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Meet Our Fellows

The Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship draws trainees from across the U.S. and around the world. While all our trainees have a love of learning and a compassionate approach to patient care, they come from diverse backgrounds, family status, and professional and personal interests. Learn more about our current fellows.

Faraz Samadi, M.D. 

Headshot of Faraz Samadi. M.D.Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Medical school: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology Residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

About me: I'm a former attending radiologist, and former team member of the Mayo Clinic Department of Business Development (DBD) and Mayo Clinic Ventures (MCV), where I was honored to support the strategic goals of leadership, the enterprise, and our incredible innovators and innovations including in the Department of Radiology and Department of Radiation Oncology. I'm now back on the clinical side in the Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellowship.

Why Mayo: Mayo Clinic and its Department of Radiology are unequivocally the best in the world. If you want to learn from the strongest and kindest attendings, trainees, education program coordinators, administrators, administrative professionals, radiology systems analysts, e-support professionals, leaders, and innovators — and master the most complex cases from every corner of our planet, with enough time and support to continually grow and to always put the needs of your patient first, in a very cool city near a Twin Cities metropolis — then Mayo Clinic is exactly the place that you are looking for.

Vera Sorin, M.D.

Headshot of Vera Sorin, M.D.Hometown: Nes Ziona, Isreal
Residency: Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Sheba Medical Center, Israel.

About me: Married to my husband Idan, and we have two kids ages 6 and 3. We love the outdoors, enjoy an active lifestyle, and spending time together as a family.

Why Mayo: I chose Mayo Clinic for the opportunity to learn from top experts and leaders in their fields, access to outstanding resources, and the advantage of living in a quiet, family-friendly town. Overall, this makes it ideal for both professional growth and personal well-being.

Alumni

The most important indicator of the success of a training program is found in the outcomes of the graduates upon completion of their training. Learn more about what some of our recent graduates have gone on to accomplish.

Alumnus Program year Destination
Cody Anderson, M.D.  2024-2025 Staff Radiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Carissa Wieseler, M.D. 2023-2024 Radiology Consultants of the Midwest, P.C., Omaha, NE
Livia Frota Lima, M.D. 2022-2023 Staff Radiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Claire Woodworth, M.D. 2022-2023 Radiologist in Canada
Garima Suman, M.B.B.S. 2021-2022 Abdominal Imaging Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Ananya Panda, M.B.B.S. 2020-2021 Abdominal Imaging Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 
Allison Ferreira 2019-2020 Commonwealth Radiology Associates, Salem, MA
Tara Tarmey 2019-2020 University Hospital, Galway, Ireland
Anuj Dixit 2018-2019 Mercy - Ottowa
Patrick Navin 2018-2019 Nuclear Radiology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
James Huynh 2017-2018 EFW Radiology, Calgary, CA
Jeffrey Illman 2015-2016 VRad, RadNet
Mamdough Rayan 2015-2016 Triad Radiology Associates, Winston-Salem, NC
Graduation of Mayo Clinic residents and fellows

Mayo Clinic Alumni Association

The Mayo Clinic Alumni Association will help you stay in touch with your Mayo Clinic colleagues, maintain a valuable professional connection to Mayo Clinic throughout your medical and/or research career, participate in continuing medical education, and more.

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