2022 Cardiovascular Residency Graduates and Faculty/Fellow Awards

By Karen Boren
July 11, 2022

The Division of Cardiology is pleased to announce its residency graduates, and faculty and fellowship awardees for 2022.

2022 Residency Graduates

Advanced Heart Failure

Bader Alhafez, MD

Sowjanya Kapaganti, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine

Ayush Arora, MD

Andrew Badalamenti, MD

David Boone, MD

Nidal Ganim, MD

Michael Hust, MD

Robin Jacob, MD

Samat Kabani, MD

Homam Moussa Pacha, MD

Adam Niku, MD

Scott Schubert, MD

Fisayomi Shobayo, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Sameh Girgis, MD

Zeshan Ahmad, MD

Innovations in Cardiovascular Medicine

Randa Hazam, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Taher Mandviwala, MD

Shareez Peerbhai, MD

Astrid Serauto, MD

Fellow Award Winners

DuPont-Fuentes Award – Jawad Chohan, MD (PGY-5)

2021-22 Highest EKG Exam Score – Adam Niku, MD (PGY-6; Graduate)

2021-22 Highest In-Training Exam Score – Homam Moussa Pacha, MD (PGY-6; Graduate)

Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award – Leslie Ynalvez, MD (PGY-4)

MDA Clinical Fellow of the Year Award – Adam Niku, MD (PGY-6; Graduate)

MDA Outstanding Echo (Imaging) Fellow Award – Melissa McCormack, MD (PGY-4)

CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Shoreline Clinical Fellow of the Year Award – Rafael Francisco Go, MD (PGY-5)

Outstanding Research Fellow Award – Adam Niku, MD (PGY-6; Graduate)

Faculty Award Winners

Cardiovascular Medicine

Excellence in Teaching Award – Srikanth Damaraju, MD

Faculty of the Year Award – Sriram Nathan, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Interventional Cardiology Excellence in Teaching Award – Nils Johnson, MD, MS

Congratulations to all 2022 graduates and awardees. We are truly grateful for the talented, passionate and dedicated team members within our division.

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