Prior AHFTC Fellows

Since its inception, the Stanford fellowship program has trained leaders in the fields of advanced heart failure and transplantation, many of whom have started major programs in the United States and across the world.

Prior graduates of our fellowship program include:

YearFellowsCurrent Position 
2005Michael Pham, MDChief of Cardiology, California Pacific Medical Center, California
2006Francois Haddad, MDProfessor of Medicine, Stanford University
 Sean Virani, MDMedical Director, Heart Failure/Transplant Program, University of British Columbia, Canada
2008Robert Maranda, MDOttawa Cardiovascular Center
 Nandini Nair, MDMedical Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant/ECMO, Texas Tech Medical Center
2009Sapna Desai, MD Cardiologist, Oschner Health, Louisiana
 Jesus Almendral, MDMedical Director, Advanced Heart Failure/Mechanical Circulatory Support/Cardiac Transplantation; Jersey Shore Medical Center
2010Medhi Skhiri, MDClinical Assistant Professor, Stanford
 Marie Claude Parent, MDCardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute
2011Brian Clarke, MDClinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
 Geoffrey Yoon, MDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, California
2012Mahazarin Ginwalla, MDCardiologist, Mills/Peninsula Hospital, California
 Ellamae Stadnick, MDAssistant Professor, University of Ottawa
2013Margot Davis, MDClinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
 Ranjan Ray, MDCardiologist, California Pacific Medical Center, California
 Matthew Wheeler, MDAssistant Professor, Stanford University
2014Ajay Srivastava, MDAdvanced Heart Failure Cardiologist, Scripps Clinic, San Diego, California
 Amin Yehya, MDCardiologist, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Virginia
 Hirsch Mehta, MDCardiologist, San Diego Cardiac Center, California
2015Christopher Woo, MDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, California
 Karim Sallam, MDAssistant Professor, Stanford University
 Genevieve Giraldeau, MDCardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute
2016Debeleena Dutt, MDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, Hawaii
 Brian Howard, MDCardiologist, WellStar Medical Group, Atlanta, Georgia
 Amit Khosla, MDCardiologist, Director of Heart Failure Services, Surrey Memorial Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
2017Shirin Zarafshar Jimenez, MDAdvanced Heart Failure Transplant Cardiologist, UC Davis Health
 Brandon Varr, MDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, California
 Ajay Kadakkal, MDCardiologist, MedStar Washington Hospital, Washington, DC
2018Robert Miller, MDAssistant Professor, University of Calgary
 Masataka Kawana, MDInstructor, Stanford University
 Abhinav Sharma, MDAssistant Professor, McGill University, Canada
2019Maxime Tremblay-Gravel, MDCardiologist, Montreal Heart Institute, Canada
 Peter Czobor, MDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, California
 Kevin Alexander, MDAssistant Professor, Stanford University
2020Alexander Sandhu, MDAssociate Professor, UCLA
 Lee Chang, MDCardiologist, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
 Harshith Avula, MDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, California
2021Justin Parizo, MDCardiologist, Sharp Health Care, San Diego
 Petra Mamic, MDInstructor, Stanford University
 Calvin Tong, MDCardiologist, Surrey Memorial Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
2022Leila Yeh Beach, MDAssistant Director of Heart Failure, SFVA; Clinical Assistant Professor, UCSF
 Stephanie Hsaio, MDClinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
 Daniel Katz, MDAssistant Professor, Stanford University
 Anubodh "Sunny" Varshney, MDClinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
 Brian Wayda, MDAssistant Professor, New York University Langone Medical Center
2023Joyce Njoroge, MDClinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
2024Aly Elezaby, MD, PhDCardiologist, Kaiser Permanente, California
 Natalie Tapaskar, MDAssistant Professor, University of Texas Southwestern
 Jamal Mahar, MDAssistant Professor, University of Arizona
2025

Ibrahim Alfaris, MD

King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia
 

Ricardo Chia Li, MD

Cardiologist, Inspire Health Cardiology

 Leon Zhou, MD

Critical Care Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic

2026Eson Ekpo, MDCardiologist, University of Health San Antonio, Texas
 Bruna Filipa Gomes Botelho Quintas, MDAssistant Professor, Stanford University
 Anirood "Rudy" Unni, MDAssistant Professor, Stanford Univeristy