Meet Our Fellows

Roberto Camacho, PGY-4

Hometown: Gainesville, FL
Undergraduate: University of Florida
Medical School: Florida International University
Residency:UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Travis Carroll, PGY-4

Hometown: Louisville, KY
Undergraduate: Centre College
Medical School: University of Louisville
Residency:UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Weihan Chen, PGY-4

Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University
Medical School: UT Southwestern
Residency: University of Michigan

James Hammock, PGY-4

Hometown: Morris, Alabama
Undergraduate: Auburn University
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Jingnan Han, PGY-4

Hometown: Dongying, China
Undergraduate: Peking University
Medical School:Peking University
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Christopher (Chris) Ives, PGY-4

Hometown: Fairhope, AL
Undergraduate: Washington and Lee University Medical School
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Martin Marak, PGY-4

Hometown: Shreveport, LA
Undergraduate: Southern Methodist University
Medical School: LSU School of Medicine
Residency: LSU IM Baton Rouge

Sam Michael, PGY-4

Hometown: Columbia, SC
Undergraduate: Clemson University
Medical School: Morehouse SOM
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Nirav Patel, PGY-4

Hometown: Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Medical School: Baroda Medical College, India
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Omid Baniahmad, PGY-5

Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Undergraduate: Florida State University
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Residency: LSU Baton Rouge

Anirudh Bhargava, PGY-5

Hometown: Alexandria, LA
Undergraduate: Emory University
Medical School: LSU New Orleans
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Robert (Rob) Derenbecker, PGY-5

Hometown: Hammond, LA
Undergraduate: LSU Baton Rouge
Medical School: LSU New Orleans
Residency: Johns Hopkins

Jacob Elrod, PGY-5

Hometown: Edinburg, MS
Undergraduate: University of Mississippi
Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Nicolas (Nico) Ruiz, PGY-5

Hometown: San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Undergraduate: University of Texas at San Antonio
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Heriberto Enrique Matos Santana, PGY-5

Hometown: Higüey, Dominican Republic
Undergraduate and Medical School: UNIBE School of Medicine
Residency: Morristown Medical Center

Muhannad Almubarak, PGY-6

Undergraduate: Arabian Gulf University
Medical School: Arabian Gulf University
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Sudeep Aryal, PGY-6

Hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal
Undergraduate: Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie, India
Medical School: R.G.Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India
Residency: University of North Dakota, Fargo

James Barrios, PGY-6

Hometown: Metairie, LA
Undergraduate: Tulane University
Medical School: LSU School of Medicine- New Orleans
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Mitchell Bowman, PGY-6

Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Undergraduate: The University of Tennessee
Medical School: The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: SAUSHEC Internal Medicine

Chad Colon, PGY-6

Hometown: Vestavia Hills, AL
Undergraduate: University of Alabama
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Jordan Gunn, PGY-6

Hometown: Forest, Mississippi
Undergraduate: Mississippi College
Medical School:University of Mississippi
Residency: Mayo Clinic School of Undergraduate Medicine

Stephen Infanger, PGY-6

Hometown: Victoria, Texas
Undergraduate: Texas A&M, College Station TX
Medical School: University of Texas, Houston (McGovern)
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Neal Miller, PGY-6

Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida
Undergraduate: Duke
Medical School: Wake Forest
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Brittain Heindl, PGY-7

Hometown: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Undergraduate: University of Southern Mississippi
Medical School: The University of Mississippi
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Sean Dunn, PGY-8

Hometown: Houston, TX
Undergraduate: University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Medical School: University of Tennessee HSC College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Vedran Oruc, PGY-8

Hometown: Sarajevo, BIH
Undergraduate: Auburn University
Medical School: UAB Heersink School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University

Blake Smith, PGY-7

Hometown: Troy, Tennessee
Undergraduate: Lipscomb University
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: UAB Heersink School of Medicine

Lucianne Alers, PGY-4

Hometown: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate: University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Medical School: San Juan Bautista School of Medicine, USA
Residency: Sunrise Health GME Consortium, Las Vegas, NV

Anh Do, PGY-4

Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Undergraduate: Butler University
Medical School: Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital

Kenneth Hoang, PGY-4

Hometown: Memphis, TN
Undergraduate: University of Tennessee- Knoxville, TN
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine , USA
Residency: University of Texas- Houston, TX

Ling Jin, PGY-4

Hometown: Shanghai, China
Undergraduate: Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University ( Shanghai, China)
Medical School: Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University ( Shanghai, China)
Residency: MetroWest Medical Center

Matthew Tavares, PGY-4

Hometown: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Undergraduate: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Residency: Hackensack Meridian Health Englewood Medical Center, Englewood, NJ

Lingling Wu, PGY-4

Hometown: Nanchang City, China
Undergraduate: Medical College of Nanchang University, China
Medical School: School of Medicine of Sun Yat- Sen University, China
Residency: Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside, New York

Danielle Bayer, PGY-7

Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Undergraduate: University of Alabama
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: UAB

Phillip Smith, PGY-7

Hometown: Ruston, LA
Undergraduate: Louisiana State University
Medical School: Louisiana State University SOM in Shreveport
Residency: UAB

Ala Mohsen, PGY-7

Hometown: Amman, Jordan
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Residency: University of Iowa
Fellowship: Louisiana State University

Hassan Alkhawam, MD, FACC

Interventional Cardiologist, Instructor of Medicine
Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst)
Cardiovascular Fellowship: St. Louis University, MO
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: UAB

Mouhamed Amr Sabouni, MD, MS

Interventional Cardiologist, Instructor of Medicine
Residency: UHS Willson Medical Center
Cardiovascular Fellowship: UHS Willson Medical Center
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: West Virginia University
Master of Science in Clinical Research: Drexel University

General Cardiology Fellows