Newly Elected Members of the College

Journal of the American College of Cardiology © 2009 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation Published by Elsevier Inc.

Vol. 53, No. 13, 2009 ISSN 0735-1097/09/$36.00 doi;10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.006

ACC NEWS

Newly Elected Members of the College The following individuals were elected to membership in the American College of Cardiology in the category indicated in February 2009. Those elected to Fellowship will be invited to participate in the 58th Annual Convocation of the College which will be held March 30, 2009, in Orlando, Florida. FELLOW Abizaid, Andrea C.L.S., M.D., Ph.D., Brazil Acosta, Helbert, M.D., Moline, IL Afshar, Maryam, B.M.B.S., Bronx, NY Agahtehrani, Abdolreza, M.D., Ph.D., Huntington, WV Aggarwal, Monica, M.D., Columbia, MD Alcaino, Milton E., M.D., Chile Al-Husami, Wael, M.B.B.S., Woburn, MA Al-Saghir, Youssef, M.D., Jacksonville, FL Amini, Kayvan, D.O., Fort Lauderdale, FL Anderson, Maria T., M.D., Denver, CO Andrews, Newton E., M.D., Washington, DC Antoniades, Loizos, M.D., Ph.D., Cyprus Anzai, Toshihisa, B.M., Japan Arce, Lorenzo Adrian, M.D., San Ysidro, CA Arcoleo, James A., D.O., Conway, MA Arroyo, Maximiliano, M.D., Jonesboro, AR Azarbal, Babak, M.D., Los Angeles, CA Baghal, Tareq A., M.D., Allen Park, MI Bahl, Vinay K., M.D., India Balaravi, Bhavani, M.D., Minneapolis, MN Baldwin, Drew E., M.D., New Orleans, LA Barker, Colin M., M.D., La Jolla, CA Basit, Majid, M.D., Sugar Land, TX Beaver, Barney B., D.O., Mobile, AL Begum, Nurun N.F., M.B.B.S., Bangladesh Berman, Brett J., M.D., Chula Vista, CA Bertini, Paulo, M.D., Brazil Bishop, Andrew H., M.D., Wilmington, NC Bolad, Islam, M.B.B.S., Westfield, IN Botker, Hans Erik, M.D., Ph.D., Denmark Boyle, Roger M., M.B.B.S., United Kingdom Bozio, Andre, M.D., France Branch, Kelley R.H., M.D., Seattle, WA Brandao, Andrea A., M.D., Ph.D., Brazil Brinton, Todd J., M.D., Menlo Park, CA Brumund, Michael R., M.D., Baton Rouge, LA Buckley, Jeremy W., M.D., Danville, PA Budde, Jason MacRae, M.D., Lynchburg, VA Burjonroppa, Sukesh, M.B.B.S., Galveston, TX Burkett, David Scott, M.D., Monroe, LA Capalneanu, Radu, M.D., Romania Carisma, Maria Belen O., M.D., Philippines Carrillo-Calvillo, Jorge, M.D., Mexico Casciello, Michael C., M.D., Dayton, OH Casella-Filho, Antonio, M.D., Brazil Casolo, Giancarlo, M.D., Ph.D., Italy Cervera, Aurelio R., M.D., San Antonio, TX Chamoun, Chamoun G., M.D., Canada Chatterjee, Amit Kumar, M.B.B.S., United Kingdom Chiang, Fu-Tien, B.M., Ph.D., Taiwan Choudhury, Muhaddis, M.D., Fishkill, NY Choudhury, Robin P., B.M., B.Ch., United Kingdom Christenson, Stuart D., M.D., Ames, IA Chu, William W., M.D., Ph.D., Henderon, NV Clavijo, Leonardo C., M.D., Ph.D., San Marino, CA Codispoti, Cindy A., D.O., San Antonio, TX Cohen, Rose S., M.D., Walnut Creek, CA Costa Madeira, Hugo da, M.D., Ph.D., Portugal Cuoco, Frank, M.D., Port Charlotte, FL Dabdoob, Wafer A.K, IV, M.D., Qatar Dakota, Iwan, M.D., Indonesia Damp, Julie B., M.D., Nashville, TN Das, Pranab, M.D., Memphis, TN Deepak, Bangalore V., M.B.B.S., Pinehurst, NC Dehnee, Abed E., M.D., Olympia Fields, IL D’Empaire, Gabriel J., M.D., Weston, FL

Desai, Aashish Kiran, M.D., Atlanta, GA DeVries, James T., M.D., Lebanon, NH Dibs, Samer R., M.D., Chicago, IL Dickler, Andrew C., M.D., Saint Louis, MO Diliberto, Joseph F., Jr., M.D., Largo, FL Dilmanian, Hajir, M.D., Brooklyn, NY Doddamani, Sanjay, M.B.B.S., New York, NY Doll, Josh R., M.D., Greenville, SC Eccleston, David S., M.B.B.S., Australia Eggebrecht, Holger, M.D., Germany Egoavil, Cesar A., M.D., Atlanta, GA El-Hajjar, Mohammad, M.D., Albany, NY Erb, Betty J., M.D., Atlanta, GA Eslami-Farsani, Mahmound, M.D., Santa Ana, CA Fairlamb, James, M.B., B.Ch., Columbia, MO Fathy Ismail, Ahmad M., M.B., B.Ch., Saudi Arabia Feinberg, Loryn, M.D., Boston, MA Fernandes Manenti, Euler Roberto, M.D., Brazil Fitzgerald, Kevin P., M.D., Cincinnati, OH Fluture, Adrian, M.D., Casper, WY Fox, Keith, M.B., Ch.B., United Kingdom Froeschl, Michael, M.D., Ontario, Canada Frost, David T., M.D., Augusta, ME Gade, Christopher L. F., M.D., New York, NY Gandhi, Sweeta D., M.B.B.S., Milwaukee, WI Garcia, Ronnie L., M.D., Jacksonville, FL Gebara, Otavio C.E., M.D., Brazil Geninatti, Marilyn R., M.D., Paradise Valley, AZ Gidea, Claudia G., M.D., Chicago, IL Gideon, Philip A., M.D., Scottsdale, AZ Gomez, Ginette, D.O., Saint Clair Shores, MI Gonzalez, Francisco, M.D., El Paso, TX Gonzalez-Alvarez, Carlos J., M.D., Mexico Gorodin, Paulina, M.D., Philadelphia, PA Gradek, W. Quinton, M.D., Peachtree City, GA Grant, Arthur, M.D., New Orleans, LA Grovas-Abad, Damian E., M.D., San Juan, PR Guild, Cameron, M.D., Jackson, MS Guillinta, Paulo, M.D., San Diego, CA Gumina, Richard J., M.D., Ph.D., Columbus, OH Gupta, Saurabh, M.B.B.S., Portland, OR Guy, Thomas Sloane, IV, M.D., Mountain View, CA Handberg, Eileen M., Ph.D., Gainesville, FL Haridas, Anand, M.B.B.S., Langhorne, PA Hasija, Pradeep K., M.D., India Hausenloy, Derek J., M.B. Ch.B., Ph.D., United Kingdom He, Ben, M.D., Ph.D., China Hermanowski Vosatka, Anne, M.D., Ph.D., Rahway, NJ Higgins, James, M.D., Los Angeles, CA Hoglund, Christer, M.D., Sweden Huang, Lan, M.D., China Huizar, Jose, M.D., Richmond, VA Hynd, Jamie W. H., M.D., Ogdensburg, NY Ichinose, Eugene J., M.D., Tulsa, OK Iqbal, Muhammad J., M.B.B.S., Pakistan Iqbal, Syed Asif, Sr., M.B.B.S., Bangladesh Ishaq, Mohammad, M.B.B.S., Pakistan Iskander, Ayman Samir, M.D., Liverpool, NY Jain, Parag, M.D., Joliet, IL Jani, Sonal, M.D., New York, NY Jefferies, John L., M.D., Houston, TX Jneid, Hani, M.D., Houston, TX Johnston, Peter, M.D., Baltimore, MD Joyner, Sarah E., M.D., Virginia Beach, VA Kadiyala, Madhavi, M.B.B.S., Glenhead, NY Kafri, Hassan, M.D., San Diego, CA Kalahasti, Vidyasagar, M.B.B.S., Cleveland, OH Kapetanopoulos, Athanasios, M.D., Greece

Karia, Darshak, M.D., Philadelphia, PA Karki, Prahlad, M.D., Nepal Kassaian, Seyed Ebrahim, M.D., Iran Kayser, Robert, M.D., Sea Girt, NJ Keating, Friederike K., M.D., Burlington, VT Khan, Nadim G., M.D., Lutz, FL Khan, Shamim, M.D., East Setauket, NY Kim, Jae B., M.D., Thousand Oaks, CA Kim, Peter Y., M.D., Ocala, FL Kodali, Sathish, M.B.B.S., Wilkes Barre, PA Koster, Nancy K., M.D., Omaha, NE Kozinski, Malgorzata I., M.D., Vancouver, WA Kuhn, Bernhard, M.D., Boston, MA Kulhanek, Jan, M.D., Encinitas, CA Kumar, Anil, M.D., India Kumar, Deepti, M.B.B.S., North Grafton, MA Kumar, Yuvaraj Darren, M.D., M.S., Fort Worth, TX Ky, Bonnie, M.D., Philadelphia, PA Lamba, Sumant, M.B.B.S., Jacksonville, FL Lanas, Fernando, M.D., Chile Laothavorn, Prasart, M.D., Thailand LaPine, Armond M., M.D., Bend, OR Leffler, Dale, D.O., Lansing, MI Letts, Dustin P., M.D., Gastonia, NC Leyva, Francisco, M.B., Ch.B., United Kingdom Lim, Ing Haan, M.B.B.S., Singapore Linka, Andre Z., M.D., Switzerland Lloyd, Benjamin F., M.D., Gulf Breeze, FL Loli, Akil, M.D., Phoenix, AZ Loutrianakis, Emmanuel, M.D., Park Ridge, IL Luciardi, Hector Lucas, M.D., Argentina Luxenberg, Douglas M., D.O., Roslyn, NY Magalhaes, Carlos C., M.D., Ph.D., Brazil Makkar, Raj R., M.D., Los Angeles, CA Malay, Rajya L., M.B.B.S., Topeka, KS Mandadi, Vikram Reddy, M.D., Mc Donough, GA Maraj, Rajiv, M.D., Sonora, CA Markman-Filho, Brivaldo, M.D., Ph.D., Brazil Mattioli, Anna Vittoria, M.D., Ph.D., Italy Mayhew, Marc W., M.D., Kingsport, TN Mazzoni, Jennifer, D.O., Jamesburg, NJ McCarty, Christine Madeleine, M.D., Camp Hill, PA McMullan, Paul W., Jr., M.D., New Orleans, LA McWilliams, Michael J., M.D., Wilmington, NC Menees, Daniel S., M.D., Norfolk, VA Messas, Emmanuel, M.D., Ph.D., France Miller, Richard F., M.D., Waxhaw, NC Minadeo, Joseph, M.D., Roslyn, NY Missler, Michael, D.O., Saint Charles, MO Mo, Vivian, M.D., Los Angeles, CA Mokadam, Nahush, M.D., Seattle, WA Monahan, Kevin M., M.D., Boston, MA Morales, Philip Andrew, M.D., Plano, TX Morris, William, M.D., Buffalo, NY Moualla, Soundos, M.B., B.Ch., Kalamazoo, MI Mountis, Maria, D.O., Cleveland, OH Msalam, Omar, M.D., Ph.D., Libya Mustapha, Jihad A., M.D., Grand Rapids, MI Nagai, Ryozo, M.D., Ph.D., Japan Nagra, Bipinpreet, M.B.B.S., Ashland, KY Nainesh, Patel C., M.D., Allentown, PA Najeed, Syed Ashfaq H., M.B.B.S., Franklin, OH Najm, Hani K., M.D., Saudi Arabia Navarijo, Joseph P., M.D., Houston, TX Nelson, Michael, M.D., Memphis, TN Ng, Wai Kiat, M.B.B.S., Malaysia Nicu, Marin, M.D., Bronx, NY Node, Koichi, M.D., Ph.D., Japan

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Noto, Nobutaka, M.D., Ph.D., Japan Nounou, Majed, M.D., Grand Blanc, MI Ong, Tiong-Kiam, M.B.B.S., Malaysia Opsahl, Alan, M.D., Chesterfield, NH Ormiston, John A., M.B., Ch.B., New Zealand Ortiz-Medina, Jose G., M.D., Mexico Osayamen, Michael O., M.D., Jackson, TN Otieno, Harun Argwings, M.B., Ch.B., Kenya Pal, Subhashish, M.D., Greensburg, PA Palm-Leis, Ants, M.D., La Crosse, WI Panwar, Raja Babu, Sr., M.D., India Paolillo, Joseph A., M.D., Gainesville, FL Parang, Pirouz, M.D., Philadelphia, PA Parashar, Satish Kumar, M.D., India Patel, Alpesh B., M.D., Morristown, TN Patel, Anshul M., M.D., Atlanta, GA Patel, Ashesh, M.D., Concord, NC Patel, Hitesh, M.D., Bethesda, MD Patel, Manesh, M.D., Durham, NC Patel, Rajan, M.D., New Orleans, LA Patel, Rajnikant T., M.B.B.S., Glendale, AZ Patten, Richard Daniel, M.D., Manchester, NH Pavlovic, Christopher, M.D., Glencoe, IL Pavri, Behzad B., M.B.B.S., Philadelphia, PA Perk, Gila, M.D., New York, NY Perschbacher, James M., M.D., Saint Louis, MO Pessanha, Breno S.S., M.D., Dunlap, IL Pezeshki, Babak, M.D., Newport Beach, CA Pham, Hung Nhu, M.D., Vietnam Pinto, Ibraim M, M.D., Ph.D., Brazil Pohlel, F. Khan, M.D., Carrollton, GA Polanco, Enrique D., M.D., Melbourne, FL Polosajian, Leo, M.D., Northridge, CA Prakash, Ashwin, M.B.B.S., Boston, MA Preli, Robert, M.D., Winston Salem, NC Prior, David L., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Australia Pyrgakis, Vlassios N., M.D., Greece Qureshi, Wasif A., M.B.B.S., Newark, DE Raghuvir, Rashmi, M.B.B.S., Oak Lawn, IL Rahman, Mahbubor, M.B.B.S., Bangladesh Rajawat, Yadavendra S., M.B.B.S., Washington, PA Ramos, Rui Fernando, M.D., Brazil Rao, Vyshali S., M.D., Los Angeles, CA Reddy, Karthik, M.B.B.S., Bismarck, ND Reddy, Madhulatha, M.B.B.S., Canton, MI Reed, Carl Max, M.D., Fort Myers, FL Reilly, Muredach P., M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O., Philadelphia, PA Reinig, Michael G., D.O., Egg Harbor City, NJ Remo, Julie M.K., M.D., Fort Gordon, GA Richardson, William W., D.O., Lehigh Acres, FL Rider, James, M.D., Green Bay, WI Robbins, David L., Jr., M.D., Mountainside, NJ Rodriguez Gilabert, Cesar, M.D., Mexico Rogers, Bret, M.D., Knoxville, TN Rothenberg, Florence G., M.D., Cincinnati, OH

Ruberg, Frederick L., M.D., Boston, MA Saadaoui, Mohamed, M.D., Morocco Sacher, Howard L., D.O., Old Brookville, NY Saksena, Sachin, M.B.B.S., Rochester, NH Saluck, Brian H., D.O., Langhorne, PA Salvaji, Madhu, D.O., Maplewood, NJ Salvo, Jared, D.O., Bakersfield, CA Sampath-Kumar, Sridhar, M.D., Scranton, PA Sanchez, Jose Mauricio, M.D., Saint Louis, MO Sawhney, Navinder, M.D., San Diego, CA Schifferdecker, Branislav, M.D., Oklahoma City, OK Schmidt, Eric J., M.D., Richmond, IN Schwartz, Daniel J., M.D., Silver Spring, MD Seow, Swee-Chong, M.B.B.S., Singapore Seung, Ki-Bae, M.D., Ph.D., South Korea Shah, Manish, M.D., Washington, DC Shahbaz, Ahmad, M.B.B.S., Pakistan Shapiro, Michael D., D.O., Portland, OR Shaw, Leslee J., Ph.D., Atlanta, GA Shetty, Sadanand R., M.D., India Shinke, Toshiro, M.D., Ph.D., Japan Shmukler, Dov, M.D., Brooklyn, NY Shroff, Adhir Ramesh, M.D., M.P.H., Chicago, IL Sidhu, Jasvinder S., M.D., Bellaire, TX Singh, Bhupinder, M.D., Export, PA Singh, Harpreet, M.D., Santa Ana, CA Singh, Parvindar I., M.B.B.S., India Sinha, Ashish, M.B.B.S., India Sioco, Geraldo, M.D., San Antonio, TX Skeif, Basel, M.D., Ocean, NJ Smith, Michael R., M.D., La Jolla, CA Sobral-Sousa, Antonio C., M.D., Brazil Soerianata, Sunarya, M.D., Indonesia Solis, Joaquin, M.D., Milwaukee, WI Sotomonte, Juan, M.D., San Juan, PR Spear, William H., M.D., Park Ridge, IL Stoyioglou, Athanasios, M.D., Danville, KY Strote, Justin A., M.D., Fort Collins, CO Subramaniyam, Veerappan, M.D., Valley, AL Suma, Valentin S., M.D., Elmhurst, NY Suryawan, I Gde Rurus, M.D., Indonesia Syed, Imran, M.D., Mankato, MN Tabibian, Allen Behzad, M.D., Encino, CA Tabrizchi, Ali, D.O., Bel Air, MD Taha, Hesham S., M.B., B.Ch., Saudi Arabia Tahir, Syed Muhammad Ali, M.B.B.S., Brockton, MA Talwar, Kewal Krishan, M.B.B.S., India Tamlyn, Thomas M., M.D., Chicago, IL Tase, Adrian, M.D., Romania Taylor, Sarah, M.D., Pittsford, NY Terashima, Mitsuyasu, M.D., Ph.D., Japan Thekkoott, Deepak, M.B.B.S., Opelousas, LA Thevenard, Rubens Santana, M.S., Ph.D., Brazil Tipnis, Parag A., M.D., Madison, WI Tornvall, Per, M.D., Ph.D., Sweden

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Torrado, Jose M., M.D., San Juan, PR Tracy, Christine Chiello, M.D., Bronx, NY Tronolone, Jonathan, M.D., Baton Rouge, LA Trost, Jeffrey C., M.D., Clarksville, MD Tsutsui, Jeane Mike, M.D., Brazil Undavia, Manish B., M.D., New York, NY Van den Branden, Frank, M.D., Belgium Vieira Assad, Marcelo Hector, M.D., Brazil Virk, Imran S., M.D., Hinsdale, IL Walker, Nicholas E., M.D., Iowa City, IA Walton, Joseph Doyle, M.D., Sellersville, PA Washington, Barbara A., M.D., Florence, WI Wasson, Sanjeev, M.D., Mt. Vernon, WA Watkins, Stanley P., III, M.D., Anchorage, AK White, Bryan, M.D., Dayton, OH Wholey, Richard M., M.D., Worcester, MA Wildes, Daniel E., Jr., D.O., Fort Dodge, IA Williams, Marcus L., M.D., San Diego, CA Williams, Raashan C., M.D., Jersey City, NJ Willie-Carnegie, Georgia S., M.D., Washington, DC Win, Htut, M.D., Pearland, TX Wolfram, Christopher, M.D., De Pere, WI Wollmuth, Jason R., M.D., Bend, OR Wong, Graham Christopher, M.D., M.P.H., Canada Wong, Martin N., M.B.B.S., Malaysia Wu, Edwin, M.D., Chicago, IL Wyche, Roquell, M.D., Washington, DC Yalamanchili, Venkata Sukesh, M.B.B.S., Louisville, KY Yarlagadda, Ravi, M.B.B.S., Olathe, KS Yavagal, Suresh T., M.B.B.S., India Yoon, Dong Hi Anthony, M.D., Dallas, TX Zhu, Guoying, M.D., China

ASSOCIATE FELLOW Agrawal, Rajdeep N., M.D., India Al Kasser, Muhanad A., M.B., Ch.B., United Arab Emirates Bokhari, Sabahat, M.D., New York, NY Dourado, Paulo Magno Martins, M.D., Brazil Islam, Abul Hasan M.W., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Bangladesh Gadkari, Milind A., M.D., India Manente, Diego G., M.D., Argentina Mendez, Ricardo, M.D., Los Angeles, CA Papaleo, Rafael, M.D., Albany, NY Rios, Maria L., M.D., Humacaco, PR

MEMBER El-Shenawy, Mohamed F., M.B., B.Ch., Egypt Murillo, Allan F., M.D., Honduras Poveda, Jonathan, M.D., Miami, FL Shivakumar, Bhairappa, M.D., India Trinidad, Carlos, M.D., Mexico