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Categorical Fellows

First year

Nina Azcue

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Putnam Valley, NY & Stockholm Sweden
Undergrad: Northeastern University
Medical School: New York Medical College
Post-Grad Training: Pediatric Residency at Columbia University
Academic Interest: Imaging and advanced cardiac therapies
Hobbies: Exercising, cooking for friends and family, knitting and traveling with my husband

Emma Dunne

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Oak Park, IL
Undergrad: Yale University
Medical School: Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Post-Grad Training: Boston Combined Residency Program Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Academic Interests: Heart Failure and advanced cardiac therapies (ACT), interdisciplinary and provider-family communication
Hobbies: Recreational sports, cross-country skiing, hiking, silkscreen and linocut printing

Julia Karady

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Medical School: Semmelweis University
Post-Grad Training: PhD, MPH, Pediatrics residency Boston Combined Residency Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Academic: centered around primary cardiovascular prevention by utilizing cardiovascular imaging and genetic attributes determined with polygenic risk score and the utility of these in long term atherosclerotic disease risk estimation in pediatric populations and young adults.
Hobbies: Anything outdoors, including hiking, running, skiing, being on the beach, gardening, and more than anything, I love being with my two girls and husband who keep life busy and full of fun. I am also a huge dog lover and hoping to grown our family with a four-legged member soon.

Karen Lin

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Lexington, MA
Undergrad: Cornell University
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine
Post-Grad Training: Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at Duke
Academic Interests: Exercise Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Hobbies: Long-distance running (with frequent stops to pet dogs), Solidcore, finding joyful movement with friends, hanging with my cats (Mobitz and Piperacillin)

Chandler Moore

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Milton, GA
Undergrad: Duke University
Medical School: Harvard University
Post-Grad Training: Boston Combined Residency Program Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Academic Interests: Heart failure/transplant, cardiac imaging, electrophysiology, cardio-oncology
Hobbies: Running, hiking, reading, listening to podcasts

Eesha Natarajan

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Pune, India
Medical School: B.J. Medical College, Pune, India
Post-Grad Training: Pediatric Residency – Yale New Haven Hospital, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship – University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital
Academic Interests: Cardiac Critical Care, Neonatal Brain Injury
Hobbies: Running, hiking

Young Hye (Grace) Ryu

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: San Fernando Valley, California & Seoul South Korea
Medical School: Chung-Ang University Medical School
Post-Grad Training: Rotating Intern at Seoul National University Hospital, Pediatric Resident at Seoul National Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Cardiology Fellow at Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Resident at Boston Combined Residency Program Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Academic Interests: Cardiac Imaging, Cardiovascular Intervention, Electrophysiology
Hobbies: Reading, drawing, playing board games and going on walks with my family

Ogochukwu Sokunbi

Categorical Fellow, First Year

Hometown: Lagos Nigeria
Medical School: College of Medicine, University of Lagos
Post-Grad Training: Fellowships of the West African College of Physicians & National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (Pediatrics), Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Pediatric Residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center
Academic Interests: Cardiac Catheterization/interventions and medical education
Hobbies: I am happiest spending time with my husband and two children, especially traveling for swim meets and cheering them on as they compete

Second year

John Braucher

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometown: Athens, Ga.
Undergraduate school: University of Georgia
Medical school: Medical School of Georgia
Post-graduate training: Pediatric Residency at Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship, Duke Divinity School (M.T.S.)
Academic interests: Interventional, narrative medicine, theology
Hobbies: Cycling, reading, cocktails, being outside with my wife (Maggie), son (Charlie), and dog (Penn)

Daniel Diaz-Gil

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometowns: Mainz, Germany, and Sevilla, Spain
Undergraduate school: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Medical school: Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
Academic interests: Heart failure/transplant, CICU, molecular and cellular mechanisms of congenital heart disease
Hobbies: Paddle-boarding, hiking, trying out new recipes from all over the world, and spending time with my husband and our dog

Tomini Fashina

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometowns: Lagos, Nigeria, and Johannesburg, South Africa
Undergraduate school: N/A
Medical school: Leicester Medical School
Post-graduate training: MPH at Yale School of Public Health; Pediatric Residency at the Mayo Clinic
Academic interests: CICU, AI, global health
Hobbies: I am happiest outdoors — hiking, running, cycling, sailing, skiing, Fun fact, I am a certified open water scuba diver! On the rare occasion I am indoors, I am likely playing an intense game of squash.

Shyam Harinarayanan

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometown: Coimbatore, India
Undergraduate school: Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Post-graduate training: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Academic interests: Intervention, imaging, AI in pediatric cardiology
Hobbies: Cooking, singing, cricket, watching tennis

Tara Jamieson

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometown: Guelph, Ontario
Undergraduate school: Berklee College of Music
Medical school: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
Academic interests: Palliative care, social determinants of health
Hobbies: Music, knitting, running, and my dog Sirius

Lauren Ledingham

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometown: Wellesley, Mass.
Undergraduate school: Brown University
Medical school: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Post-graduate training: Med/peds at Nationwide/Ohio State University
Academic interests: Utilization of advanced imaging to understand progression of heart disease in ACHD patients to inform screening practices
Hobbies: Running, baking, spending time with family and friends, skiing, trying new foods

Elif Ozdogan

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
Undergraduate school: N/A
Medical school: St. George’s University of London; Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul
Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
Academic interests: Translational research, intersection of immunology and cardiology, medical education
Hobbies: Reading international literature, looking for the best Indian food in Boston, hanging out with my two cats, wind surfing in Turkey

Julia Pantalone

Categorical Fellow, Second Year

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Undergraduate school: Vassar College
Medical school: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Post-graduate training: Internal medicine/pediatrics at UPMC
Academic interests: ACHD, heart failure/transplant, cardio-obstetrics
Hobbies: Running, reading, CrossFit, travel, dessert