Cardiology Interest Groups - American College of Cardiology

Cardiology Interest Groups are student-led organizations that provide opportunities for medical students to introduce their peers to the philosophies of cardiology and cardiovascular medicine through hands-on learning experiences.

With the oversight of a faculty advisor, Cardiology Interest Groups offer the opportunity for students to explore cardiovascular medicine early in their medical careers.

Learn more about Cardiology Interest Groups by exploring the information below.

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United States

California Northstate University College of Medicine, Elk Grove, CA

Primary Contact:	Onkar Sandhu
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	onkar.sandhu6720@cnsu.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Jamal Abercrombia
Faculty Advisor Email:	kamau.abercrombia@cnsu.edu
Program Website:	https://cnsu.edu/

Cardiology Interest Group, Riverside, CA

Primary Contact:	Chris Mehdizadeh
Role of Primary Contact:	Lead
Email:	cmehd001@medsch.ucr.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Varadarajan
Faculty Advisor Email:	padmini@medsch.ucr.edu
Program Website:	https://www.ucr.edu/

Cardiovascular Medicine Interest Group

Primary Contact:	Aishwarya Juttu
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	juttu@uiwtx.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Jessica Bradley
Faculty Advisor Email:	jmbradle@uiwtx.edu
Program Website:

Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Champaign, IL

Primary Contact:	Noah Nigh
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	nrnigh2@illinois.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Cardio Interest Group
Faculty Advisor Email:	naveed.adoni@carle.com

Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Primary Contact:	Pranav Dorbala
Role of Primary Contact:	Co-President
Email:	dorbala2@illinois.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Naveed Adoni
Faculty Advisor Email:	naveed.adoni@carle.com
Program Website:	https://illinois.edu/

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Primary Contact:	Shruti Agarwal
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	sagarwal2016@health.fau.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Parvathi Perumareddi
Faculty Advisor Email:	pperumar@health.fau.edu
Program Website:

Elson S Floyd College of Medicine, Spokane, WA

Primary Contact:	Pranav Mellacheruvu
Role of Primary Contact:	Co-Founder/Lead
Email:	pranavm@outlook.com
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Chris Anderson
Faculty Advisor Email:	charles.anderson@wsu.edu
Program Website:	https://medicine.wsu.edu/

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Primary Contact:	Mariana L. Henry
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	mariana.l.henry.med@dartmouth.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Kerrilynn Henessey
Faculty Advisor Email:	Kerrilynn.C.Hennessey@hitchcock.org
Program Website:	https://home.dartmouth.edu/

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Primary Contact:	Suvruta Iruvanti
Role of Primary Contact:	CIG Co-Leader
Email:	suvruta.iruvanti@icahn.mssm.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Martin Goldman
Faculty Advisor Email:	martin.goldman@mountsinai.org

John A Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI

Primary Contact:	Brendan Seto
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	bkseto@hawaii.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Margo Vasser
Faculty Advisor Email:	francisco.fuentes@uth.tmc.edu
Program Website:	https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/

McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX

Primary Contact:	Hala Khan
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	hala.q.khan@uth.tmc.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Francisco Fuentes
Faculty Advisor Email:	francisco.fuentes@uth.tmc.edu
Program Website:	https://med.uth.edu/

Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

Primary Contact:	David Ray
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	dray19@email.mmc.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Henry Ewelike Okafor
Faculty Advisor Email:	henry.e.okafor@vumc.org
Program Website:	https://home.mmc.edu/

Midwestern University - Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Primary Contact:	Jeremy Yu
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	jeremy.yu@midwestern.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Joseph Klag
Faculty Advisor Email:	jklag@midwestern.edu
Program Website:	https://midwestern.edu/

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine @ Arkansas State

Primary Contact:	Clara Loewen
Role of Primary Contact:	National Liaison
Email:	cloewen@nyit.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Viswanathan Rajagopalan PH.D
Faculty Advisor Email:	vrajagop@nyit.edu
Program Website:	https://www.nyit.edu

New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Primary Contact:	Ermin Tale
Role of Primary Contact:	Secretary
Email:	etale01@nyit.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Todd Cohen
Faculty Advisor Email:	tcohen03@nyit.edu
Program Website:	https://www.nyit.edu/

New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

Primary Contact:	Victoria Maksymiuk
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	vmaksymi@student.nymc.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Tony Sozzo
Faculty Advisor Email:	TONY_SOZZO@nymc.edu
Program Website:	https://www.nymc.edu/

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - GA, Suwanee, GA

Primary Contact:	Meghan Brennan
Role of Primary Contact:	Vice President
Email:	mb0691@pcom.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Richard White
Faculty Advisor Email:	richardwhit@pcom.edu
Program Website:	https://www.pcom.edu/campuses/georgia-campus/

The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Primary Contact:	Matthew Gallardo
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	matthew.gallardo@osumc.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Maria Clark
Faculty Advisor Email:	maria.clark@osumc.edu
Program Website:	https://medicine.osu.edu/

Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ

Primary Contact:	Diane Masket
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	masket57@rowan.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. John Hamaty
Faculty Advisor Email:	JHamaty@virtua.org

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Primary Contact:	Anna Mathew
Role of Primary Contact:	Co-President
Email:	agm129@njms.rutgers.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Christine Gerula
Faculty Advisor Email:	gerula@njms.rutgers.edu
Program Website:	https://njms.rutgers.edu/

Touro University Nevada, Henderson, NV

Primary Contact:	Ryan Briggs
Role of Primary Contact:	Liaison
Email:	rbriggs3@student.touro.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Jutta Guadagnoli
Faculty Advisor Email:	jguadagn@touro.edu
Program Website:	https://tun.touro.edu/

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Primary Contact:	Chandan Basetty
Role of Primary Contact:	Co-Director
Email:	cbasetty@uab.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Gregory Payne
Faculty Advisor Email:	gpayne@uabmc.edu
Program Website:	https://www.uab.edu/home/

University of California, Irvine - School of Medicine, Irvine, CA

Primary Contact:	Yousif Arif
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	yarif@hs.uci.edu
Faculty Advisor:	David Donaldson, MD
Faculty Advisor Email:	ddonald1@hs.uci.edu
Program Website:	https://www.som.uci.edu/

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Primary Contact:	Rejowana Rouf
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	rouf0019@umn.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Marc Pritzker
Faculty Advisor Email:	pritz001@umn.edu
Program Website:	https://twin-cities.umn.edu/

University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

Primary Contact:	Farrah Rassam
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	frassam@une.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Bill Burge
Faculty Advisor Email:	bburge@une.edu
Program Website:	https://www.une.edu/com

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Primary Contact:	Malik Alqawasmi
Role of Primary Contact:	Treasurer
Email:	maalqawasmi@salud.unm.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Paul Andre
Faculty Advisor Email:	prandre@salud.unm.edu
Program Website:	http://www.unm.edu/

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Primary Contact:	Purva Rumde and Kanako Mori
Role of Primary Contact:	Co-chairs
Email:	pur5@pitt.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Kathryn Berlacher
Faculty Advisor Email:	berlacherk@upmc.edu
Program Website:	https://www.medschool.pitt.edu

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI

Primary Contact:	Shivani Reddy
Role of Primary Contact:	Co-President
Email:	shivani.reddy@med.wmich.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Maria Sheakley
Faculty Advisor Email:	maria.sheakley@med.wmich.edu
Program Website:	https://med.wmich.edu/

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY

Primary Contact:	Ramya Sampath
Role of Primary Contact:	Student Leader
Email:	ramya_sampath@urmc.rochester.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Angelo Pedulla
Faculty Advisor Email:	angelo_pedulla@urmc.rochester.edu
Program Website:	https://rochester.edu/

Egypt

Ain-Shams University Of Medicine, Cairo

Primary Contact:	Ahmed Khaled Awad
Role of Primary Contact:	Senior medical student
Email:	emp17009@med.asu.edu.eg
Faculty Advisor:	Sherif El seidy
Faculty Advisor Email:	ahmedkawad@gmail.com
Program Website:	https://med.asu.edu.eg/home/en/

Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo

Primary Contact:	Ahmed Khaled Awad
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	ahmedkawad@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor:	Sherif El seidy
Faculty Advisor Email:	drsherif.elseidy@gmail.com
Program Website:	https://med.asu.edu.eg/home/en/programs-2/

Germany

Working Group Cardiovascular Medicine, Brandenburg an der Havel

Primary Contact:	Alexander Krutz
Role of Primary Contact:	Founder / Chairperson
Email:	alexander.krutz@mhb-fontane.de
Faculty Advisor:	Jonathan Nübel
Faculty Advisor Email:	jonathan.nuebel@mhb-fontane.de
Program Website:	https://www.mhb-fontane.de/home.html

India

Parul University

Primary Contact:	Dilip jangid
Role of Primary Contact:	Clinical Pharmacist
Email:	dilipjangid6600@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor:	Manoj
Faculty Advisor Email:	manojdikatwar@gamil.com
Program Website:	https://www.paruluniversity.ac.in/

Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute

Primary Contact:	Arnabjyoti De
Role of Primary Contact:	Management
Email:	arnabjyotide74905@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor:	Sayan Deb
Faculty Advisor Email:	sayandeb1504@gmail.com
Program Website:	https://sbvu.ac.in/mgmcri/

Iran

Islamic Azad University

Primary Contact:	Amir Abdi
Role of Primary Contact:	President/Founder
Email:	abdiamir67@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor:	Seifollah Abdi MD, FACC, FSCAI
Faculty Advisor Email:	sayfabdi@yahoo.com
Program Website:

Lebanon

American University if Beirut, Beirut

Primary Contact:	Alicia Khazzeka
Role of Primary Contact:	President/founder
Email:	aak100@mail.aub.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr Fadi Sawaya
Faculty Advisor Email:	fs88@aub.edu.lb
Program Website:	https://www.aub.edu.lb/

Lebanese Cardiology Interest Group

Primary Contact:	Carlo Khoury
Role of Primary Contact:	President/Founder
Email:	khourycarlo@outlook.com
Faculty Advisor:	Dr Bernard Harbieh
Faculty Advisor Email:	bh42@aub.edu.lb

Pakistan

The Aga Khan University Hospital

Primary Contact:	Maha Inam
Role of Primary Contact:	Founder and Vice President
Email:	maha.inam@scholar.aku.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Osman Faheem
Faculty Advisor Email:	osman.faheem@aku.edu
Program Website:	https://www.aku.edu/

Sint Maarten

Cardiology Interest Group, Cupecoy, Sint Maarten

Primary Contact:	Akashpreet Riar
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	akashpreetriar@students.aucmed.edu
Faculty Advisor:	Dr. Hayden
Faculty Advisor Email:	bhayden@aucmed.edu
Program Website:	https://www.aucmed.edu/

St. Vincent, Grenadines & Anguilla

Saint James School of Medicine

Primary Contact:	Mohamad H. Ankouny
Role of Primary Contact:	Cardiology Lead
Email:	mankouny@mail.sjsm.org
Faculty Advisor:	Mykhailo Vysochyn
Faculty Advisor Email:	mvysochyn@mail.sjsm.org
Program Website:	https://www.sjsm.org/

Turkey

Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine

Primary Contact:	Sebahat Ulusan
Role of Primary Contact:	President
Email:	sebahatulusan@hotmail.com
Faculty Advisor:	Mevlut Serdar Kuyumcu, MD
Faculty Advisor Email:	kuyumcuserdar@hotmail.com
Program Website:	https://www.studyinturkey.gov.tr