About Our Graduates
Cardiology Fellows at Texas Children's Hospital are selected from a large pool of talented applicants. Our trainees come to us from pediatric residencies large and small. We are proud of the diverse culture within our program which includes fellows from around the world. Traditionally, we offer advanced training (fourth year) positions in every subspecialty within pediatric cardiology.
| Fellow | Grad Year | Advanced Training | Initial Faculty Appointment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Burns | 2025 | Prevention Texas Children's Hospital | |
| Paul Cooper | 2025 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cincinnati Children's Hospital | |
| Patrick Day | 2025 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | |
| Alex Kiener | 2025 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | |
| Derek Norton | 2025 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | |
| Mounica Rao | 2025 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | |
| Carlos Sanchez | 2025 | Advanced Imaging Phoenix Children’s Hospital | |
| Ryan Bishop | 2024 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | UT Southwestern Dallas, Texas |
| Natalie Craik | 2024 | CICU Texas Children's Hospital | Phoenix Children's Phoenix, AZ |
| Julie Lovin | 2024 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia | |
| John Shabosky | 2024 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati, Ohio |
| John Tadros | 2024 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | TCH |
| Ran Xiao | 2024 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Seattle Children's Hospital | |
| Michael Bruno | 2023 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | Johns Hopkins All Children's Tampa, Florida |
| Ryan Byrne | 2023 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | Vanderbilt Children's Nashville, TN |
| Patrick Connell | 2023 | Electrophysiology University of Michigan | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Teddy Jones | 2023 | Cardiovascular Genetics Texas Children's Hospital | Lurie Children's Chicago, Illinois |
| Michelle Pelka | 2023 | Advanced Imaging Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | Children's Hospital of LA Los Angeles, Cali. |
| Ruth Vaughan | 2023 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Austin, Texas |
| Malena Gutierrez | 2022 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | LeBonheur Children's Hospital Memphis, Tenn. |
| Sonia Kaushal | 2022 | Heart Failure & Transplant and Quality Improvement Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Austin, Texas |
| Melodie Lynn | 2022 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | UTSW Medical Center Dallas, Texas |
| Jillian Olsen | 2022 | CICU/PICU Children's Hospital Boston | University of California SF San Francisco, Cali. |
| Amna Qasim | 2022 | UAMS Children's Hospital Little Rock, Ark. | |
| Doaa Shahbah | 2022 | Interventional Cardiology Texas Children's Hospital | King Fahd Medical City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Stephen Williams | 2022 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Pediatric Cardiology Care Houston, Texas |
| Alex Alali | 2021 | CICU Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Cook Children's Ft. Worth, Texas |
| Emily Backes | 2021 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | Children's Mercy Kansas City, Mo. |
| Lindsay Eilers | 2021 | Interventional Cardiology Texas Children’s Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Tyler Fick | 2021 | Advanced Imaging Nationwide Children’s Hospital | Children's Mercy Kansas City, Mo. |
| Vincent Gonzalez | 2021 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children’s Hospital | Children's Hospital and Medical Center Omaha, Neb. |
| Kevin Wilkes | 2021 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children’s Hospital | Cook Children's Ft. Worth, Texas |
| Jolie Britt | 2020 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Tam Doan | 2020 | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas | |
| Kyle Hope | 2020 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Subhrajit Lahiri | 2020 | Interventional Cardiology Texas Children's Hospital | Order of St. Francis Healthcare Peoria, Ill. |
| Judson Moore | 2020 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Anna Venardos | 2020 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | Cook Children's Ft. Worth, Texas |
| Danny Castellanos | 2019 | Advanced Imaging Dallas Children’s Hospital | Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, Mass. |
| Taylor Howard | 2019 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Joseph Knadler | 2019 | CICU/PICU Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Marco Rodriguez | 2019 | CICU/PICU Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Katie Salciccioli | 2019 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease University of Michigan | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Chris Wilkinson | 2019 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Joseph Spinner | 2018 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Svetlana Shugh | 2018 | Heart Failure & Transplant Cincinnati Children's | Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Hollywood, Fla. |
| Kriti Puri | 2018 | CVICU/PICU Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Gurpreet Dhillon | 2018 | CVICU/PICU Boston Children's Hospital | Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. |
| Christopher Broda | 2018 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Varun Aggarwal | 2018 | Interventional Cardiology Texas Children's Hospital | University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Hitesh Agrawal | 2017 | Interventional Cardiology Texas Children's Hospital | LeBonheur Children's Hospital Memphis, Tenn. |
| Jordan Awerbach | 2017 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Duke University | Phoenix Children’s Hospital Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Raysa Demori-Morales | 2017 | CVICU/PICU Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Lindsay Edwards | 2017 | Advanced Imaging Stanford University | Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, Wash. |
| Sherrill Gutierrez | 2017 | Children's National Health System Washington, DC | |
| Andrew Landstrom | 2017 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | Duke University Durham, N.C. |
| Rob Loar | 2017 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Yuki Asaki | 2016 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | Primary Children's Hospital Salt Lake City, Utah |
| John Colquitt | 2016 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Jason Goldberg | 2016 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Memphis, Tenn. |
| Angeline Opina | 2016 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Brendan Smith | 2016 | Anesthesia Baylor College of Medicine | BC Children's and Women's Hospital and Health Centre Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Vidhya Annavajjhala | 2015 | Cardiac Research Stanford University | Stanford University Palo Alto, Calf. |
| Diego Lara | 2015 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | Ochsner Health Center New Orleans; La. |
| Mary Kay Olive | 2015 | CVICU/PICU Texas Children's Hospital | C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| Ericka Scheller-McLaughlin | 2015 | Advanced Imaging Emory University | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Hari Tunuguntla | 2015 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Craig Alexander | 2014 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | University of Louisville Louisville, Ky. |
| David Ezon | 2014 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Benjamin Frischhertz | 2014 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn. |
| Rocky Tsang | 2014 | CVICU/PICU Texas Children's Hospital | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas |
| Jeffrey Orcutt | 2014 | Electrophysiology Texas Children's Hospital | Order of St. Francis Healthcare Peoria, Ill. |
| Elijah Bolin | 2013 | Advanced Imaging Texas Children's Hospital | University of Arkansas Little Rock, Ark. |
| Borah Hong | 2013 | Heart Failure & Transplant Texas Children's Hospital | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, Wash. |
| W. Buck Kyle | 2013 | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas | |
| Katherine Lindle | 2013 | Texas Children's Hospital Houston, Texas | |
| Chalam Mulukutla | 2013 | Adult Congenital Heart Disease Texas Children's Hospital | El Paso Cardiology Consultants El Paso, Texas |
| Olawale Olabiyi | 2013 | Pediatric Cardiology Associates | |
| Benjamin Toole | 2013 | Advanced Imaging Emory University | Emory University Atlanta, Ga. |