Cardiology Fellowship Graduates, 2018

Congratulations to these graduates of the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center.


Graduates of the 2018 Cardiovsacular Medicine Fellowship (from left) Arun Kannan, MBBS, Imo Ebong, MBBS, MS, Candice Kim, MD, Hyon-he Garza, MD, J.R. "Keng" Pineda, MD, Preethi William, MBBS.

The 2018 Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program graduated six new cardiologists who have the following plans:

  • Imo Ebong, MBBS, MS, will continue her training in the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship at University of Chicago.
  • Candice Kim, MD, will join a private practice in Temecula, Calif.
  • Arun Kannan, MBBS, will pursue a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at University of Chicago.
  • Preethi William, MBBS, will attend University of Utah for an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Fellowship.
  • J.R. Exequiel Pineda, MD, PhD, will continue as a Clinical and Research Fellow at University of Arizona/Banner UMC-Tucson.
  • Hyon-he Garza, MD, also will remain at University of Arizona to pursue a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship.


Interventional Cardiology graduating fellows joined family and faculty to celebrate this important milestone in their cardiology careers. From left: Ayesha H. Chaudry, Taimoor Hashim, MBBS, graduate, Kapil Lotun, MD, director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Madhan Sundaram, MD, clinical assistant professor at Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Kapil Yadav, MBBS, graduate, Dr. Megha Sharma, Huu Tam Truong, assistant professor of medicine, SAVAHCS, and Esther Truong.

The 2018 Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program graduated two fellows

  • Taimoor Hashim, MBBS, will pursue a Structural Heart Fellowship at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
  • Kapil Yadav, MBBS, will be an interventional cardiologist at Baptist Health in Little Rock, Ark.

Faculty awards from the graduates included:

  • Fellowship Mentor of the Year: Mark Friedman, MD
  • Procedural Teaching Faculty of the Year: Tam Truong, MD
  • Lecturer of the Year: Peter Ott, MD
  • Clinical Teaching Faculty of the Year: Mark Friedman, MD
  • Favorite Attending to be on Call with this year: Kapil Lotun, MD

The graduating fellows also named two first-year cardiovascular medicine fellows to receive a Professionalism Award: Bishnu Dhakal, MBBS, and Kristina Skinner, DO.

Faculty from the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System awarded the VA Cardiology Fellow of the Year to Preethi William, MD.