The Central Pa. division of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute (UPMC HVI) has been serving the community's cardiovascular care needs for well over four decades. We are comprised of over 5 dozen providers spanning the breadth of cardiovascular care to include:
This group brings a wide breadth of experience, knowledge, and background that will serve to mentor and foster the growth of future cardiologists and leaders in the field.
Graduates of the UPMC Harrisburg Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship will first and foremost be outstanding providers. This will come about through exposure to a broad pathology of disease and treatments both medical and invasive, with all the tools that a diagnostician needs to get there. A graduate of our program will feel ready from day one of practice to tackle any clinical challenge in a systematic and collaborative fashion.
This clinical focus will be supplemented by many opportunities for research. Each fellow will be expected to complete a research project under the mentorship of a faculty member, in line with each fellow's career goals. UPMC HVI has had the honor to provide our patients transformative care through numerous worldwide, multi-center trials - many of which we have been the leading enrollers.
In addition to core curriculum, fellows will have adequate time in the schedule for research and electives. The first year of fellowship will focus on developing the core skills.
Core rotations will offer a broad, multidisciplinary clinical exposure.
Call for fellows is mostly at home. The call schedule for first year fellows begins after the Labor Day holiday and averages one weeknight per week and one weekend in six. Second year fellows cover primary call until the Labor Day holiday and then one weekend every six weeks and no weeknights. Second year fellows take after hour office calls one weeknight per week. Third year fellows take office calls until Labor Day and then no call thereafter.
Our unique faculty, position, and patient population in Central Pennsylvania has allowed us to be involved in most of the pivotal structural heart trials spanning over a decade. In many of these trials we were the leading national or international enroller. With our growth, we are actively involved in trials that cover the breadth of cardiology to include heart failure, interventional, vascular, and structural.
View our clinical trials for cardiac care.
We have access to the University of Pittsburgh's Health Sciences Library System
Alex Garton, MD, serves as the Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. He is a non-invasive cardiologist with specific areas of interest that include Prevention, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, and Vascular Ultrasound Imaging.;
Atizazul Mansoor, MD, serves as the Associate Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. He is a non-invasive cardiologist with specific areas of interest that include echocardiography with a focus on Interventional/Structural Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Ultrasound Imaging, and Cardio-Oncology.
Roberto Pablo Hodara Friedmann, MD, serves as Associate Program Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship. He is a non-invasive cardiologist with a focus in echocardiography.
Kunal Bodiwala, MD
Gouthami Boga, MD
Brian Corbally, DO
Roberto Hodara Friedmann, MD
Emad Iskander, MD
Sunil Kanwal, MD
Kevin McHale, DO
Chinmay Patel, MD
Neil Patel, MD
Anay Pradhan, MD
Mehreen Qureshi, MD
Jason Stuck, MD
UPMC Harrisburg is within walking distance of the downtown Harrisburg Amtrak station with train access throughout the East Coast. Harrisburg is close to a 1.5-hour drive to Baltimore and State College, 2-hour drive to Washington and Philadelphia, and 3-hour drive to New York City and Pittsburgh. Hershey, Pennsylvania, home to the chocolate factory, amusement park, and a minor league hockey team, is within a 30-minute drive. The Appalachian Trail and the Susquehanna River go through the area, and there are many outdoor activities available.
UPMC Harrisburg is a participating member of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and all applicants for Post-Graduate Year-4 positions must register with these programs. We request submission of three letters of recommendation from the most recent academic year, including one from your Internal Medicine Program Director and one from your Department Chair.
We consider applicants with all visa requirements. However, only exceptional J-1 and H1-B applicants are typically given interviews. Applicants who signal our program will receive additional consideration for a possible interview. However, we will extend interview invitations to strong applicants who also do not signal our program.
Christopher Jacobs
Medical Education Program Sr. Department Manager
jacobscm@upmc.edu
