A Cardiovascular Disease Fellow can rely on attendings to provide a tremendous learning experience. In fact, our faculty members choose to include teaching as part of their job. Furthermore, a fellow will receive frequent one-on-one attention from attending faculty, allowing the trainee to draw on their experience and expertise.
Meet our Faculty:
Param Sharma, M.D., FACC, FHRS. - Program Director
School: Guru Gobind Singh Medical College - Faridkot, Punjab, India (1984)
Internship: Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY - Pediatrics(1989)
Residency: University at Buffalo - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY. - Internal Medicine (1992)
Fellowship: University of California - Veterans Affairs Lose Angles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - Cardiology (1995); Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA - Electrophysiology (1996)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, The Heart Rhythm Society
Board Certifications: Cardiac Electrophysiology (1998), recertified 2008; Cardiovascular Disease (1995), recertified 2015
State Licenses: California, Wisconsin
Milind Shah, M.D., FACC, FSCAI - Assistant Program Director
School: Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India (1984)
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH - Internal Medicine (1995)
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH - Cardiology (1998); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL - Interventional Cardiology (1999)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, Indian Medical Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (1999), recertified 2009; Internal Medicine (1996); Interventional Cardiology (2000), recertified 2010
State Licenses: Wisconsin, Ohio, Utah
Patrick Aquilina, M.D.
School: Temple University School of Medicine - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1998)
Residency: MCP Hahnemann University - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2023)
Fellowship: Drexel University College of Medicine Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship (2006); Drexel University College of Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship (2007)
Professional Societies: American Medical Association, American College of Cardiology Heart Rhythm Society
Board Certifications:
State License: Wisconsin
Abdou Elhendy, M.D., PhD, FACC
School: Cairo University - Cairo, Egypt (1985)
Residency: Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt - Cardiovascular Disease (1990); University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE - Internal Medicine (2003)
Fellowship: Thoraxenter - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Cardiology (1995); Mayo Clinic - Mayo School of Health Sciences, Rochester, MN - Echocardiography (2001)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (2007); Echocardiography (2007); Internal Medicine (2003); Nuclear Cardiology (2007)
State Licenses: Wisconsin, Nebraska
Sudhakar Girotra, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
School: Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India (2004)
Residency: Danbury Hospital - Danbury, CT - Clinical Pathology (2007); Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ - Internal Medicine (2010)
Fellowship: Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ - Cardiovascular Medicine (2013); Banner University Medical Center Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ - Interventional Cardiology (2014)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (2014); Internal Medicine (2010); Interventional Cardiology (2014); Nuclear Cardiology (2014); Vascular Medicine (2015)
State License: Wisconsin
Manish Kumar, M.D.
School: Armed Forces Medical College - Pune, India (2015)
Residency: UConn Health, Farmington, CT - Internal Medicine (2019)
Fellowships: UConn Health, Farmington, CT - Geriatrics (2020); UConn Health, Farmington, CT - Cardiovascular Medicine (2023); Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY - Critical Care (2024)
Professional Societies: National Board of Echocardiography
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (2023); Geriatrics (2020); Internal Medicine (2019)
State License: Wisconsin
Boban Mathew, M.D.
School: Government Medical College - Kottayam, Kottayam, Kerala, India (1983)
Residency: State University of New York - Hospitalists, Buffalo, NY - Internal Medicine (2006)
Fellowship: State University of New York - Affiliated Hospitals, Syracuse, NY - Cardiology (2009); Jefferson University Health System - Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, PA - Interventional Cardiology (2010)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (2009), recertified 2019; Echocardiography (2009); Internal Medicine (2006); recertified 2016; Interventional Cardiology (2010); Nuclear Cardiology (2008), recertified 2018
State Licenses: Wisconsin, North Dakota, Indiana
Guruprasad Naik, M.D., FACC, FSCAI
School: Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India (1992)
Internship: Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA - Internal Medicine (1996)
Residency: Goa Medical College - Goa Medical College Hospital, Bambolim, Goa, India - Internal Medicine (1995); Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA - Internal Medicine (1997)
Fellowship: Louisiana State University - Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA - Cardiovascular Disease (2000)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, American Medical Association; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (2000), recertified 2010; Echocardiology (2005); Internal Medicine (1997), recertified 2008; Interventional Cardiology (2003), recertified 2013; Nuclear Cardiology (2005)
State License: Wisconsin
Alian Rizkallah, M.D., FACC, RPVI
School: American University of Beirut - Faculty of Medicine, Beirut, Lebanon (2010)
Residency: Wayne State University - Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI - Internal Medicine (2017)
Fellowship: University of Connecticut - Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT - Cardiovascular Disease (2020)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
Board Certifications: Cardiovascular Disease (2020); Echocardiography (2019); Internal Medicine (2017); Nuclear Cardiology (2021)
State License: Wisconsin
Humberto Vidaillet, Jr., M.D., FACP, FACC
School: Univeristy of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK (1981)
Internship: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN - Internal Medicine (1982)
Residency: Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, MN - Internal Medicine (1984)
Fellowship: Duke University School of Medicine - Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC - Electrophysiology (1987)
Professional Societies: American College of Cardiology, American College of Physicians, The Heart Rhythm Society, Wisconsin Medical Society
Board Certifications: Cardiac Electrophysiology (1992); Cardiovascular Disease (1987); Internal Medicine (1984)
State License: Wisconsin
Weijia Wang, M.D.
School: Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, (2012)
Residency: Tufts University School of Medicine - Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA - Internal Medicine (2016)
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts-Medical School, Worcester, MA - Cardiovascular Disease (2021)
Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System, Baltimore, MD - Cardiac Electrophysiology (2023)
Professional Societies:
Board Certifications: Cardiac Electrophysiology (2023); Cardiovascular Medicine (2021); Internal Medicine (2016)
State License: Wisconsin
Meet Our Fellows:
Somto Nwaedozie, M.D.
Medical School: College of Medicine,
University of Nigeria - Enugu, Nigeria
Deepa Soodi, M.D.
Medical School: Deccan College of Medical Sciences - Hyderabad, India
Elliot Hwang, M.D.
Medical School: University of Sydney Medical School - Camperdown, Australia
Jacob Obholz, D.O.
Medical School: Des Moines Univeristy College of Medicine - Des Moines, Iowa
Bhavani Anantharamakrishnan, M.D.
Medical School: Sri Siddhartha Medical College - Bangalore, India
Swecha Goel, M.D.
Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College - New Delhi, India
