Current Fellows

Year One

  • Robert Ariss, MD

    Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Toledo
    Medical School: University of Toledo
    Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital 
    Clinical:     Heart Failure and Critical Care Cardiology
    Research: Clinical trials, healthcare delivery innovation, and artificial intelligence 
    Hobbies: Playing basketball, trying new restaurants with friends, exploring NYC

    Robert Ariss, MD

  • Alice Bosma-Moody, MD

    Hometown: Seattle, WA
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
    Medical School: Harvard Medical School
    Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Clinical and Research: Interventional, critical care, genomics, atherogenesis
    Hobbies: Skiing, cooking, learning piano, exploring the city

    Alice Bosma-Moody, MD

  • Chun Chou, MD

    Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
    Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
    Residency: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
    Clinical and Research: Clinical interests include heart failure ad critical care. Research interests include understanding the role of immune system in pathogenesis of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy as well as transplant immunology.
    Hobbies: Piano, language, running

    Chun Chou, MD

  • Lyle Dershowitz, MD

    Hometown: New York City
    Undergraduate Institution: Harvard College
    Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
    Clinical and Research: Cardiac critical care, advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support 
    Hobbies: Fly fishing, backpacking, soccer 

    Lyle Dershowitz, MD

  • Christopher Garnett, MD

    Hometown: Long Island, NY
    Undergraduate Institution: Fordham University
    Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Clinical and Research: Interventional Cardiology focusing on Coronary Interventions and Structural Heart Disease
    Hobbies: New York sports, chess, travel, trying new restaurants

    Christopher Garnett, MD

  • Laura McLaughlin, MD

    Hometown: Torrance, CA
    Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
    Medical School: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Residency: NYP/Columbia University
    Clinical and Research: Heart failure, echo, critical care
    Hobbies: Running, crosswords, taking my dog to Riverside Park

    Laura McLaughlin, MD

  • Matias Pollevick, MD

    Hometown: Dobbs Ferry, NY
    Undergraduate Institution: NYU Stern School of Business
    Medical School: Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Clinical and Research: Electrophysiology, biventricular pacemaker/defibrillator implantation, atrial fibrillation
    Hobbies: Playing soccer, skiing, espresso, and trying all the pastries in NYC

    Matias Pollevick, MD

  • Alexia Zagouras, MD, MA

    Hometown: Old Saybrook, CT
    Undergraduate Institution: Harvard College
    Medical School: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
    Residency: Stanford University
    Clinical and Research: Heart failure, critical care, cardio-rheumatology, bioethics
    Hobbies: Painting, trying new restaurants, cooking, swimming, watching sports

    Alexia Zagouras, MD, MA

Year Two

  • Alice Chung, MD

    Hometown: Yorba Linda, California
    Undergraduate: Pomona College
    Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
    Clinical and Research: Heart Failure, sex differences, nutrition and sarcopenia 
    Hobbies: running, group workout classes, trying new restaurants, cooking, cello 

    Alice Chung, MD

  • Walter L. Oliver II, MD

    Hometown: Dallas, TX
    Undergraduate Institution: Harvard College 
    Medical School: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Clinical and Research: Interventional cardiology, cardiac critical care, secondary prevention of ASCVD, racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease 
    Hobbies: Cooking, Traveling, trying new restaurants across the city

    Walter L. Oliver II, MD

  • Lekha Pandya, MD

    Hometown: Charlottesville, VA
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
    Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
    Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
    Clinical and Research: Non-invasive cardiology, genomics
    Hobbies: Cooking, hiking, and photography

    Lekha Pandya, MD

  • Ruben A. Salazar, MD

    Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University 
    Medical School: University of Pennsylvania 
    Residency: Columbia
    Clinical and Research: Interested in adult congenital heart disease and heart transplant
    Hobbies: Longboarding, reading

    Ruben A. Salazar, MD

  • Matheus Simonato dos Santos, MD

    Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Medical School: Escola Paulista de Medicina - Federal University of Sao Paulo
    Residency: Yale School of Medicine/Yale New Haven Hospital
    Clinical and Research: Interested in structural heart disease, TAVR, TMVR. Former research fellow at the Clinical
    Trials Center of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Investigator in the Valve-in-Valve International Data Registry.
    Hobbies: Enjoying the company of my wife and two boys, cooking together, road trips, hanging out in NYC

    Matheus Simonato dos Santos, MD

  • Alexander C. Sisti, MD, PhD

    Hometown: New York City, NY and Cresskill, NJ
    Undergraduate Institution: Columbia College
    Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Clinical and Research: Basic science research in the autonomic nervous system and heart-brain interactions, electrophysiology, and critical care
    Hobbies: Exploring the city with my wife and daughter, cycling along the Hudson River, doing crossword puzzles

    Alexander C. Sisti, MD, PhD

  • Daniel Snyder, MD

    Hometown: Cape Cod, Massachusetts 
    Undergraduate Institution: Northeastern University 
    Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
    Clinical and Research: Vascular Medicine & Endovascular Intervention, Pulmonary Embolism, Patient-Reported Outcomes
    Hobbies: Cooking, trying out new restaurants in the city, traveling 

    Daniel Snyder, MD

  • William J. Tate, MD

    Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
    Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
    Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
    Clinical and Research: General Cardiology, Racial disparities
    Hobbies: Fishing, chess, biking

    William Tate, MD

Year Three

  • Edward Eckels, MD, PhD

    Hometown: Rockville, MD
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania
    Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Clinical and Research: Basic and translational research in advanced heart failure, mechanisms of cardiomyocyte contraction and mechanosensation, sarcomeric cardiomyopathies
    Hobbies: Cooking and hiking with my wife and twin daughters, cycling in NYC and New Jersey

    Edward Eckels, MD, PhD

  • Enrique J. Garcia, MD, PhD

    Hometown: Valencia, Venezuela
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
    Medical School: Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons
    Residency: Columbia University/New York Presbyterian
    Clinical and Research: Mechanisms that regulate the development of atherosclerosis, Cardiology Critical Care, Heart Failure
    Hobbies: Cooking, soccer, reading non-fiction, computer building

    Enrique J. Garcia, MD, PhD

  • Nona Jiang, MD, SM

    Hometown: Burke, VA
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia
    Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
    Residency: Yale School of Medicine/YNHH
    Additional Training: SM in Biostatistics at Harvard University
    Clinical and Research Interests: inflammation, genomics, heart failure
    Hobbies: tennis, travel, cooking, pottery, piano

    Nona Jiang, MD, SM

  • Alberto Pinsino, MD

    Hometown: Bergamo, Italy
    Medical School: University of Milan
    Residency: Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Clinical and Research Interests: Heart failure, critical care cardiology, cardiorenal syndrome
    Hobbies: Inter Milan fan, running, drinking espresso

    Alberto Pinsino, MD

  • Gabriel Redel-Traub, MD

    Hometown: New York City
    Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College
    Medical School: NYU School of Medicine
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Clinical and Research: Basic and translational research in cardiac electrophysiology (e.g. ion channelopathies), cardiac genetics, clinical electrophysiology
    Hobbies: Playing/watching tennis, basketball and soccer, biking on the Hudson, exploring NYC

    Gabriel Redel-Traub, MD

  • Emily Tat, MD

    Hometown: Fullerton, CA
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Southern California
    Medical School: Loyola University of Chicago
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Clinical and Research Interest: Structural heart disease
    Hobbies: Writing, sculpting, running in Central Park 

    Emily Tat, MD

  • Christy N. Taylor, MD, MPH

    Hometown: Miami, Fl 
    Undergraduate Institution: University of Miami
    Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 
    Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital 
    Clinical and Research: Advanced heart failure and transplant, racial/ethnic disparities in access to care, health outcomes and organ allocation
    Hobbies: Discovering new music, attending concerts, watching anime, playing video games, running, yoga

    Christy N. Taylor, MD, MPH

Year Four

  • Brian Boursiquot, MD

    Hometown: Spring Valley, NY 
    Undergraduate Institute: Harvard College 
    Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine 
    Residency: Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
    Clinical and Research Interest: Echocardiography, Atrial Myopathy, Healthcare disparities
    Hobbies: Eating my way through NYC with family and friends, listening to and/or watching celebrity interviews, photography

    Brian Boursiquot, MD

  • Elena Donald, MD

    Hometown: Columbia, MD
    Undergraduate Institute: University of Maryland, College Park
    Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
    Clinical and Research Interest: Advanced heart failure and transplantation, the transition of care of pediatric heart transplant recipients to adult care
    Hobbies: Peloton rides, running in Central Park, skiing, and spending time at the beach

    Elena Donald, MD

  • Youssef Elnabawi, MD

    Hometown: Baltimore, MD
    Undergraduate Institute: University of Maryland, College Park
    Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
    Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Clinical and Research Interest: Atherosclerosis, inflammation, noninvasive and invasive coronary imaging|
    Hobbies: Playing basketball and tennis, fantasy football, home renovations, cooking ethnic dishes 
    Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=youssef+elnabawi&sort=date

    Youssef Elnabawi, MD