional Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of San Diego, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California, San Diego |