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Alumni

A map of the United States showing where graduates of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, have gone on to practice, teach, and conduct research across the United States.
Alumni of the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship have gone on to practice, teach, and conduct research across the United States.

The most important indicator of the success of a training program is found in the outcomes of the graduates upon completion of their training. As of July 2021, 94 percent of our graduates have passed their ABIM cardiovascular disease certification examination on their first attempt. All have successfully achieved board certification.

Class of 2024

Samantha Espinosa, M.D.

Samantha Espinosa, M.D.

Medical school: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Residency: Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

Interests: Complex coronary artery disease and health disparities

Plans after graduation: I'm completing an M.P.H. and I hope to utilize my skills to look at ischemic heart disease and its impact on diverse patient populations. I'll be starting my Interventional Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2024.

Wakil Irfan, M.D.

Wakil Irfan, M.D.

Medical school: Heart University Faculty of Medicine, Afghanistan (Valedictorian)

Residency: Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY (Chief Resident)

Interests: General and preventative cardiology as well as advanced cardiovascular imaging

Plans after graduation: I plan to work as a non-invasive cardiologist.

Sina O'Sullivan, M.D.

Sina O'Sullivan, M.D.

Medical school: Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Internal Medicine Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Interests: Cardiovascular Imaging and Cardio-obstetrics

Plans after graduation: Transition to Mayo Clinic Echocardiology Fellowship Program. 

Advanced training specialties

Learn where our fellows have gone on to do advanced training specialties after completing the Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.

Advanced training specialty Institution
Advanced imaging

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

Electrophysiology 

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ

University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Interventional 

Beaumont Hospital, Detroit, MI

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Brown University, Providence, RI

Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO

Scripps Medical Center, San Diego, CA

University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Heart failure and transplant cardiology 

Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL

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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