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Current Fellows

General Cardiology: Third Year Fellows

George Adly, M.D.

Residency: MUSC
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Undergraduate: University of Cincinnati

Larissa Check, D.O.

Residency: Grand Strand
Medical School: BCOM - New Mexico State University
Undergraduate: Washington College



Connor Craig, M.D.

Residency: Duke
Medical School: University of Rochester
Undergraduate: University of Richmond



Samantha Myears, M.D.

Residency: UVA
Medical School: Creighton
Undergraduate: University of Missouri



Jacob (Jake) Read, M.D.

Residency: MUSC, Chief Resident
Medical School: University of Mississippi
Undergraduate: Mississippi State University

Meg Ospina, M.D.

Residency: MUSC, Chief Resident
Medical School: USF
Undergraduate: Samford



Parth Shah, M.D.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Residency: MUSC
Fellowship: UT Southwestern


General Cardiology: Second Year Fellows

Manoj Ambalavanan, M.D.

Residency: University of Illinois, Chief Resident
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Undergraduate: University of Cincinnati



Juan Enciso, D.O.

Residency: University of South Florida, Chief Resident
Medical School: Lake Erie Osteopathic
Undergraduate: University of South Florida



Elie Kozaily, M.D.

AHFTC Training: MUSC
Residency: Indiana University 
Medical School: Universite Saint-Joseph
Undergraduate: St. Joseph Faculty of Medicine - Lebanon




Michael Kozik, M.D.

Residency: John Hopkins, Chief Resident
Medical School: University of South Carolina
Undergraduate: University of South Carolina 



Trace Neal, M.D.

Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical School: MUSC
Undergraduate: University of South Carolina

Richard (RJ) Petrella, M.D.

Residency: Wash U
Medical School: Drexel University
Undergraduate: Wash U

Riddhi Ramanlal, D.O.

Residency: MUSC
Medical School: Lake Erie Osteopathic
Undergraduate: University of Florida

Mackenzie Samson, M.D.

Residency: Vanderbilt
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Undergraduate: University of Kentucky

General Cardiology: First Year Fellows

Mounir Al Gibbawi, M.D.

Residency: Indiana University, Chief
Medical School: American University of Beirut

Robert James, M.D.

Residency: MUSC, Med-Psych Chief
Medical School: St. Louis University

Addison Johnson, M.D.

Residency: MUSC, Chief
Medical School: MUSC

Mark Liotta, M.D.

Residency: Jefferson University, Chief
Medical School: Rutgers University

John Mitchell, M.D.

Residency: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: University of Alabama

Jameson Sorrels, M.D.

Residency: MUSC, Chief
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Isabel Wees, M.D.

Residency: MUSC
Residency: UT Southwestern
Medical School: UT Southwestern

Interventional Cardiology Fellows

Molly Silkowski, D.O.

AHFTC Fellowship: MUSC
Cardiology Fellowship: MUSC, Co-Chief
Residency: Ohio State University
Medical School: Kansas City University

Kirsten Raby, M.D.

Cardiology Fellowship: MUSC
Residency: Wake Forest
Medical School: East Tennessee State


Safanah Siddiqui, M.D.

Cardiology Fellowship: MUSC, Co-Chief
Residency: Maryland
Medical School: SUNY Downstate




Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Fellows

Cole Buchanan, M.D.

Co-Chief

Fellowship: MUSC
Residency: Colorado
Medical School: MUSC


Mabelissa (Mabelle) Geagea, M.D.

Fellowship: Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Sorbonne University and Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Chief
Medical School: Saint-Joseph University, Beirut-Lebanan

Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellows: Second Year

Jessica Kaczmarek, M.D.

Cardiology Fellowship: MUSC
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

R. Andy Sims, M.D.

Cardiology Fellowship: MUSC
Residency: Vanderbilt
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine

Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellows: First Year

Priyanka Bhattacharya, M.D.

Medical School: M.P. Shah Government Medical College
Residency: Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Louisville

Ian Laxina, M.D.

Medical School: Cebu Doctors' University College of Medicine
Residency: Michigan State University
Fellowship: New York Medical College

Parth Shah, M.D.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Residency: MUSC
Fellowship: UT Southwestern


Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow

Charlie (Joe) Sang, M.D.

Fellowship: UNC, Chief
Residency: UAB
Medical School: East Carolina University