Tripti Gupta, MD
Chair, FIT Council 2023 – 2024

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Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Email: tripti.gupta@vumc.org
Social Media: @T_GuptaMD
Clinical/Research Interests: Adult congenital heart disease, advanced heart failure, cardiovascular imaging

Emily Zern, MD
Immediate Past Chair, FIT Council 2022 – 2023

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Institution: Providence Health Oregon
Email: ezern@partners.org
Social Media: @emilyzernMD
Clinical/Research Interests: Critical care cardiology, echocardiography, mechanical circulatory support, exercise hemodynamics and assessment of right ventricular function in advanced heart failure and pulmonary hypertension populations

Mohamad (Mo) Khattab, DO
Member, FIT Council 2022 – 2024

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Institution: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Social Media: @MohaK92
Clinical/Research Interests: Cardio-oncology, advanced cardiac imaging, medical education, patient safety & quality improvement.

Sonu Susan Abraham, MD
Member, FIT Council 2022 – 2024

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Institution: Northwestern Medical Center
Social Media: @sonuabrahammd
Clinical/Research Interests: Advanced heart failure and transplant, infiltrative cardiomyopathies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, precision medicine

Hyeon-Ju (HJ) Ryoo Ali, MD
Member, FIT Council 2022 – 2024

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Institution: Houston Methodist Hospital
Social Media: @HJRyooAli
Clinical/Research Interests: Pulmonary hypertension; financial toxicity; medical education; advocacy & QI

Aaron Smith, MD
Member, FIT Council 2022-2024

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Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Social Media: @AaronAHSmithMD
Clinical/Research Interests: Multimodality imaging, Echocardiography, Cardiac CT, Cardiac MR, quality improvement, medical education

Carson McCall Keck, MD
Member, FIT Council 2022-2024

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Institution: Medical University of South Carolina
Social Media: @CarsonKeckMD
Clinical/Research Interests: Interventional cardiology

Jenna Spears, MD
Member, FIT Council 2022-2024

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Institution: Lankenau Medical Center
Social Media: @DrJennaSpears
Clinical/Research Interests: Electrophysiology

Ashley Patel, MD
Member, FIT Council 2022-2024

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Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Social Media: @ashleypatel92
Clinical/Research Interests: Medical education, preventive cardiology

Pamela Pina Santana, MD
Member, FIT Council 2023 – 2025

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Institution: CEDIMAT, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Email: pamelapina24@gmail.com
Social Media: @pamelapina_s
Clinical/Research Interests: Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Multimodality Imaging, Medical Education

Javier Farinas Jr., MD
Member, FIT Council 2023 – 2025

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Institution: University of Pittsburg Medical Center
Email: farinasj@upmc.edu
Clinical/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, cardiogenic shock, mechanical circulatory support, medical education

Ravi A. Thakker, MD
Member, FIT Council 2023 – 2025

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Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Email: ravi.a.thakker@gmail.com
Social Media: @rthakker92
Clinical/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Critical Care, Interventional Heart Failure

Adam Kisling, MD
Member, FIT Council 2023 – 2025

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Institution: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Email: adamkisling@gmail.com
Social Media: @Adam_Kisling
Clinical/Research Interests: Electrophysiology, Echocardiography, Sports Cardiology, General Adult Cardiology, Medical Education

Alumni Members

Nosheen Reza, MD, FACC
Former Chair, FIT Council 2020-2021

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Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Email: nosheen.reza@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Social Media: Twitter - @noshreza; LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/nosheenreza
Clinical/Research Interests: Cardiovascular genetics & genomics, Advanced heart failure & transplantation, Medical Education, Quality improvement & patient safety

Prashant Thakkar, MD
Former Chair, FIT Council 2021 – 2022

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Institution: Washington University in Saint Louis
Email: pthakker@wustl.edu
Social Media: @prathakker
Clinical/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Medical Education

Omid Amidi, MD
Former Member, FIT Council 2021 - 2023

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Social Media: @OAmidiMD
Clinical/Research Interests: Active writer, with a focus on narrative medicine. Research interests include cardio-oncology with a focus on chemotherapy induced cardiotoxicity and coronary disease.

Shubha Deep Roy, MD
Former Member, FIT Council 2021 – 2023

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Institution: The Iowa Clinic
Email: sdroyafmc@gmail.com
Social Media: @SDRoyMD
Clinical/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Medical Education

Ryan Mallory, MD
Former Member, FIT Council 2021 – 2023

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Institution: Indiana University Health
Email: rdmallor@gmail.com
Social Media: @DrRyanMallory
Clinical/Research Interests: Interventional Cardiology, Peripheral Vascular Disease

Anudeep Dodeja, MD
Former Member, FIT Council 2020-2022

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Institution: Connecticut Children's
Social Media: @anudodejamd
Clinical/Research Interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac MRI, Imaging.

Louise Segan, MBBS (hons)
Former Member, FIT Council 2020-2022

Institution: Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Email: louise.segan2@gmail.com
Social Media: @drlouisesegan
Clinical/Research Interests: Device therapy and heart failure, Electrophysiology, Atrial fibrillation, Women's cardiovascular health

Aaron Vigdor, MD
Former Member, FIT Council 2020 – 2022

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Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Email: Aaron.Vigdor@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu