Each year, hundreds of young physicians apply to train in The Texas Heart Institute’s prestigious cardiology fellowship programs at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. Please join The Institute in welcoming the newest members of the Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure fellowship programs.

 

Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Class of 2027

Andrew Gustafson, MD
Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University

 

Caleb Hood, MD
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

 

Erica Kim, MD
Medical School: The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine

 

Pakinam Mekki, MD
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

 

Austin Niu, MD
Medical School: Rutgers Health Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency: Washington University School of Medicine / Barnes Jewish Hospital

 

Alexander Sands, MD
Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

 

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship

Sana Riaz, MD
Medical School: RAK College of Medical Sciences, Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Residency:  SUNY Upstate Medical University
Fellowship: Hartford Hospital/University of Connecticut Cardiovascular Fellowship