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West Virginia University Cardiovascular Disease

Fellowship · Morgantown, WV

Sponsored by West Virginia University School of Medicine · Director Sudarshan Balla

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Class size: 6
Visas: J-1
PGY-4 salary: $71k2027 to 2028

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Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.

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Getting in

How it chooses

Applicants apply through ERAS and must be enrolled in the NRMP. Every applicant must be a graduate of an ACGME accredited internal medicine residency program.

Who started, by class

Started 20267 on record of 6 seats · 7 published before starting

Lakshmi KattamuriTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso26 papers · 7 first author · 9 case reports · 6 reviews
Mridul BansalECU Health Medical Center23 papers · 9 first author · 3 case reports · 8 reviews
Usman AkbarWest Virginia University School of Medicine19 papers · 3 first author · 2 case reports · 8 reviews
Waleed AlruwailiWest Virginia University School of Medicine16 papers · 1 first author · 2 reviews
Avilash MondalNazareth12 papers · 3 first author · 5 reviews
Samuel MensahWest Virginia University8 papers · 2 first author · 1 case report
Yochitha PulipatiAllegheny Health Network Medical Education Consortium3 papers · 2 case reports · 1 review

Started 20256 on record of 6 seats · 6 published before starting

Syed MufarrihAga Khan University Medical Center44 papers · 22 first author · 3 case reports · 14 reviews
Amro TahaLouis A Weiss Memorial Hospital18 papers · 2 first author · 5 reviews
Mobeen HaiderCarle10 papers · 1 case report · 5 reviews
Maan AwadWest Virginia University8 papers · 2 first author · 4 case reports · 2 reviews
Matthew SanterWest Virginia University School of Medicine7 papers · 3 case reports · 1 review
Mahmoud EisaRochester Regional Health5 papers · 3 first author · 2 case reports

Started 20246 on record of 6 seats · 6 published before starting

Abhiram ChallaKU School of Medicine-Wichita12 papers · 3 case reports · 3 reviews
Charoo IyerRochester Regional Health6 papers · 1 case report · 1 review
Andre GabrielUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine5 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report
Bansari PatelWest Virginia University School of Medicine5 papers · 3 reviews
Justin ConteWest Virginia University School of Medicine3 papers
Meshal Alsulami2 papers

Training

3 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to interventional cardiology.

Months at each site

West Virginia University Hospitals34 mo
Louis A Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center2 mo

Where graduates went next

Interventional Cardiology Fellowship23
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship3
Abdominal Radiology Fellowship1
Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology Fellowship1
Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

West Virginia University School of Medicine6
Mon Health Medical Center3
United Hospital Center3
Baylor Scott and White Health2
WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital2
Amelia Heart and Vascular Center, Inc.1

Research

100% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

18 of 18, 264 papers between them

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics

People

Leadership

Sudarshan BallaProgram Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
Abhiram ChallaChief Cardiology Fellow
Amro TahaChief Cardiology Fellow

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Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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ProgramPositions

ProgramPositions

Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 2
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 2
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 6
GastroenterologyPositions: 12
Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 1
Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 15
Infectious DiseasePositions: 4
Internal MedicinePositions: 86
Internal MedicinePositions: 18
Internal MedicinePositions: 18
Interventional CardiologyPositions: 3
NephrologyPositions: 4
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 15
RheumatologyPositions: 4
Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 2

Place

Summers reach 84°, winters fall to 24°. About 31 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

89k people live within 20 minutes of West Virginia University Hospitals by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $950 a month within 10 miles of West Virginia University Hospitals.

Hazards

LNDS
River flooding
Lightning
Strong wind

Publishes with fellows

Sudarshan BallaInternal Medicine, 12 fellows
Harshith ThyagaturuCardiovascular Disease, 10 fellows
Karthik GonguntlaCardiovascular Disease, 7 fellows
Yasar SattarInternal Medicine, 6 fellows