2023 -2024 Medical Resident Leadership Group

Olayinka Agboola, MD, MPH

Olayinka Agboola, MD, MPH
Co-Chair

Residency Program: St. Mary's Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine

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Interests: Preventive Cardiology, Heart failure, Arrhythmias, Social Determinants of Health, Health disparities, and Global Health.

Hobbies: Listening to gospel music and cooking

@ykjohnson07

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Rui Zhang, MD, MBA

Rui Zhang, MD, MBA
Co-Chair

Residency Program: Dartmouth Health/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

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Interests: Critical Care Cardiology, Quality Improvement, Healthcare Administration

Hobbies: Reading, running, and connecting with family and friends

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Jatto Akhigbe, MD

Jatto Akhigbe, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: Marshall University

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Interests: Congenital and Structural Heart disease, Cardiac Channelopathies, Preventive Cardiology, and Healthcare disparity research

Hobbies: Playing and watching soccer, standup comedy and exercising/weightlifting

@yourlocalMD1

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Hannah Bernstein, MD

Hannah Bernstein, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: University of California Davis, Sacramento

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Interests: Electrophysiology, cardiac critical care, disparities in cardiovascular diseases

Hobbies: Star Trek enthusiast, karaoke (Alanis Morrisette is my go-to), cat mom life and enjoying the outdoors

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Jen DeSalvo, MD

Jen DeSalvo, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: Ohio State University Medical Center/Nationwide Children's Hospital

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Interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Women's Health, social determinants of health and health disparities in cardiovascular disease, medical education, global health, and point-of-care ultrasound

Hobbies: Hiking in national parks/forests, playing soccer, gardening, exploring new restaurants and listening to podcasts

@drjendesalvo

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Sadaf Fakhra, DO, MS

Sadaf Fakhra, DO, MS
Member Leader

Residency Program: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine

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Interests: Interventional Cardiology and Women's Cardiovascular Health

Hobbies: Strength Training, travel, and spending time with family and friends

@sadaf_fakhra

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Kruti Gandhi, MD

Kruti Gandhi, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: Mount Sinai Morningside-West/Icahn School of Medicine

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Interests: Structural and Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Women and Cardiovascular Disease, Medical Education

Hobbies: I love staying active through dance, fitness, and traveling!

@KrutiGandhi8

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Gurleen Kaur, MD

Gurleen Kaur, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

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Interests: Women's cardiovascular health, prevention, critical care cardiology, medical education

Hobbies: Traveling, exploring new restaurants, kickboxing and spending time with family and friends

@Gurleen_Kaur96

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Adhya Mehta, MD

Adhya Mehta, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Interests: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Preventive Cardiology

Hobbies: Coffee enthusiast, exploring global cuisines, traveling and watching documentaries

@AdhyaMehtaMD

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Bede Nriagu, MD, MPH

Bede Nriagu, MD, MPH
Member Leader

Residency Program: Metropolitan Hospital/New York Medical College

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Interests: Cardiac Imaging, Electrophysiology, Preventive Cardiology, Disparities in Cardiovascular disease

Hobbies: Tennis, biking, soccer, and exploring new places.

@Bnriagu

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Chinelo Onyilofor, MD

Chinelo Onyilofor, MD, MPH
Member Leader

Residency Program: New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

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Interests: analyzing the intersection between cardiology and public health/population health, implementation science, social determinants of health, preventative cardiology

Hobbies: going to museums/art galleries, hiking, cycling, yoga sculpt, discovering new book stores and going to concerts

@clonyilofor

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Brittany Saldivar Murphy, MD

Brittany Saldivar Murphy, MD
Member Leader

Residency Program: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Interests: Electrophysiology, sex and racial/ethnic differences in cardiac care, medical education

Hobbies: Travel, fitness, sports, trying new food, and going on walks with my husband and golden retriever

@brittsaldivar

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FIT Advisors

Jenna Spears, MD

Jenna Spears, MD
FIT Advisor
Cardiology Fellow, Lankenau Medical Center

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Fellowship: Main Line Health - Lankenau Medical Center

Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital (University of Pennsylvania Health System)

Clinical Interests: I have a broad range of clinical interests that I cannot wait to explore further. I am interested in preventative cardiology, cardiac imaging, medical education and quality improvement research.

Personal Interests: Women in Cardiology (WIC) groups, passionate about serving as a patient advocate and empowering patients to take control of their own health through community outreach programs targeting patients with food insecurity. Outside of work, I am always on the move and love staying active through swimming and barre classes, traveling and experiencing new cultures.

@DrJennaSpears

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Ravi Thakker, MD

Ravi Thakker, MD
FIT Advisor
Cardiology Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch

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Fellowship: University of Texas Medical Branch

Residency: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Clinical Interests: Preventive Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Structural Cardiology, Heart Failure

@rthakker92

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Alumni Members

Alisha Alabre-Bonsu, MD
Cardiology Fellow, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

Apurv Agarwal, MD
Cardiology Fellow, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

Dinu-Valentin Balanescu, MD
Cardiology Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Rishi Chandiramani, MD
Cardiology Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

Yetunde Kemi Fatade, MD
Cardiology Fellow, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Mai Badr, MD
Cardiology Fellow, University of Connecticut

Keerthana Pakanati, MD
Cardiology Fellow, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health