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The Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at Bridgeport Hospital is an ACGME accredited, Yale School of Medicine affiliated, 3-year program offering broad-based clinical training in all aspects of cardiovascular practice. Our faculty consists of both full time, hospital based as well as community-based cardiologists with academic appointments at Yale School of Medicine.
The primary site is Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, where the majority of the training experience occurs. Complementary rotations at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven in nuclear cardiology, advanced heart failure, adult congenital heart disease and advanced imaging provide a university-hospital based, state of the art training.
Application to our program is through the Electronic Resident Application Service (ERAS). The Bridgeport Hospital Cardiovascular Fellowship participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Medical Specialties Matching Service (MSMP). The Fellowship has a total of six fellows, two fellows in each of the three years. In addition, a 4th year fellowship in Interventional Cardiology is available to one individual each year.
1st Year
Juan Arango MD
Samdish Sethi, MD
2nd Year
Lila Kaminsky MD
AntonStolear, MD
3rd Year
Ju Young Bae, MD
Nneka Nwokeocha, MD
Name | Year graduated | Post-graduation destination |
Dan Blendea* | 2008 | EP Fellowship - MGH |
Hittender Jain | 2008 | Faculty, Yale |
Janardan Srinivasan* | 2010 | Interventional Fellowship - Yale |
Ravishankar Kalaga | 2010 | Interventional Fellowship – Arkansas |
Vladimir Rukshin | 2010 | Practice, New Jersey |
Fafa Xexemeku* | 2015 | MRI Fellowship, London |
Arijit Chanda | 2015 | Interventional Fellowship - Yale |
Joseph Gnanaraj | 2016 | Practice, Waterbury, CT |
Kwasi Dakwa* | 2017 | Interventional Fellowship – Bridgeport Hospital |
Erol Nargileci | 2018 | Interventional Fellowship – Bridgeport Hospital |
Qurat-ul-ain Jelani | 2018 | Peripheral Vascular Fellowship - Yale |
Abid Shah | 2019 | |
Asiya Mahmut | 2019 | |
Saurabh Ranjan | 2020 | |
Faheem U-Haq | 2021 | |
Kristin Stawiarski* | 2021 |
Key Faculty
Gilead Lancaster, MD, FACC Program Director
Irma Fotjadhi, MD, FACC- Assistant Program Director
Stuart Zarich, MD, FACC – Chief, Cardiology Section
Evgeny Shkolnik, MD, FACC
Carlos D. Davila, MD
Zachary Port, MD,
NAME | MED SCHOOL | LOCATION | INT. MED | CARD. FELL. | LOCATION | SUB-SPEC. |
Ali, Yousuf | King Edward | Lahore, Pakistan | Bridgeport Hosp | Bridgeport Hosp | Bridgeport, CT | Clinical Card. |
Amir, Doron | Sackler | Israel | Maimonides | Withrop Univ. | Long Island, | Clinical Card. |
Casale, Linda | Med. | NY, NY | Albert Einstein | Univ. of CA | San Diego, CA | Clinical Card. |
Chiavuri, Murali | Tufts | Boston, MA | Brigham | Harvard Med | Boston, MA | EP |
Driesman, Mitchell | Brown | Providence, RI | Tufts | Mt. Sinai | NY, NY | Intervent. Card |
Fotjadhi, Irma | Carol Davilla | Bucharest, Romania | Hosp. St. Raphael | Hosp. St. Raphael | New Haven, CT | Clinical Card. |
Kanin, Elenita | Wisconsin | Madison, WI | Baylor | Yale | New Haven, CT | Clinical Card. |
Gordon, Ram | U. Pittsburg | Pittsdburg, PA | U Penn | Mt. Sinai | NY, NY | Clinical Card. |
Hur, Sik | Univ. of MD | Baltimore,Maryland | Univ of MD | UTHSCSA | San Antonio,TX | Clinical Card. |
Landau, Charles | Harvard | Boston, MA | Columbia Presbyt. | Boston Univ Med | Boston, MA | Clinical Card. |
Mejia, Victor | Cornell | NY, NY | Columbia | Hosp of U. of Penn | Philadelphia,PA | Intervent. Card |
Moskowitz, Robert | Cornell | NY, NY | Brigham | Mt Sinai | NewYork | CHF |
Meizlish. Jay | New York U. | NY, NY | Harbor UCLA | Yale | New Haven, CT | Intervent. Card |
Pollack, Ari | NYU | NY, NY | Columbia Presbyt. | Mt. Sinai | NY, NY | Clinical Card. |
Schussheim, Adam | Harvard | Boston, MA | Cornell Med Ctr | Mt. Sinai | NY, NY | Clinical Card. |
Taikowski, Richard | Boston Univ. | Boston, MA | Boston Univ. | Mt. Sinai | NY, NY | Clinical Card. |
Tuohy, Edward | NY Med | NY. NY | Yale New Haven | Yale | New Haven, CT | Intervent. Card |
Werner, Craig | Univ of SC | Charleston, SC | McGraw Medical | NE Deaconess | Boston, MA | Clinical Card. |
Winslow, Robert | NY NY | Brigham | Mt Sinai | NY. NY | EP |
Candidates for fellowship must have completed a Residency in Internal Medicine that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical education (ACGME) and be Board eligible / Board certified in Internal Medicine. Candidate selection criteria include academic achievements (including USMLE scores), letters of recommendation (3) and demonstrable interest in the field of cardiology. Research experience is desirable. Additionally applicants must demonstrate a consistent record of academic achievement and future academic potential, a commitment to the process of career development in academic medicine, personal integrity and a commitment to humanistic values expected of compassionate physicians.
Clinical and research components: During their 3 years of training, Cardiology fellows amass knowledge of the basic science, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and clinical principles required to direct the cardiac care of patients with diverse cardiovascular disease. Concurrent with their clinical experience, fellows learn basic principles of clinical cardiovascular research and are required to participate in clinical research projects. Components of this clinical experience (“clinical rotations”) occur on a rotating basis and include the elements listed below.
Clinical Cardiology Service – approximately 8 months over 3 years. During this experience fellows participate in care of patients in the CCU, in the post-operative ICU and the Cardiology Consultation Service. Perioperative management of cardiac surgical patients is included in the Clinical Cardiology Service.
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory – approximately 4 to 6 months over 3 years. This experience includes training in cardiac catheterization, coronary intervention (including management of acute myocardial infarction), intra-arterial support (intra-aortic balloon and other cardiac output support devices), temporary pacer insertion, right heart hemodynamic assessment, temporary transvenous pacing and pericardiocentesis. The ACGME requirement is 4 months; most trainees receive training beyond this, particularly those who wish to pursue a career in Interventional Cardiology. During the course of their training, all fellows perform at least 100 cardiac catheterization studies (as per ACGME requirements).
Cardiac Electrophysiology Service – 2 months over 3 years (ACGME requirement). This experience includes exposure to invasive electrophysiology testing and intra-cardiac ablation procedures, tilt-table testing, interpretation of ambulatory ECG monitors and recording devices, evaluation of patients with known or suspected arrhythmias and interrogation and programming of pacemakers and internal defibrillators.
Noninvasive Cardiology – approximately 6 to 9 months over 3 years
This experience includes several distinct components many of which occur concurrently:
Cardiology Clinics
A vital component of a well-rounded training experience is the opportunity to participate in ongoing research. At Bridgeport Hospital clinical research is emphasized. Every fellow is required to participate meaningfully in at least one clinical research project during the required three-year curriculum. Ample attending staff supervision is available to provide assistance in formulating and carrying out projects. This work is generally performed as part of elective or non-invasive rotation blocks. All past fellows have presented research at regional and/or national meetings. Many of these have led to publication. In addition, the Cardiology Section is actively involved in industry and NIH-sponsored multicenter trials and fellows participate in these activities.
Didactic Conferences
The following conferences are included in the curriculum: