PEOPLE
Faculty
Dawood Darbar, MBChB, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Chief, Division of Cardiology
Biographical Info
Education History
Medical School: University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Residency: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2001 May Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award
2005- Fellow of American College of Cardiology
2008- Editorial Board, Heart Rhythm
2008- AHA, Region IV National Electrophysiology Committee, member
2009- NIH, NHLBI Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 CVRS-B (58) R
2009 C. Sydney Burwell Associate Professor of Medicine
2010- Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
2010 Fellow, American Heart Association
2010 EU FP7 HEALTH 2010: Identifying new therapeutic targets for atrial fibrillation
2010- Ad hoc reviewer; NIH, NHLBI Scientific Review Group CICS, CASE
2012- AHA, Region IV National Electrophysiology Committee, Chair
2012- ACC/HRS Device-based Guidelines Committee
2013- American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Guideline Committee for postoperative AF
2016- Permanent Member, NIH CICS Study Section
2016- Elected to the Association of University Cardiologists
Fellows
GENERAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS – CLASS of 2026
Zaki Al-Yafeai, MD
MD: Jordan University of Sciences
Residency: Louisiana State University
Jeffrey Taylor, DO
MD: Lake Erie College
Residency: University of Illinois Chicago
Zaid Zayyad, MD
MD: University of Illinois Chicago
Residency: University of Illinois Chicago
Richard Amoateng, MD
MD: University College Cork School of Medicine
Residency: Allegheny Health Network
Sujitha Velagapudi, MD
MD: PSI Medical College
Residency: Cook County Health
GENERAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS – CLASS of 2025
Bahaa Al-Azzam, MD
MD: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Residency: St. Francis Hospital
Fredrick Ogugua, MD
MD: Gulf Medical University
Residency: Hennepin Healthcare
Aamir Twing, MD
MD: University of North Carolina
Residency: University of Illinois
Altonio Hosey, MD
MD: Renaissance School of Medicine
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Ro-Kaye Simmonds, MD
MD: University of West Indies
Residency: Hackensack University
GENERAL CARDIOLOGY FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Sean Behan, MD
MD: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Residency: University of Colorado School of Medicine
Marco Shaker, MD
MD: Minia University
Residency: Loyola University
Satish Mishra, MD
Chief Fellow
MD: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Chicago
Erik Simon, MD
Chief Fellow
MD: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois Chicago
CARDIOLOGY T32 FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Michael Hill, MD
MD: The University of Toledo College of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Anish Shah, MD
MD: Texas A&M Health Science Ctr, College of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
EP FELLOWS – CLASS of 2025
James Russell, DO
DO: Lake Erie College
Residency: Advocate Lutheran
Fellowship: Advocate Lutheran
EP FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Gursukhman Sidhu, MD
MD: All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship: Tulane University
INTERVENTIONAL FELLOWS – CLASS of 2024
Owais Abdul-Kafi, MD
MD: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Yogesh Jonna, MD
MD: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin
Staff
Dawood Darbar, MBChB, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Chief, Division of Cardiology
Biographical Info
Education History
Medical School: University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Residency: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2001 May Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award
2005- Fellow of American College of Cardiology
2008- Editorial Board, Heart Rhythm
2008- AHA, Region IV National Electrophysiology Committee, member
2009- NIH, NHLBI Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 CVRS-B (58) R
2009 C. Sydney Burwell Associate Professor of Medicine
2010- Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
2010 Fellow, American Heart Association
2010 EU FP7 HEALTH 2010: Identifying new therapeutic targets for atrial fibrillation
2010- Ad hoc reviewer; NIH, NHLBI Scientific Review Group CICS, CASE
2012- AHA, Region IV National Electrophysiology Committee, Chair
2012- ACC/HRS Device-based Guidelines Committee
2013- American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Guideline Committee for postoperative AF
2016- Permanent Member, NIH CICS Study Section
2016- Elected to the Association of University Cardiologists
Affiliated Faculty
Dawood Darbar, MBChB, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Chief, Division of Cardiology
Biographical Info
Education History
Medical School: University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Residency: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
List of Accomplishments/Awards/Honor
2001 May Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award
2005- Fellow of American College of Cardiology
2008- Editorial Board, Heart Rhythm
2008- AHA, Region IV National Electrophysiology Committee, member
2009- NIH, NHLBI Special Emphasis Panel, ZRG1 CVRS-B (58) R
2009 C. Sydney Burwell Associate Professor of Medicine
2010- Fellow, Heart Rhythm Society
2010 Fellow, American Heart Association
2010 EU FP7 HEALTH 2010: Identifying new therapeutic targets for atrial fibrillation
2010- Ad hoc reviewer; NIH, NHLBI Scientific Review Group CICS, CASE
2012- AHA, Region IV National Electrophysiology Committee, Chair
2012- ACC/HRS Device-based Guidelines Committee
2013- American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Guideline Committee for postoperative AF
2016- Permanent Member, NIH CICS Study Section
2016- Elected to the Association of University Cardiologists