Contact: Julie Boyland, Jboyland@acc.org ,

WASHINGTON (Dec 10, 2024) -

A group of 114 promising high school and undergraduate students have been selected for the 2024 – 2025 ACC Young Scholars Program where they will participate in a year-long education and mentorship program to explore the diverse career paths within the field of cardiology.

“The Young Scholars program brings together the best and the brightest young students in the U.S., fostering the next generation of cardiovascular professionals,” said ACC President Cathleen Biga, MSN, FACC. “I’m honored to congratulate the 2024 – 2025 cohort as they embark on an exciting year of cardiovascular research and mentorship.”

The ACC Young Scholars Program was established in 2019 to introduce students interested in science and research to the field of cardiology and strengthen the pipeline of talent for the future. The Young Scholars program pairs participants with an ACC member mentor for a year of research and education about cardiology and cardiovascular disease.

Participants will attend bi-monthly webinars that focus on a variety of pertinent topics in cardiology. Additionally, all young scholars are invited to ACC headquarters—Heart House-- from December 13-15, 2024, for Camp Cardiac. The two-day event will feature hands-on training in CPR and AED certification by the Red Cross, point-of-care ultrasound techniques, and more.

This year’s Young Scholars are:

• Aadi Bhensdadia, Pine View School, Sarasota, Florida
• Abigail Cherian, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, California
• Ana Alexandrescu, Santa Fe Preparatory School, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Annika Mondal, Dulles Highschool, Sugarland, Texas
• Azimullah Rifai, Poolesville High School, Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Chandana Hemakumar, Horizon High School, Winter Garden, Florida
• Chloe Giglio, McLean High School, Falls Church, Virginia
• Darin Lyons, Melbourne Central Catholic High School, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
• David Mora, Wheeler Center for Advanced Studies Magnet Program, Acworth, Georgia
• Debbin Feliciano, Chicago Hope Academy, Chicago
• Deeya Mepani, North Oconee High School, Bogart, Georgia
• Dia Patil, Lambert High School, Suwanee, Georgia
• Dishita Storewala, William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas
• Farah Khan, The Early/Middle College at Guilford Technical Community College, Summerfield, North Carolina
• Haala Masroor, Woodbridge Academy Magnet School, Iselin, New Jersey
• Hussain Choudhry, Niles West, Morton Grove, Illinois
• Isabel Quinones, Chico High, Chico, California
• Ishan Ramrakhiani, Canterbury School, Roanoke, Indiana
• Jaden Blankenship, Illinois Math and Science Academy, Richton Park, Illinois
• Jaime Noren, The Brooklyn Latin School, New York
• Jaysukh Singh, Syosset High School, Syosset, New York
• Joelle Matar, South Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Judy Namkoong, Stuyvesant High School, Flushing, New York
• Julia Zhu, Green Level High School, Apex, North Carolina
• Julie Nguyen, Bolsa Grande Highschool, Midway City, California
• Kanwardeep Singh Randhawa, Framingham High School, Framingham, Massachusetts
• Kelstin Holmes, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Greenwood, Mississippi
• Kendall Ellis, Providence Day School, Waxhaw, North Carolina
• Kiley Moss, Russellville High School, Russellville, Arkansas
• Kisa Mulondo, Randolph High School, Randolph, New Jersey
• Laasya Chintapalli, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, Farmington, Connecticut
• Madhav Gopi, Lambert High School, Suwanee, Georgia
• Manav Mohanty, Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, Georgia
• Maxwell Zheng, Dupont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky
• Meghana Kanamurlapudi, Green Level High School, Cary, North Carolina
• Mihir Thakur Thakur, Coppell High School, Irving, Texas
• Neal Fernandes, Lambert High School, Duluth, Georgia
• Nirmal Melam, Theodore Roosevelt High School, West Des Moines, Iowa
• Nita Adebo, Clements High School, Sugar Land, Texas
• Peyton Williams, Sherwood High School, Olney, Maryland
• Prithvi Krish, Central Bucks High School West, Chalfont, Pennsylvania
• Rahul Goyal, River Hill High School, Clarksville, Maryland
• Rishi Jasti, Marvin Ridge High School, Waxhaw, North Carolina
• Robell Ephrem, Dulles High School, Sugar Land, Texas
• Ronen Becker, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Rosemary Eapen, Denmark High School, Cumming, Georgia
• Saachi Arun, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Morrisville, North Carolina
• Saanvi Kapu, Athens High School, Troy, Michigan
• SAHAJ SATANI, Carroll Senior High School, Southlake, Texas
• Samya Madhukar, Shaker High, Latham, New York
• Sephira Becker, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Solange Youssef, JSerra High School, Huntington Beach, California
• Sraavani Poluri, Dulles High School (Math and Science Academy), Missouri City, Texas
• Sridevi Swaminathan, International Academy East, Troy, Michigan
• Veer Agarwal, Monroe Township High School, Monroe township, New Jersey
• Waad Dafalla, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
• William Peng, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Hoover, Alabama
• Xilei (Bella) Zhong, Conestoga High School, Devon, Pennsylvania
• Adhvaith Sridhar, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis
• Aharnish Dev, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• Alexander Kang, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Aliza Lopez, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
• Amritaa Basu, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
• Andrew Nguyen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Anthony Lopez, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
• Arjun Raghuram, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
• Azhaan Buttar, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Campbell Harkness, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• Christy Eapen, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
• Cooper Ruffing, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Daniel Tiu Tiu, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago
• Danny Mendez Lopez, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston
• Debpriya Das, Columbia University, New York
• Dylan Gara, Tulane University, New Orleans
• Edie Gobel, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
• Fatuma Dubow, University of Minnesota, Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
• Harini Kanamarlapudi, University of Houston, Houston
• Isabela Velazquez, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California
• Jamie Ross, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
• Jean Pierre, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
• Jennifer Yoo, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Joelle Williams, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Jonathan Mikanovsky, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Jonathan Jean Charles, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
• Joven Jose, Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida
• Karis Vickers, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio
• Kate Kurotani, University of Minnesota-Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota
• Ketan Tamirisa, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis
• Kevin Kometa, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• Khushi Patel, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
• Kristie To, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• Lestin Kandakudy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago
• Mahek Chaudry, New York Institute of Technology, Glen Head, New York
• Nathan Jiang, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
• Neha Yalamanchi, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
• Noah Lee, Macaulay Honors College, New York
• Riya Murugesan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Ryan Manshadi, UC San Diego, San Diego
• SchorltBeaubrun, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
• Shayla Moore, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Sheel Patel, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Shruti Sreekanth, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• Sidney Essandoh, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
• Starr Sinclair, Columbia University, New York
• Steve Cingapagu, The Master's University, Santa Clarita, California
• Suyash Dwivedi, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Temitope Creppy, Howard University, Washington
• Tessa Cherian, The City College of New York, New York
• Trishita Paul, Tulane University, New Orleans
• Umer Siddiqui, Univeristy of Houston, Houston
• Victoria Ko, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Yehoda Nyakotey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
• Zachary Natsheh, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago
• Zora Brantley, Howard University, Washington

For more information about the ACC Young Scholars program, please click here. The program is made possible through the generous support of Johnson & Johnson.

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