Cardiology Fellowship - Meet Us | Albany Medical College

Class of 2026 Fellows

Matthew Fordham, MD

Residency

Stony Brook University/ Southampton Hospital Program

Medical School

St. George’s University School of Medicine

Abhinay Gajjala, MD

Residency

Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program

Medical School

University of Rochester School of Medicine

Nino Nozadze, MD

Residency

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Medical School

David Tvildiani Medical University AIETI Medical School

John Tremblay, DO

Residency

Albany Medical College

Medical School

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Class of 2027 Fellows

John Chin, MD

Residency

Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va.

Medical School

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine

Dale Long, MD

Residency

University of Connecticut

Medical School

St. George's University

Anup Regunathan, MD

Residency

Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Medical School

Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Michael Vaysblat, MD

Residency

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Medical School

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine

Class of 2028 Fellows

Omar Daghstani, MBBS

Residency

Albany Medical College

Medical School

Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine

Sarah Malik, MD

Residency

Nassau University Medical Center

Medical School

St. George's University School of Medicine

Ayesha Ropri, MD

Residency

Albany Medical Center

Medical School

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Navrindra Tajeshwar, MD

Residency

Stony Brook University

Medical School

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Faculty

Mushabbar A. Syed, MD

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Chief, Division of Cardiology

Professor of Medicine

George E. Pataki Endowed Chair of Cardiology

Director, Advanced Cardiac Imaging

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Sulagna Mookherjee, MD

Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program

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Neil Yager DO

Edward Philbin, MD

Chair, Department of Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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Kim Poli, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Joseph Sacco, MD

Section Chief, Division of Cardiology, Stratton VA Medical Center (Retired)

Professor of Medicine

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Joshua Schulman-Marcus, MD

Director, Coronary Care Unit

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Mandeep S. Sidhu, MBA, MD

Assistant Dean for Medical Education & Student Research

Associate Professor of Medicine

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Mikhail Torosoff, MD, PhD

Director, Cardiovascular Theme for MSII

Professor of Medicine

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Naveed Akhtar, MD

Stratton V.A. Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mohamed Munshi, MD

Stratton V.A. Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Alumni

2025

Natasha Babar, MD

Current

Long Island Jewish/Northwell, Queens, N.Y.

Residency

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Internal Medicine Residency Program at North Shore

Medical School

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Nathan Centybear, MD

Current

Saratoga Cardiology, Saratoga, N.Y.

Residency

University of Vermont Medical Center

Medical School

Robert Larner, MD, College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Matthew Derakhshesh, MD

Current

UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship

Residency

Albany Medical College

Fellowship

Sackler School of Medicine, New York State American Branch

Phillip Olsen, MD

Current

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif., Electrophysiology Fellowship

Residency

Cooper University Hospital

Medical School

Drexel University

2024

Jacqueline (Kenitz) Coppola, DO

Current

Private Practice, Ellis Hospital

Residency

Albany Medical College

Medical School

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Joseph (Cade) Owens, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiology, Albany Medical College

Residency

University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Medical School

Texas Tech University

Jeanwoo Yoo, DO

Current

Electrophysiology, Mayo Clinic/Florida

Residency

Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program

Medical School

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Wen Quian "Jenny" Zheng, MD

Current

Private Practice, Concord Hospital, Concord, N.H.

Residency

Albany Medical College

Medical School

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

2023

Hamza Oglat, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiology, Baystate Medical Center

Residency

Albany Medical College

Medical School

Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar

Samuel Kim, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiology, NYU Long Island

Residency

Stony Brook University Hospital

Medical School

Albany Medical College

Ciril Khorolsky, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiology, Albany Medical College

Residency

NYU Langone Health

Medical School

Sackler School of Medicine, Israel

Brian Conway, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiology, University of Chicago

Residency

University at Buffalo

Medical School

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

2022

Kellsey Peterson, MD

CURRENT

Noninvasive Cardiology Academic Practice, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit

RESIDENCY

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical College; University of Rochester

MEDICAL SCHOOL

SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine

Casey White, MD

CURRENT

Electrophysiology Fellowship, University of Rochester

RESIDENCY

Internal Medicine, University at Buffalo School of Medicine

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University at Buffalo School of Medicine

Ravi Vuthoori, MD

CURRENT

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Albany Medical Center

RESIDENCY

Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, New York City

MEDICAL SCHOOL

St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada

2021

Suchet Kumar, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Residency

Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University, Philadelphia

Medical School

Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, Barbados

Evan Joye, MD

Current

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant: Montefiore-Einstein, Bronx

Residency

Internal Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City

Medical School

SUNY Downstate Medical University, Brooklyn

Lusana Ahsan, MD

Current

Noninvasive Cardiology, Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, N.Y.

Residency

Internal Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, East Garden City, N.Y.

Medical School

SUNY Downstate Medical University, Brooklyn

Riju Banerjee, MD

Current

Noninvasive Cardiology, Nathan Littauer Hospital, Gloversville, NY/Saratoga Hospital, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Residency

Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, N.J.

Medical School

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City

2020

Fadi Fahad, MD

Current

Interventional Cardiologist, Sierra Vista Medical Group, Sierra Vista, Ariz.

Residency

Internal Medicine, Albany Medical College

Medical School

St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada

Lane Zhang, MD

Current

Clinical Electrophysiology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Residency

Internal Medicine, NYU Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.

Medical School

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta

Haider Nazeer, MD

Current

Advanced Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplantation, NYU Langone School of Medicine

Residency

Internal Medicine, Northwell Health, New York City

Medical School

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.

Tristan Petrie, MD

Current

Crouse Medical Practice, Syracuse, N.Y.

Residency

Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.

Medical School

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y.

2019

Scott Purga, MD

Current

Capital Cardiology Associates, Albany

Residency

New York Presbyterian/Cornell

Medical School

Boston University

Hiren Patel, MD

Current

St. Mary’s Healthcare-Augusta University; University of Georgia

Residency

Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Tulane University School of Medicine

Medical School

Avalon University School of Medicine, Netherlands

Alexey Tatusov, MD

Current

Private Practice: PMA Medical Specialists, Phoenixville, Pa.

Residency

Hahnemann Hospital/Drexel

Medical School

Hahnemann Hospital/Drexel

Meet Us

Class of 2026 Fellows

Matthew Fordham, MD

Abhinay Gajjala, MD

Nino Nozadze, MD

John Tremblay, DO

Class of 2027 Fellows

John Chin, MD

Dale Long, MD

Anup Regunathan, MD

Michael Vaysblat, MD

Class of 2028 Fellows

Omar Daghstani, MBBS

Sarah Malik, MD

Ayesha Ropri, MD

Navrindra Tajeshwar, MD

Faculty

Mushabbar A. Syed, MD

Chief, Division of Cardiology

Sulagna Mookherjee, MD

Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program

Neil Yager DO

Associate Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program

Evan Adelstein, MD

William Alderisio, MD

William Bachman, MD

Dmitri Belov, MD

Mohammad El-Hajjar, MD

Alfred Loka, MD

Radmila Lyubarova, MD

Robert D. Millar, MD

Anthony Nappi, MD

Edward Philbin, MD

Chair, Department of Medicine

Kim Poli, MD

Joseph Sacco, MD

Joshua Schulman-Marcus, MD

Mandeep S. Sidhu, MBA, MD

Assistant Dean for Medical Education & Student Research

Mikhail Torosoff, MD, PhD

Naveed Akhtar, MD

Stratton V.A. Medical Center

Mohamed Munshi, MD

Stratton V.A. Medical Center

Alumni

2025

Natasha Babar, MD

Nathan Centybear, MD

Matthew Derakhshesh, MD

Phillip Olsen, MD

2024

Jacqueline (Kenitz) Coppola, DO

Joseph (Cade) Owens, MD

Jeanwoo Yoo, DO

Wen Quian "Jenny" Zheng, MD

2023

Hamza Oglat, MD

Samuel Kim, MD

Ciril Khorolsky, MD

Brian Conway, MD

2022

Kellsey Peterson, MD

Casey White, MD

Ravi Vuthoori, MD

2021

Suchet Kumar, MD

Evan Joye, MD

Lusana Ahsan, MD

Riju Banerjee, MD

2020

Fadi Fahad, MD

Lane Zhang, MD

Haider Nazeer, MD

Tristan Petrie, MD

2019

Scott Purga, MD

Hiren Patel, MD

Alexey Tatusov, MD