Our Graduates

Pediatric cardiology fellows at graduation

2022-2023

2023

Preston Boyer, MD- Interventional Catheterization Fellowship - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Olivia Frosch, MD- General Cardiology / Hospitalist -Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Ligsay, MD- Sleep Medicine Fellowship - McGaw / Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Robert Slater, MD- General Cardiology - Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Charlotte Schaffer, MD- Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship - Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
Caroline West, MD – Heart Failure / Transplantation Fellowship - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2022

Sarah Blonsky, MD- General Cardiology  -Children’s Heart Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
Eric McClellan, MD- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care -Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR
Angela Quain, MD- Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellowship - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Erin Shea, MD - Heart Failure / Transplantation - Duke University, Durham, NC
Courtney Thomas, MD- Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Domonic Zanaboni, MD – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization -St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO

2016-2021

2021

Tyler Bradley - Hewitt, MD – Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Katherine DeWeert, MD – Electrophysiology / Imaging - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Rebecca Hartog, MD – Adult Congenital Heart Disease - St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Darren Marshall, MD - General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology, San Antonio, TX
Joshua Meisner, MD, MPH – Research - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Justin Smith, MD – Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2020

Benjamin Hale, MD*- Electrophysiology - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Peter LaRossa, MD*- Noninvasive Imaging - St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Tiffany Lim, MD - General Pediatric Cardiology - Children’s Heart Center of Central Oregon, Bend, Oregon
Andrew Porter, MD- Noninvasive Imaging - Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, GA
Megan Wilde, MD*- Heart Failure/ Transplantation - Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Hunter Wilson, MD*- Noninvasive Imaging, cardiac MRI - Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, GA

2019

Clinton Cochran, MD – Pediatric Cardiology - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Pontiac, MI

Michael Hart, MD - General Pediatric Cardiology - Maine Medical Center Portland, ME

Amanda McCormick, MD* – Transplantation - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI        

Patrick Peebles, MD – Neonatology - Completed 1 year of the program

Andrew Rodenbarger, MD – General Cardiology - Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN                                        

Ian Thomas, MD – General Cardiology - Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN     

2018

Stephanie Goldstein, MD – Cardiac Critical Care – University of Utah / Intermountain Health care, Salt Lake City, UT       

Stephen Hart, MD – General Pediatric Cardiology - Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

Tina Navidi, MD – General Pediatrics - Completed 1 year of the program                                                                   

James Reinhart, MD – Adult Congenital Heart Disease/Outreach - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Christopher Todd Sower, MD – Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Kimberly Watkins, MD* – Cardiac Critical Care - Children’s Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN       

2017 

Peter Chau, MD* – Transplantation - Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA

Sunil John, MD – General Pediatric Cardiology - Bronson Health Care, Kalamazoo, MI

Matthew Pizzuto, MD -  Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Ryan Romans, MD, *- Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics, Kansas City, MO           

Courtney Strohacker, MD – General Pediatric Cardiology / Outreach Clinics - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI        

Karena Wu, MD*– Echocardiograph, Fetal Echocardiography - University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

2016 

Nicole Cresalia, MD* – Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography - University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Heang Lim, MD* - Transplantation -University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Adam Lubert, MD*– Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Sara Swanson, MD, PhD*- Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE       

Joshua Wong, MD – Cardiac Critical Care - Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL             

Michelle White, MD – General Pediatrics - Completed 2 years of the program

2010-2015

2015

Brian Boe, MD*– Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH        

Hayley Hancock, MD* – Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography - Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO       

Michael Joynt, MD* – Adult Congenital Heart Disease - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Mehul Patel, MD*- Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography - University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

Nathaniel Sznycer-Taub, MD* – Cardiac Critical Care - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

David Werho, MD – Cardiac Critical Care - Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA

2014

Rajiv Devanagondi, MD – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY      

Justin Godown, MD – Heart Transplantation -Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN                                     

David (Trey) Jantzen III, MD*, - Echocardiography - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE       

Heidi Magdo, DO* – Heart Transplantation - University of Utah, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT                

Brandon Smith, MD*– Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Echocardiography - Akron’s Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH

Johannes von Alvensleben, MD*– Electrophysiology - The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

2013

Jason Christensen, MD*– Echocardiography - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 

Aaron DeWitt, MD* – Cardiac Critical Care - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA                                                  

Stewart Mackie, MD, - Echocardiography - Baystate Pediatric Cardiology, Springfield, MA      

Elizabeth Mitchell, MD - Echocardiography - North Shore LIJ Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Melissa Smith-Parrish, MD – Echocardiography / Director of Cardiac Critical Care – Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN

Wendy Whiteside, MD* – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2012

Joshua Friedland-Little, MD*- Transplantation - Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA      

Erika Harder, MD – Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Transplantation - Alberta Children’s Hospital, Alberta, CA                                                 

Adam Kean, MD, MPH* - Electrophysiology - Riley Children’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

Jay Yeh, MD - Echocardiography - University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

Jeffrey Zampi, MD*– Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2011

Matthew Hazle, MD* - Electrophysiology - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC       

Anna Kamp, MD* - Electrophysiology - Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH      

Marc Knepp, MD – Director of Pediatric Cardiology - University of Illinois, Peoria, IL       

Kurt Schumacher, MD*- Transplantation - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI      

Thor Thorsson, MD – Echocardiography/Outreach Clinics -University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI 

2010

Priya Bhat, MD* – Cardiac Critical Care - Baylor University, Waco, TX

Bryan Goldstein, MD – Director of Interventional Cardiology - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Jimmy Lu, MD*– Echocardiography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI            

Sanket Shah, MBBS – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics, Kansas City, MO      

Julie Sommerfield, MD – General Cardiology - Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI  

2006-2010

2010

Priya Bhat, MD* – Cardiac Critical Care - Baylor University, Waco, TX

Bryan Goldstein, MD – Director of Interventional Cardiology - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Jimmy Lu, MD*– Echocardiography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI            

Sanket Shah, MBBS – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics, Kansas City, MO      

Julie Sommerfield, MD – General Cardiology - Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI         

2009 

Michael Gaies, MD, MPH* – Director of Acute Care Cardiology – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

Brendan Kelly, MD –  Echocardiography/General Cardiology - Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR

Catharine Kollars, MD –  Magnetic Resonance Imaging / General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology, San Antonio, TX 

Kathryn Nardell, MD – General Cardiology - All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL

Gabe Owens, MD, PhD* – Cardiac Critical Care - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2008

Drew Ammons, MD  Deceased

Chad Connor, MD – Electrophysiology - Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH

James Galas, MD* – General Cardiology - Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 

Byron Garn, MD* – Cardiac Catheterization - Arizona Pediatric Cardiology, Phoenix, AZ

May Ling Mah, MD* – Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

2007

Martin Bocks, MD*– Adult Congenital Heart Disease / Cardiac Catheterization - Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH

Brian Fonseca, MD*– Magnetic Resonance Imaging - The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

John Lozier, MD – Cardiac Catheterization - Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH  

Linsday Ryerson, MD* – Cardiac Critical Care - Alberta Children’s Hospital, Alberta, Canada

Tania Saroli, MD* – Echocardiography - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL

2006

Ginnie Abarbanell, MD – General Cardiology - St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, MO 

Timothy Cotts, MD* – Adult Congenital Heart Disease - The University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Andrew Papez, MD*– Electrophysiology - Arizona Pediatric Cardiology, Phoenix, AZ

Jonathan Bernheimer, MD – General Pediatrics  - San Jose, CA; completed 1 year of the fellowship

2001-2005

2005

Ranjit Aiyagari, MD* – Informatics / Cardiac Critical Care - The University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Sarah Gelehrter, MD – Echocardiography -The University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Jeffrey Gossett, MD – Director of Pediatric Cardiology – Cohen Children’s Hospital, North Shore LIJ Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

Sonal Owens, MD – Echocardiography  - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2004 

Jean Ballweg, MD – Cardiac Critical Care - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 

Luke Lamers, MD* – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization  - University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI          

David Parra, MD – Echocardiography  - Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN  

Cyrus Samai, MD – Echocardiography  - Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Atlanta, GA

2003

Aimee Armstrong, MD* – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization  - Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH

Jeremy Asnes, MD – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization  - Yale New Haven Hospitals, New Haven , CT

Elizabeth Saarel, MD* – Electrophysiology - Director, Pediatric Cardiology - Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH                                                      

Christopher Stefanelli, MD – General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology, Honolulu, HI

2002

Dennis Kim, MD, PhD – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization  - Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, GA                                                                 

D. Scott Lim, MD* – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - University of Virginia, Virginia’s Children’s Heart Center, Charlottesville, VA

Gail Wright, MD – Cardiac Critical Care - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

2001

Piers Barker, MD – Echocardiography - Duke University, Durham, NC

David Bradley, MD* – Electrophysiology - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI                    

 Joseph Graziano, MD* – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - Arizona Pediatric Cardiology, Phoenix, AZ   

1996-2000

2000

Lisa Lee, MD – General Cardiology - Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Kevin Maher, MD – Cardiac Critical Care - Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, GA

Stephen Mooradian, MD – General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology, Des Moines, IA

1999

Anne Boyd, MD  General Cardiology - St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 

Collin Cowley, MD* – Interventional Cardiac Catheterization - University of Utah, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

Ian H. Law, MD* – Electrophysiology  - Director, Pediatric Cardiology - University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

Peter S. Fischbach, MD* – Electrophysiology  - Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, GA                                               

Michael Liske, MD – General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology, Chattanooga, TN

1998

Carly G. Fifer, MD – Echocardiography - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Cecilia Meagher, MD**– Echocardiography - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY       

Lynn Straatman, MD – Inactive 1998  - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CN - Completed 2 years of the fellowship

1997

Jacqueline Szmuszkovicz, MD – Transplantation - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Susan desJardins, MD – General Cardiology - Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women and Children, Orlando, FL

Caren Goldberg, MD**, MS – General Cardiology / Outcomes Research  - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Aurelio Reyes, MD – General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology, Florida

1996

Jon Donnelly, MD – General Cardiology - Pediatric Cardiology Associates, Portland, ME

Erik Michelfelder, MD – Echocardiography - Sibley Heart Center, Atlanta, GA

David Shim, MD   Deceased

1991-1995

1995

John Charpie, MD, PhD – Cardiac Critical Care / Basic Science - Director, Pediatric Cardiology - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Lizabeth Lanford, MD – General Cardiology - Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Mark Russell, MD – Echocardiography / Basic Science - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

1994

Raymond Fedderly, MD – General Cardiology - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Steven Schwartz, MD**– Cardiac Critical Care - Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Gonzalo Urcelay, MD – General Cardiology - Director, Pediatric Cardiology, Pontificial Catholic University of Santiago, Chile

Parvin Dorostkar, MD** – Electrophysiology  - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1993

Keith Kocis, MD** – Cardiac Critical Care - University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC

Alan Mendelsohn, MD  - Industry

Theresa Tacy, MD** – Echocardiography  - Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

1992

Kathleen Finta, MD – General Cardiology - The Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI

L. LuAnn Minich, MD – Echocardiography  - University of Utah Medical Center, Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT

William T. Zempsky, MD - Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (Pain Management), Hartford, CN

1991

Michele Frommelt, MD – Echocardiography  -  Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Peter Frommelt, MD – Echocardiography - Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Brian O’Connor, MD – Electrophysiology -  Private Practice, New Jersey

1986-1990

1990

A. Resai Bengur, MD – General Cardiology - Sanger Clinic, Charlotte, NC

Jon N. Meliones, MD** – Cardiac Critical Care - Duke University,  Durham, NC

Roger Vermilion, MD – Echocardiography  - Director, Pediatric Cardiology - University of Rochester, Rochester NY

1989

Monica Goble, MD** – General Cardiology - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

1988

Burt Bromberg, MD – Electrophysiology  - Mercy Clinic Children’s Heart Center, Saint Louis, MO  

William A. Scott, MD** – Electrophysiology - Children's Hospital, Dallas, TX

1987

John R. Brownlee, MD – General Cardiology - USAF Medical Center, Keesler, TX

Elizabeth M. Shaffer, MD – Echocardiography  - Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO

1986

Michael Choy, MD – General Cardiology - University of California - Davis Medical Center, Davis, CA

Catherine L. Webb, M.D. ** - retired

1979-1985

1985

Daniel A. Kveselis, MD – Cardiac Catheterization - Private Practice, Syracuse, NY

1984

Robert M. Campbell, MD – Electrophysiology  - Sibley Children’s Heart Center, Atlanta, GA

Samuel S. Gidding, MD – Preventative Cardiology - Nemours Children’s Hospital, Wilmington, DE          

1983

Robert L. Spicer, MD – Transplantation  - Director, Pediatric Cardiology, - Omaha Children's Hospital, Omaha, NE

1982

Robert H. Beekman, MD* – Emeritus  - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

1981

Craig J. Byrum, MD – Electrophysiology  - Private Practice, Syracuse, NY

Kenneth M. Weesner, MD – General Cardiology  - The Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin (retired)

1979

Dennis C. Crowley, MD – Emeritus - University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Congenital Heart Center, Ann Arbor, MI

* Completed a 4th year fellowship/ 1 Yr Lecturer 

** Received a Master of Science in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis from the University of Michigan during the fellowship period.