Cardiovascular Medicine Fellows
3rd year fellows
Osler Guzon, M.D.
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas, Kansas City, MO
Residency: Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Publications:
- Guzon OJ, Dellsperger KC. Cardiovascular issues in dialysis patients: challenges and newer insights. Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis. 2006; 22:111-115.
- Guzon OJ, Klatte K, Moyer A, Khoukaz S, Kern MJ. Fallacy of thoracic side branch steal from the internal mammary artery: analysis of left internal mammary artery coronary flow during thoracic side branch occlusion with pharmacologic and exercise-induced hyperemia. Catheterization and Cardiac Interventions. 2004; 61(1): 20-28.
Chelif Junor, M.D.
Medical School: Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Residency: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Publications:
- Junor C, Dellsperger KD; Editorial Comment. Can We Use Surrogate Vascular Beds for Evaluating Endothelial Function of the Coronary Vasculature in Patients with Cardiac Allografts? American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulation.
Submitted April 2007. In Press. - J.P. Fisher, Junor C., A. Ahmed, K.M. Gallagher, P.J. Fadel; The Influence of Statin Therapy on Resting Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Patients with Heart Failure. Oral Presentation at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, April 2007
- Srichai, Junor, C., L. Rodriguez, A. Stillman, R. Grimm, M. Lieber, J. Weaver, N. Smedira, R. White. Clinical, imaging, and pathological characteristics of left ventricular thrombus: A comparison of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, transthoracic echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography with surgical or pathological validation. American Heart Journal, Volume 152, Issue 1, Pages 75-84, July 2006
Azam Khaja, M.D.
Medical School: Gandhi Medical College, India
Residency: University of Pittsburg McKeesport Hospital, PA
Publications:
- “Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the Use of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease on Dialysis – a Single Center Experience”. Hemodialysis International 2008.
- “Outcomes in Patients With Abnormal Myocardial Perfusion Imaging and Normal Coronary Angiogram” Accepted for publication in Angiology 2008.
- “Overnight Oximetry or Polysomnography to Detect Nocturnal Hypoxia in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias”. Submitted to Chest 2008.
2nd year fellows
Nipun Arora, M.D.
Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hosptial, Harvard Medical School (Interventional Cardiology Research), Boston, MA
State University of New York, Buffalo NY
Publications:
- Jonas M, Resnic FS, Levin AD, Arora N, Rogers CD. Transition from bare metal to drug eluting stenting in contemporary US practice: Effect on incidence and predictors of clinically driven target lesion revascularization. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2007 Aug 1;70(2):175-83.
- Arora N, Dellsperger KC. Heart failure and dialysis: new thoughts and trends. Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis. 2007;23:72-6.
- Wu EB, Arora N, Eisenhauer AC, Resnic FS. An analysis of door-to-balloon time in a single center to determine causes of delay and possibilities for improvement. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2007 Nov 5; [Epub ahead of print]
Meenakshi Bhalla, M.D.
Medical School: India Gandhi Medical College, Simla, India
Residency: SUNY at Buffalo GME, Buffalo, NY
Publications:
- Sheen V, Bhalla V, Tulua-Tata A, Bhalla MA, Weiss D, Chiu A, Abdeen O, Mullaney S, Maisel A. The use of B-type natriuretic peptide to assess volume status in patients with end-stage renal disease. Am Heart J. 2007 Feb;153(2):244.e1-5.
PMID: 17239684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] - Daniels LB, Bhalla V, Clopton P, Hollander JE, Guss D, McCullough PA, Nowak R, Green G, Saltzberg M, Ellison SR, Bhalla MA, Jesse R, Maisel A. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels and ethnic disparities in perceived severity of heart failure: results from the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT) multicenter study of BNP levels and emergency department decision making in patients presenting with shortness of breath. J Card Fail. 2006 May;12(4):281-5.
- Brenden CK, Hollander JE, Guss D, McCullough PA, Nowak R, Green G, Saltzberg M, Ellison SR, Bhalla MA, Bhalla V, Clopton P, Jesse R, Maisel AS; REDHOT Investigators. Gray zone BNP levels in heart failure patients in the emergency department: results from the Rapid Emergency Department Heart Failure Outpatient Trial (REDHOT) multicenter study. Am Heart J. 2006 May;151(5):1006-11.
Rajeev Garg, M.D.
Medical School: Dr. SN Med School, India
Residency: University of Texas
Publications:
- Rajeev Garg, Eli Lev. Antithrombotics and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.: Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. 2007 Aug 23; 70(3):388-406.
- Eli Lev, Rajeev Garg et al. Differential Response to Clopidogrel among Aspirin non-Responsive vs. Aspirin Sensitive Patients Awaiting Cardiovascular Surgery. Division of Cardiology, Methodist Cardiovascular Institute, Houston. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2007 Aug; 24(1):15-21.
- Jhawar M, Garg R, Tiwari S, Aggarwal K. Post Coital Hemoptysis. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Dec 3 [Epub ahead of print]
Guru Govindarajan, M.D.
Medical School: Stanley Medical College, Chennai
Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Publications:
- Delcour KS, Tejwani L, Hayden MR, Govindarajan G. Intraventricular Mechanical Asynchrony In Asymptomatic Morbidly Obese Individuals. JCMS. 2007 Fall;2(4):305-308.
- Whaley-Connell A, Govindarajan G, Habibi J, Hayden MR, Cooper SA, Wei Y, Ma L, Qazi M, Link D, Karuparthi PR, Stump C, Ferrario C, Sowers JR. Angiotensin II-mediated Oxidative Stress Promotes Myocardial Tissue Remodeling In The Transgenic (mRen2) 27 Ren2 rat. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 293:E355-E363, 2007.
1st year fellows
Carl Carlino, M.D.
Medical School: Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX
Residency: University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
Marc Del Rosario, M.D.
Medical School: University of the Philippines, Philippines
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Firas El Sabbagh, M.D.
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Residency: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Rita Mukerji, M.D.
Medical School: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
Residency: Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
