ALUMNI

We are extremely proud of our Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging fellowship program graduates. Each year the Houston Methodist Department of Cardiology hosts an alumni reception at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting.

Class of 2024

Mohammad Abu-Sheikha, MD
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Rabel Rameez, MBBS

Hossam Abubakar, MD
Cardiac Imaging Faculty, Sparrow Thoracic & Cardiovascular Institute in Lansing, MI

Mahmoud Al Rifai, MD
Cardiac Imaging Faculty, Houston Methodist Hospital

Purujit (PJ) Thacker, MD
Cardiac Imaging Faculty, St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem, PA

Priscilla Wessly, MD

Dixitha Anugula, MBBS

Class of 2022

Rowa Attar, MBBS
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

David Lewandowski, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Nadeem Nimri, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Ben Taub Hospital, Houston, TX

Payam Pournazari, MD
Royal Columbian Hospital, Vancouver, BC

Bhupendar Tayal, MBBS, PhD
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Class of 2021

Talal Alnabelsi, MD
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Ameer Fawzi, MD
Monument Health, Rapid City, SD

George Dibu, MD
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

Carlos El-Tallawi, MD
Cardiology Faculty, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Alison Spangler, DO
Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Fellowship-Stanford University, Memphis, TN

Class of 2020

Basil Al-Sabeq, MD
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis, TN

Shaden Khalaf, MD
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Maan Malahfji, MD
Cardiology Faculty, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX  

Roosha Parikh, MBBS
St. Francis Heart Center, Long Island, NY

Alpana Senapati, DO
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT

Pimprapa Vejpongsa, MD
Methodist DeBakey Cardiology Associates, Baytown, TX

Class of 2019

Nadeen Faza, MD 
Cardiology Faculty, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX     
 

Yang Zhan, MD
Cardiology Faculty, Regina General Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Class of 2018

Mohammad Chamsi-Pasha, MD
Cardiology Faculty, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX  

Gary Huang, MD
Cardiology Faculty, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Jessen Jacob, MD
Cardiology Faculty, University of Florida-Springhill, Gainesville, FL