Meet Our People

When you train with us, you'll find rewarding relationships with our entire cardiology team. Take a few moments to learn a little more about us!

Discover Our Exceptional Educators

The leaders of our fellowship program are all national leaders in the specialty. Each has a passion for providing life-changing care for our patients today and for ensuring that care for tomorrow through training and discovery.

Hussein Abu Daya, MD

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Director
Mustafa Ahmed, MD

Advanced Interventional and Structural Fellowship Director
Garima Arora, MD, MRCP

Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Fellowship Director
Harish Doppalapudi, MD

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Director
Andrew Lenneman, MD

Heart Failure and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship Director
Steve Lloyd, MD, PhD

General Cardiology Fellowship Director

Get to Know Your Fellow Trainees

UAB's cardiology fellowships attract trainees from across the United States and beyond. We find tremendous strength in this diversity, and we look forward to including you in our dynamic team of trainees.

General Cardiology Fellows

Lauren East

PGY-4
Med School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Residency: Washington University in St. Louis

Joshua Furtney

PGY-4
Med School: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Residency: University of Florida - Gainesville

Eva Ingram

PGY-4
Med School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Luke Joseph

PGY-4
Med School: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: UAB

Zachary Jost

PGY-4
Med School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Residency: UAB

Danial Saleem

PGY-4
Med School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency: Columbia University - New York Presbyterian

Nnamdi Azih

PGY-5
Med School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina

Daniel Duddleston

PGY-5
Med School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency: UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill

Usman Hasnie

PGY-5
Med School: University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: UAB

Olivia Hudson

PGY-5
Med School: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Residency: UAB

William Morgan

PGY-5
Med School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency: UAB

David Osula

PGY-5
Med School: UAB
Residency: University of Texas Southwestern

Murti Patel

PGY-5
Med School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University

Jingnan Han

PGY-5
Med School: Peking University
Residency: UAB

Nirav Patel

PGY-5
Med School: Baroda Medical College, India
Residency: UAB

Roberto Camacho

PGY-6
Med School: Florida International University
Residency: UAB

Travis Carroll

PGY-6
Med School: University of Louisville
Residency: UAB

Weihan Chen

PGY-6
Med School: UT Southwestern
Residency: University of Michigan

James Hammock

PGY-6
Med School: UAB
Residency: UAB

Christopher (Chris) Ives

PGY-6
Med School: UAB
Residency: UAB

Martin Marak

PGY-6
Med School: LSU School of Medicine
Residency: LSU IM Baton Rouge

Sam Michael

PGY-6
Med School: Morehouse SOM
Residency: UAB

Electrophysiology Fellows

James Barrios

PGY-8
IM: UAB
CVD: UAB

Chad Colon

PGY-8
IM: UAB
CVD: UAB

Jacob Elrod

PGY-7
IM: UAB
CVD: UAB

Heart Failure Fellows

Fahad Ahmed, MD

PGY-4
IM: St. Agnes Hospital

John Murphy, MD

PGY-4
IM: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Bishow Paudel, MD

PGY-4
IM: University of Maryland

Andrew Sephien, MD

PGY-4
IM: USF Morsani College of Medicine

Leonardo Wagner, MD

PGY-4
IM: Tufts University School of Medicine

Charles Wanna, MD

PGY-4
IM: University of Texas Houston

Interventional Fellows

Hisham Ibrahim, MD

PGY-7
IM: Interfaith Medical Center
CVD: Maimonides Medical Center

Abdullah Mahmood, MD

PGY-7
IM: Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
CVD: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Amr Salama, MD

PGY-7
IM: Rochester Regional Health
CVD: Rochester General Hospital

Advanced Interventional and Structural Fellowship

Ali Ebrahimi, MD

PGY-8
IM: Brookwood Baptist
CVD: USF Morsani College of Medicine
Interventional: UAB

Madhura Myla, MD

PGY-8
IM: University of New Mexico
CVD: University of New Mexico
Interventional: UAB

Ahmed Subahi, MD

PGY-8
IM: Wayne State University
CVD: Wayne State University
Interventional: University of Kentucky