The ACC is excited to announce the final state teams that will face off in the sixth annual FIT Jeopardy: Battle of the Chapters competition during ACC.21 Virtual, held May 15 – 17.

These teams of finalists, each comprised of three Fellows in Training, have won competitions at the State Chapter level – all of which were held virtually over the past two months.

FIT Jeopardy is a friendly competition allowing teams of Fellows in Training from state and international chapters to test their clinical knowledge and compete for the title of FIT Jeopardy Champion. The competition promotes a healthy rivalry between ACC Chapters, fosters FIT engagement and provides educational value to both the contestants and the audience. International teams will be announced in the coming months.

"A thrilling aspect of the competition was the visible team spirit, team cooperation and game sportsmanship – all of which are critical non-clinical skills and part of the goals of the FIT Jeopardy competition," said Nkechinyere Ijioma, MBBS, FACC, chair of the Board of Governors Jeopardy Committee.

Stay tuned for more information on the specific dates and times of the finals taking place during ACC.21 at ACCScientificSession.org and don't forget to congratulate the winning teams on social media using #ACC21 and #ACCFIT.

Congratulations to the following finalists:

Alabama
Muhammad Rafique, MD
Siva Chiranjeevi, MD
Nilarun Chowdhuri, MD

Arizona
Anand Senthil, MD
Hasan Ashraf, MD
Katie Murphy, MD

Arkansas 
Naga Sai Shravan, MD
Turaga Dinesh Voruganti, MD
Hani Alturkmani, MD

California
Maggie Ning, MD
Neil Kalwani, MD
Ashish Sarraju, MD

Colorado
Aaron Emmons, MD
Stanley Swat, MD
Christine Sailer, MD

Connecticut 
Natalija Odanovic, MD
Sonal Pruthi, MD
Samuel Reinhardt, MD

District of Columbia 
Seth Meltzer, MD
Neil Mehta, MD
Nitin Malik, MD

Delaware
Deepti Upparapalli, MD
Amar Kaneria, MD
Jay Patel, MD

Florida
Nader Lamaa, MD
Tasleem Katchi, MD
Linda Ferrer, MD

Georgia 
Logan Eberly, MD
Marvin Lu, MD
Pradhum Ram, MD

Illinois
Udit Joshi, MD
Ezequiel Munoz, MD
Jishanth Mattumpuram, MD

Indiana
Chris Janish, MD
Vatsal Bajpai, MD
Sujoy Phookan, MD

Iowa
Emmanuel Akintoye, MD
Corina Iorgoveanu, MD
Phani Sistla, MD

Kansas
Siva Taduru, MD
Maya Safarova, MD
Grant McKinley, MD

Kentucky
Kristopher Pfirman, MD
Saif Al Qaisi, MD
Sameer Saleem, MD

Louisiana
Robert Drutel, MD
Syed Saad, MD
Ala Mohsen, MD

Maryland
Ethan Tumarkin, MD
Paul Scheel, MD
Nino Isakadze, MD

Massachusetts
Shiv Bagga, MD
Maiwand Mirwais, MD
Sonu Abraham, MD

Michigan
Aurn Kahlon, MD
Thomas O'Connell, MD
Travis Tagami, MD

Military
Jared Hornberger, MD
Ardalon Farhat-Sabet, MD
Seth Klusewitz, MD

Minnesota 
James Lloyd, MD
Fatima M. Ezzeddine, MD
Nick Tan, MD

Mississippi
Will Nichols, MD
Patrick Dauphin, MD
Varun Sardar, MD

Missouri
Jonathan Wolfe, MD
Ola Olakanmi, MD
Amulya Gampa, MD

Nebraska
Kashif Shaikh, MD
Swethika Sundaravel, MD
Amr Youssef, MD

Nevada
Jibran Rana, MD
Keaton Nasser, MD
Kalaimani Elango, MD

New Jersey
Aishwarya Bhardwaj, MD
Vitaly Buza, MD
Brijesh Patel, MD

New Mexico 
Eddie Brown, MD
Carmel Moazez, MD
Shazib Sagheer, MD

New York State 
Boutros Karam, MD
Viswajit Reddy Anugu, MD
Samer Saouma, MD

North Carolina
Kevin Friede, MD
Zak Loring, MD
JD Serfas, MD 

Northern New England (New Hampshire)
Spencer Liu, MD
Swapna Sharma, MD
Malachy Sullivan, MD

Ohio
William Marshall, MD
Jeremy Slivnick, MD
Alexander Meyer, MD

Oklahoma
Isma Javed, MD
Omar Baber, MD
Mohamad Khattab, MD

Oregon
Ryle Przybylowicz, MD
Tim Simpson, MD
Babikar Kheiri, MD

Pennsylvania
Mohammad Al-Sarie, MD
Napatt Kanjanahattakij, MD
Jafar Alzubi, MD

Puerto Rico
Migdoel Cruz, MD
Leonell Freytes, MD
Diego Gonzalez, MD

Rhode Island
Hafiz Imran, MD
Gregory Salber, MD
David Louis, MD

South Carolina
Jasjeet Khural, MD 
Matthew Evans, MD
Ishan Shah, MD

South Dakota
Zoltan Varga, MD
Brian Simpson, MD
Andrew Thorp, MD

Tennessee
Megan Lancaster, MD
Majd El-Harasis, MD
Kaushik Amancherla, MD

Texas
Cory Madigan, MD 
Robert Hull, MD
Shay Gabasha, MD

Utah
Daniel Varela, MD
Robert Sturm, MD
Griffin Bullock, MD

Virginia
Xu Gao, MD
Leann Denlinger, MD
Ben Ruth, MD

Washington State
Sophie Larson, MD
Alex Taylor, MD
Aris Karatasakis, MD

Wisconsin
Joseph Longino, MD
Chris Purtell, MD
Anupama Joseph, MD

*The FIT Jeopardy series of competitions would not be possible without the behind-the-scenes efforts and support of the ACC Board of Governors, State Chapter Executives, State CV Program Directors and the ACC Chapter Affairs Team. For more information on becoming involved in ACC State Chapters visit ACC.org/Chapters. For more information on the ACC's FIT Member Section visit ACC.org/FIT.

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