warning icon
Mercy Medical Center Announces Integration with Baystate Health

Baystate Health and Trinity Health of New England have signed a Definitive Agreement to fully transition Mercy Medical Center, its joint venture affiliates and medical group entities in Massachusetts to Baystate Health, subject to regulatory approvals.

Learn More

Cardiovascular Disease Fellows

Current Fellows

Portrait of Mohamed Abdelazeem

Mohamed Abdelazeem, MD
Year of Completion: 2026
Medical School: Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: St. Elizabeth's Medical Center - Tufts University Teaching Hospital Boston, MA

Portrait of Uneza Khawaja

Uneza Khawaja, MD
Year of Completion: 2026
Medical School: Sargodha Medical College
Residency: Danbury Hospital in Affiliation with Yale School of Medicine Danbury, CT

Portrait of Khalid Sawalha

Khalid Sawalha, MD
Year of Completion: 2026
Medical School: University of Sharjah College of Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Springfield, MA

Portrait of Shayal Pundlik

Shayal Pundlik, DO
Year of Completion: 2026
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Springfield, MA

Formal portrait of a smiling Dr Mahati Dasari

Mahati Dasari, MD
Year of Completion: 2027
Medical School: Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: St. Vincent’s Hospital Worcester, MA

Formal portrait of a smiling Fatima Anum, MD

Anum Fatima, MD
Year of Completion: 2027
Medical School: King Edward Medical University
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Springfield, MA

Formal smiling portrait of Dr Kyle Miller

Kyle Miller, MD
Year of Completion: 2027
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine
Residency: Albany Medical Center Albany, NY

Formal portrait of a smiling Logan Striplin

Logan Striplin, MD
Year of Completion: 2027
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Springfield, MA

portrait of cardiovascular disease fellow dr. saeed abughazaleh

Saeed Abughazaleh, MD
Year of Completion: 2028
Medical School: Hashemite University Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine - St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Program

portrait of cardiovascular disease fellow dr. alyza baig

Alyza Baig, MD
Year of Completion: 2028
Medical School: Shifa College of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine - Norwalk Hospital/Yale University

portrait of cardiovascular disease fellow dr. anindita chanda

Anindita Chanda, DO
Year of Completion: 2028
Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine - University of Connecticut

portrait of omar haider

Omar Haider, MD
Year of Completion: 2028
Medical School: Shifa College of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine - UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

portrait of cardiovascular disease fellow dr. hassam jaffry

Hassam Jaffry, MD
Year of Completion: 2028
Medical School: Jinnah Sindh Medical University
Residency: Internal Medicine - Danbury Hospital

portrait of cardiovascular disease fellow dr. shanil shah

Shanil Shah, MD
Year of Completion: 2028
Medical School: Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Prune
Residency: Internal Medicine - St. Vincent Hospital

Past Fellows

2025

Rishard Abdul, MD
Medical School: University of West Indies Trinidad
Residency: SUNY Downstate-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship – Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Alyssa Cali, DO
Medical School: University of New England College of Medicine
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Non-Invasive Cardiologist – UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA

Michel Farah, MD
Medical School: University of Balamand
Residency: UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Non-Invasive Cardiologist – Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Julia Ladna, DO
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University College of Medicine
Residency: Broward Health Medical Center-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Non-Invasive Cardiologist – Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

2024

Mohammed Abozenah, MD
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship - UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Jishu Motta, MD
Medical School: Dayanand Medical College, India
Residency: Danbury Hospital/Yale University, Danbury, CT-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship -Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Colby Salerno, DO
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship - Yale New Haven Health Hospital, New Haven, CT

Raman Singh, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean, Sint Maarten
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Non-Invasive Cardiologist – California Kaiser Permanente, Roseville, California

2023

Christian Abrahim, MD
Medical School: University of the West Indies Faculty of Medicine-Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship - Hackensack University
Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ

John Kadado, MD
Medical School: University of Balamand Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Lebanon
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship -Yale New Haven Health
Hospital, New Haven, CT

Abdullah Pervaiz, MD
Medical School: Shifa College of Medicine, Pakistan
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship - UMMS-Baystate at
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Arvind Kalyan Sundaram, MD
Medical School: Tirunelveli Medical College, India
Residency: Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge, MA-Internal Medicine
Post Graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship - UMMS-Baystate at
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

2022

Paurush Ambesh, MD
Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College, India
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Electrophysiology Fellowship – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Marcin Dada, MD
Medical School: Akademia Medyczna, Poland
Residency: University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Non-Invasive Cardiologist – Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

Kyle M. Gobeil, DO, MSc
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddefore, Maine
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Electrophysiology Fellowship – Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Usama Bin Nasir, MD
Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
Residency: University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Non-Invasive Cardiologist – Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT

2021

Kunal Chawla, MD
Medical School: St. George’s University, Grenada
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, MA

Mohammed Ibrahim, MBBCh
Medical School: Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Residency: Danbury Hospital/Yale University, Danbury, CT
Post-graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, MA

Eesha Khan, MBBS
Medical School: Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellowship, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Lincoln Tirpaeck, DO
Medical School: University of New England College, Biddeford, Maine
Residency: UMMS-Baystate at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA-Internal Medicine
Post-graduate Position: Non-invasive Cardiologist, Cardiovascular Institute of New England, Cranston, RI

2020

Nitesh Ainani, MD
Medical School: B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
Residency: Baystate Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Post-graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Vikram Grewal, MD
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine
Residency: Baystate Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Post-graduate Position: Cardiologist, Hampshire Cardiology Associates, Northampton, MD

J. Antonio Rodriguez Arciniega, MD
Medical School: Tecnológico de Monterrey Escuela de Medicina
Residency: Yale University/Bridgeport Hospital (Internal Medicine)
Post-graduate Position: Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, UMMS-Baystate, Springfield, MA

Ahmad Turk, MD
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Baystate Medical Center (Internal Medicine)
Post-graduate Position: Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship, UMKC-St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO

Back to Top