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Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support Fellows

Meet the current and past fellows from Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support.

Academic Year 2025-2026


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Martin Kosztowski, MD

Year: PGY-8
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine—Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

Graduates


2025
  • Akbarshakh (Shah) Akhmerov, MD: 7/2024-6/2025, Cardiac Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, California
  • Asher Weisberg, MD: 8/2024-7/2025, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Laura DiChiacchio, MD, PhD: 7/2024-6/2025, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
2024
  • Ankur Bakshi, MD: 7/2023-6/2024, cardiothoracic surgeon, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, California

2023

  • Victoria Lam, MD: 7/2022 - 6/2023, cardiothoracic surgeon, Loma Linda Medical Center, Loma Linda, California
  • Andrew Q. Lin, MD: 8/2022 - 7/2023, cardiothoracic surgeon, Aurora St Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2022 Graduates

  • Louis Philippe Tremblay, MD: 7/2021-6/2022, cardiothoracic surgeon, Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Joshua Chan, MD, assistant professor of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Tyler Michael Gunn, MD, director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, California

2021 Graduate

  • Reza Salabat, MD: 7/2020-6/2021, assistant professor of Surgery, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California

Have Questions or Need Help?

If you have questions or would like to learn more about the Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai, please call or send us a message.

Fardad Esmailian, MD, Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device Program

Xenia Lovrekovic-Delic, Program Manager

127 S. San Vicente Blvd.
Pavilion, A3100
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Kirsten Horvath, MHA, Program Coordinator

127 S. San Vicente Blvd.
Pavilion, A3100
Los Angeles, CA 90048