Current Fellows
Year One
Fatimah Alkhunaizi, MD
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests: Advanced heart failure and transplant, RV-PA interactions
Hobbies: Running in Central Park, exploring NYC, watching tennis, brewing my own coffee, traveling with familyJaya Batra, MD
Hometown: Mystic, CT
Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College
Residency: Columbia
Hobbies: Running in Central Park, traveling, trying new restaurantsEamon Duffy, MD, MBA
Hometown: New Haven, CT
Undergraduate Institution: Middlebury College
Medical School: Yale School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests: Cardiac device development and clinical trials, telemedicine and remote monitoring, the intersection of virology and cardiology, healthcare systems innovation
Hobbies: Exploring New York with my dog and family, jogging and playing tennis in Central Park, going to the beach, chatting about politics, startups, and pizzaCharlotte Lee, MD
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard College
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests: Advanced heart failure, cardio-oncology
Hobbies: Exploring new restaurants with family and friends, going to museums, yoga mat exercisesThomas Mawson, MD
Hometown: Portland, OR
Undergraduate Institution: NYU
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hobbies: Exploring New York City, reading, trying new sushi restaurantsTamari Miller, MD
Hometown: St. Ann, Jamaica
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago Medicine
Clinical and Research Interests: Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiogenic Shock, Critical Care Cardiology
Hobbies: Cooking, trying new restaurants, Stand-up comedy, live music, running and cyclingRobert Zilinyi, MD
Hometown: New York City
Undergraduate Institution: Skidmore College
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral vascular disease, Outcomes and intervention in Pulmonary Embolism/CTEPH
Hobbies: Hiking with my wife and two daughters, trying new foods, travel
Year Two
Michael Bohnen
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University and JTS (Jewish Theological Seminary) joint program
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Basic and translational research in cardiac electrophysiology (e.g., ion channelopathies), cardiac genetics, clinical electrophysiology, sports cardiology.
Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Bohnen+MS
Hobbies: Sports (tennis, hockey, running are my favorites), enjoying new restaurants around New York with friends, outdoor adventures with my wife and kidsElissa Driggin
Hometown: Merrick, NY
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Medical School: NYU School of Medicine
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Heart failure, nutrition/frailty and cardiovascular disease
Hobbies: Running in Central Park, spin classes, time with friends/familyYamini Krishnamurthy
Hometown: Rolla, MO
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests: Adult congenital heart disease
Hobbies: Eating yummy things, running in Riverside Park, doing yogaMichael Lavelle
Hometown: Hicksville, NY
Undergraduate Institution: Siena College
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Electrophysiology, VT management
Hobbies: Spending time with my family, going to the beach, and rooting for the NY MetsHeidi Lumish
Hometown: Rye Brook, NY
Undergraduate Institution: Tufts University
Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Heart failure, genetics, obesity and inflammation, sex differences in cardiovascular outcomes
Hobbies: Running in Fort Tryon Park, biking along the Hudson River, cooking and baking, hikingDenizhan Ozdemir
Hometown: Kayseri, Turkey
Medical School: Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Additional Training: PhD, Hacettepe Graduate School of Health Sciences
Clinical and Research Interests: Clinical and outcomes research, interventional cardiology
Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=denizhan+ozdemir
Hobbies: Discovering New York City one block at a time, snowboardingRyan Patterson
Hometown: Roxbury, NJ
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland
Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
Clinical and Research Interests: Advanced heart failure, interventional cardiology
Hobbies: Golfing, traveling, hiking
Year Three
Corey Bradley, MD
Hometown: Harvard, MA
Undergraduate Institution: Davidson College
Medical School: Wake Forest University
Residency: Duke University
Clinical and Research Interests: Hypertension, lipid management, novel interventions to improve adherence
Hobbies: Finding new places to eat/drink, rollerblading in the parkPeter Kennel, MD
Hometown: Heidelberg, Germany
Undergraduate Institution: University of Munich, Germany
Medical School: University of Munich, Germany
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
Clinical and Research Interests: Heart failure, cardiac metabolism
Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=peter+kennel&sort=date
Hobbies: Hiking upstate, exploring the city with its many different neighborhoodsRyan Lahey, MD, PhD
Hometown: Downers Grove, IL
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine-Chicago (MSTP)
Residency: Northwestern University
Clinical and Research Interests: Advanced cardiac imaging; metabolic mechanisms of myocardial dysfunction; impact of lifestyle, fitness, and obesity on cardiovascular risk
Hobbies: When I'm not around the hospital, you can either find me running in Central Park or cruising the Hudson River on my boat. I'm also an avid skier and enjoy hiking, cycling, and backpacking when I'm able to get away from the cityBradley Lander, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Undergraduate Institution: The Ohio State University
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests: Sports cardiology, cardiac imaging, clinical informatics, electronic health records, clinical decision support
Hobbies: Spending time with family, playing basketball and tennis, following Cleveland sports teams and Ohio State football, exploring new restaurantsLusha Liang, MD
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical and Research Interests: Heart failure and genetic cardiomyopathy
Hobbies: Rock climbing, running, gardeningAni Nalbandian, MD
Hometown: Trumbull, CT
Undergraduate Institution: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Heart failure, tissue engineering
Hobbies: Love being an aunt, playing the piano, reading historical fiction books, traveling overseas, and enjoying an evening on a boat on the Hudson River with my co-fellows!Lauren Ranard, MD
Hometown: New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Tokyo, Japan; Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Acute coronary syndromes, cardiogenic shock, structural heart disease.
Publications: Google Scholar Profile
Hobbies: Running along the Hudson/Central Park, hiking in the Hudson Valley, trying new recipes/cooking with my farmshare
Year Four
Michael “Mickey” Brener, MD
Hometown: Cleveland, OH (by way of Tel Aviv, Israel)
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Clinical and Research Interests: Exploring the intersection between hemodynamics and structural heart disease using novel methods like pressure-volume analysis
Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=brener%2C+mi&sort=date
Hobbies: Exploring New York City with my 4-year-old sonPierre Elias, MD
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Undergraduate Institution: Rice University
Medical School: Duke University
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: Preventive cardiology, bioinformatics/machine learning for cardiac imaging
Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Pierre+Elias&sort=date
Hobbies: Squash, tennis, podcasts, watercolor painting, learning Chinese cooking from my wife, discovering interesting Airbnbs to stay atMatthew Lawlor, MD
Hometown: Quincy, MA
Undergraduate Institution: Boston College
Medical School: Boston University
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Clinical and Research Interests: Interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, structural imaging, mitral regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, right ventricular failure
Hobbies: Raising three daughters to be curious and kind, home improvement and exploring suburbia, Shawn's best friendHannah Rosenblum, MD
Hometown: Paramus, NJ
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
Medical School: NYU
Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Clinical and Research Interests: I am interested in heart failure and my research is focused on non-invasive hemodynamics. I was awarded the Glorney Raisbeck NYAM Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease for the next year to study patient response to therapeutics in transthyretin amyloidosis using pressure volume loop analysis. I plan to extend this technique to a broader spectrum of heart failure pathophysiology including sub-phenotyping HFpEF and evaluating patient response to pharmacologic and device-based therapies.
Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=hannah+rosenblum
Hobbies: Traveling (pre-COVID)―during fellowship I have been to Vietnam and Chilean Patagonia, cooking, hiking with my puppy Mack, Soul Cycle with James J and my co-fellows