6th Year Residents
David Blitzer, MD
M.D., University of Pennsylvania 2015
db3242@cumc.columbia.edu
Michael Salna, MD
M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University 2017
mps2191@cumc.columbia.edu
5th Year Residents
William Clinton Erwin, MD
M.D., University of Alabama School of Medicine 2018
we2153@cumc.columbia.edu
Michael Simpson, MD
M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University 2018
mts2153@cumc.columbia.edu
4th Year Residents
Stephanie Nguyen, MD
M.D., McGovern Medical School and UTHealth 2019
sn2859@cumc.columbia.edu
Sameer Singh, MD
M.D., Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University 2019
ss5685@cumc.columbia.edu
3rd Year Residents
Isao Anzai, MD
M.D., College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University
iaa2106@cumc.columbia.edu
Nasim Azizgolshani, MD
M.D., Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
na2953@cumc.columbia.edu
2nd Year Residents
William Mitchell, MD
M.D., University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas
wm2475@cumc.columbia.edu
Salem T. Argaw, MD
M.D., Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois
Sta2545@cumc.columbia.edu
1st Year Residents
Fady K. Soliman, MD
M.D., Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
fks2118@cumc.columbia.edu
Viswajit Kandula, MD
M.D., Northwestern University the Feinberg School of Medicine
vk2509@cumc.columbia.edu
Research Fellows
Morgan Moroi, MD
M.D., Penn State College of Medicine 2020
mkm2221@cumc.columbia.edu
Krushang Patel, MD
M.D., Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine 2020
kp2853@cumc.columbia.edu
Recent Graduates
2023
Yuting Chiang, MD
M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Aurora St Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alex D’Angelo, MD
St. Luke's University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2022
Nicholas Shea, MD
M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fellowship Mid-Atlantic Surgical Associates at Morristown Medical Center
Jacob Kriegel, MD
M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fellowship Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2021
Serge Kobsa, MD, PhD
Advanced fellowship in Heart Failure, Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Antonio Polanco, MD
Advanced Fellowship in Heart Failure
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
2020
Scott DeRoo, MD
Advanced Fellowship in Aortic Surgery
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jeremy Song, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, Florida
2019
Nathaniel Langer, MD, MSc.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending, Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Benjamin van Boxtel, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending, Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey
2018
Robert Sorabella, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending
Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Elizabeth Stephens, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
2017
Kyle Eudailey, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending
Children’s Hospital of Alabama, University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Robert Neely, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons
Austin, Texas