Shay Vellanki

Another 🔥 #bruinhearts @uclaCVfellows class 👩‍🎓 👨‍🎓, ready to make their mark on the world 🙏 to PD leaders @kewatson @netta_doc @arafiqmd1 #armandomartinez & our amazing Chiefs 🥳 to @PeterHannaMD (Mentor of year) & #srikrishnan (Teacher of year) 4 your passion & dedication!

🎉 Introducing the 2026 ASPC Training Academy Class! We are proud to announce the 50 exceptional clinicians, researchers, and health professionals selected for this year's ASPC Training Academy — one of preventive cardiology's most prestigious professional development programs. These rising leaders represent the future of cardiovascular prevention. Please join us in congratulating: Abena Agyekum | Alex Gyftopoulos | Amier Haidar | Amrin Kharawala | Anuj Kalpesh Chokshi | Ayeeshik Kole | Ayodipupo Oguntade | Bede N. Nriagu | Bilal Khan Mohammed | Carol Fernandez Hazim | Chan Hee Choi | Danh Nguyen | Emily K. Mewborn | Emily Keamy-Minor | Faisal Kirdar | Frank Weigel | Gregory Olenginski | Ian Everitt | Ido Avivi | Jackeline Vajta | Jennifer Garrow | Jessica Holtzman | Jimin Hwang | Josiah Bennett | Kara Morton | Katarina Leyba | Keston Rattan | Kyle Clay | Mahsima Shabani | Maria Paulina Hernandez | Melis Sahinoz | Mohan Satish | Natalie Marrero | Nick Ashburn | Nikita Jhawar | Patton McClelland | Pristine Mei | Rakendu Jayasree Rajendran | Rodolfo Alves Lopes | Saeid Mirzai | Shaitalya (Shay) Vellanki | Shanice Glasco | Sierra Fleming | Sierra Sullivan | Sowda Ahmed | Stefan Milutinovic | Sukrit Narula | Toluwalase Awoyemi | Victor Becerra Gonzales | Yulith Roca Thank you to our generous sponsors for making this program possible: Principal Sponsor: Corcept Therapeutics Sponsors: @EsperionInc, @Heartflow, @Idorsia, @ionispharma, @Medtronic, @Merck, @Novartis, and @Regeneron. ASPC Faculty: @AnnMarieNavar @DrMichaelShapir #ASPCTrainingAcademy #PreventiveCardiology #ASPC2026 #CardioTwitter #HeartHealth #MedEd #CardioEd #FutureOfCardiology

Great @DOM_UCLA showcase of our #bruinhearts @uclaCVfellows esp at #ACC26! @qicong_sheng @ShayV_MD @psrajendran87 @A_SteinMerlob @kewatson @repettigiuliana @RachelOhmanMD @uclaimchiefs @AleeshaShaikMD

Still feeling 🔥 up from our inspiring faculty panel discussion last week! Our all-star faculty covered career pivots, authentic discovery, growth from failure, impostor syndrome, mentorship, and more with refreshing honesty. We are so grateful. Dream big, WIC 🫀✨

Kicked off the new year with our first WIC dinner! What a fulfilling night with our incredible women fellows. Feeling inspired by this community of exemplary clinicians, scientists, advocates, educators, and citizens. And all five (!!) new moms made it out tonight! 🌟🔥🫀

🚨 Ten years since its last iteration, the updated AHA/ACC #SportsCardio Guidelines are finally here! Herculean effort led by @jonathankimmd Aaron Baggish & Ben Levine Honored to be a part of this new foundational document for the field ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

👩‍⚕️ Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay to the doctors breaking barriers, saving lives, and inspiring future generations. 💪 Thank you for all you do! #WomenInMedicine #ThankADoctor

Check out our review on pregnancy complications and future ASCVD risk 👉 rdcu.be/d6Yms Led by 🌟#bruinhearts @soniyarabadiamd 🙏with help from @NatCamMD + #SarahHeimberger

Congratulations to Dr. Karol Watson, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology co-director & @DGSOMUCLA professor, who was appointed by the White House to serve on the @HHSGov Advisory Committee on Minority Health. Dr. Watson was recently sworn in by RADM Felicia Collins.

We officially welcomed @HsuePriscilla to @DOM_UCLA today as our new Chief of Cardiology! Honored and excited to have another powerhouse woman join cardiology leadership and work with @uclaCVfellows 👩‍⚕️

It was a perfect LA evening for the Bundle of Hers: sunset yoga on the beach followed by dessert for dinner @milletcrepe with a side of life and career advice 🧘‍♀️ @MeganKamath @AleeshaShaikMD @ShayV_MD @rainahjain @DagherLilas @VarayiniP #HouseOfCards #mentorship #Wellness

It’s #WCW so we had our first #WIC dinner of the year with these amazing and multitalented @uclaCVfellows women! 😍 These #ladybosses are pole vaulters, marathon runners, hip hop and ballet dancers, floutists, equestrians, tennis players, and Harry Potter trivia champions 💪

Helipad views, class dinners, and graduation celebrations — another year in the [Braunwald] books ✅ A special shout out to our graduating #bruinhearts whose talent, mentorship, and laughs will be sorely missed. Congratulations and good luck in this next chapter! 🎉

@datsunian @jcurrier17 @uclaCVfellows @DOM_UCLA @uclaimchiefs @repettigiuliana @MichaelR21 @kewatson @gcfmd @IntMedAbel @HayaseJustin @arafiqmd1 @netta_doc @RachelOhmanMD @jcurrier17 @datsunian honestly just honored to spark any discussion My own tweets rarely do this 😂

@jcurrier17 @uclaCVfellows @DOM_UCLA @uclaimchiefs @repettigiuliana @MichaelR21 @kewatson @gcfmd @IntMedAbel @HayaseJustin @arafiqmd1 @netta_doc @ShayV_MD @RachelOhmanMD As you can see from my meticulous and highly precise tracing thanks to my extensive echo experience, @ShayV_MD grabs air with the best of them. Our @uclaCVfellows soar by leaps and bounds #bruinhearts 2/ 🎤 drop

To the @uclaCVfellows #bruinhearts Class of 2026 Congrats on finishing your first year! 🙏 for being the frontline caring for our sickest & complex pts with your compassion & superb clinical care. Excited for you to be the leaders for the new year! @DOM_UCLA @uclaimchiefs

Join us for a fantastic lineup of speakers at the 7TH ANNUAL Contemporary Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Symposium June 8 in Los Angeles! @DrMarthaGulati @AleeshaShaikMD @NehaChandraMD @datsunian

Amazing grand rounds @UCLAHealth from world renowned ORBITA trialist Dr. Rasha Al-Lamee discussing the importance of placebo controlled trials for medical procedures!!! Thank you so much for this fantastic session! @rallamee @uclaCVfellows @kewatson @datsunian #WIC #bruinhearts

Congratulations to Dr. Hsue! Welcome to UCLA Cardiology! #UCLAWIC @uclaCVfellows

A 🔥 week with @uclaCVfellows #bruinhearts in the inpt #echofirst lab w/ @DanielYazdi @VarayiniP. Great cases but also witnessing landmark nomenclature in the making… @VarayiniP wishes to name the TEE SAX TV view… **The DUMPLING view** 🤯 Agree? 🥟 #shumai #TEER #TEE

…and congrats to our #bruinhearts @uclaCVfellows Jeopardy CA state Champions!! Excited for ATLANTA!!! #acc24 May you channel all the Jedi ❤️ force of fellows that came before you