Cardiology Fellowship Program

 

 

 

Paul Volanksy, DO

Program Director

We appreciate your interest in our Cardiology Fellowship program.

The Cardiology Fellowship Program at Magnolia Regional Health Center offers a structured three-year program of training designed to prepare highly qualified candidates for careers in clinical and investigative cardiology. This intensive experience, under the close supervision of full-time staff, is provided in all major clinical and laboratory aspects of cardiology.

During training, all fellows rotate through the cardiac catheterization laboratory, echocardiography, electrophysiology, graphics (ECG, stress testing, ambulatory monitoring, pacemaker analysis), and nuclear cardiology laboratories.

From the beginning of training, one-half day per week is spent working under careful supervision in the Outpatient Cardiology Practice, and one is expected to participate in one or more areas of ongoing research.

Graduates of the program meet board eligibility requirements for general cardiology and COCATS Level 2 requirements for Nuclear and Echocardiography Boards.

Paul Volanksy, DO

Cardiology Fellowship Program Director

*We are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

MRHC’s Cardiology Fellowship program accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

New hires are required to be fully vaccinated or granted exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Nanni Pidikiti, MD

Cardiology fellowship, Core faculty

Mandar Jagtap, DO, FACC, FASE, FSCAI, FASNC

Cardiology Fellowship, Core Faculty

 

Christopher Ingelmo, MD

Cardiology Fellowship, Core Faculty

Mehul Patel, MD

Cardiology Fellowship, Core Faculty

Academically & Clinically Structured Program

  • Journal Club
  • Multidisciplinary Grand Rounds
  • Mayo Board Review
  • Morbidity and Mortality
  • Morning Report
  • Case Presentation
  • Community Volunteer Opportunities
  • Fellow lecture
  • Research opportunities
  • Ambulatory care clinic experience weekly
  • Monthly didactic schedule at a glance: Daily Calendar

Program Benefits

  • Competitive annually increasing salary
  • Health & Life Insurance
  • 21 PTO Days & Educational Days annually
  • Long Term Disability
  • White Coat Annually
  • MRHC Stipend / Loan Repayment Program
  • Complimentary Meals
  • Research Opportunities

Two Positions Per Year

The fellowship program offers 2 positions per year and is a comprehensive program that fulfills fellowship requirements of specialty boards of certification.

Those training in invasive cardiology require a fourth separately accredited year in Interventional Cardiology to become fully proficient in angioplasty and other interventional techniques and/or certification.

Application Process

Magnolia Regional Health Center participates and accepts applications through the ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service).

Fellow Awards and Achievements

In March 2025, our team of Cardiology fellows, Dr (s). Sophia Thang, Saurabh (Sam) Khurana and Talhah Siraj won the American College of Cardiology’s Mississippi chapter FIT (fellows-in-training) Jeopardy contest held in Jackson, Mississippi. At the ACC’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25) 40 domestic teams faced off in the ACC Fellows-in-Training Jeopardy competition. The Mississippi Chapter was proudly represented by the fellows from Magnolia Regional Health Center who went on to win and advance to the semi-final stage.

 

 

Research and Scholarly Activity

We are extremely proud of the work our fellows have put into completing scholarly activity amidst their rigorous training schedules. They continue to work diligently to present at national and regional conferences.

Fellows are allotted a stipend utilized toward such conferences based on the PGY year. Scholarly activity funds are to be utilized to help fellows pay for attendance to present posters and/or abstracts at educational conferences, the cost of posters, and other materials needed. Utilization of such funds for items not listed above will only be allowed once an acceptable form of scholarly activity has been completed.

Conferences and Publications

Our fellows and faculty have presented at many conferences and/or have been published in national journals, including the following and others:

 

  • 2025 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2025- Abstract submitted: Knocked Off Axis: A Case of Congenital Partial Absence of Pericardium with Findings of Extreme Levocardia. Authors: Pinak Patel, Jessica Skripac, Saurabh Khurana, John Raper, Sophia Thang, Paul Volansky, Mehul Patel.
  • 2025 ACC Annual Scientific Session: SVC SYNDROME – A RARE CASE OF LIPOMATOUS SEPTAL HYPERTROPHY CAUSING SVC OBSTRUCTION – Poster presented by Dr. Sophia Thang.
  • 2024 ACC Annual scientific session 2024 : OUTCOMES OF CARDIONEUROABLATION IN VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Authors : Anan Abu Rmilah, , Adnan Zafar, Carlos Pfeiffer, Ali Alzeghoul, Eric Wah Sanji, Abdalaziz Tabash, Cody Stroupe.
  • 2023 Prognostic value of baseline right ventricular dysfunction using TAPSE and TAPSE to PASP ratio in patients undergoing mitra-clip: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis published in Circulation, Volume 148, November 2023. Authors: Anan AbuRmilah, Ramy Ghaly, Carlos Pfeiffer, Victor Camba, MOHAMED HAGSAEED, Anjula Chib, Aziz Tabash, John Raper, Paul Volansky, and Mandar Jagtap
  • 2023 Poster presentation at AHA Scientific Sessions 2023: No Time For Horseplay: A Case On A Traumatic Septal Defect. Authors: Talhah Siraj, Anjula Chib, Sophia Thang, Sasha Sharifi, Vivek Menon, Paul Volansky, Mandar Jagtap, Mehul Patel.
  • 2023 EuroPCR 2023 : Innovative Extraction of Large 5 x 4.5 cm RA Clots on pacer lead with severe TR. Authors: Mehul Patel, Anjula Chib et al.
  • 2022 AHA Scientific Sessions 2022 : Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Induced Myocarditis : An Interesting Case of Reversible Complete Heart Block. Authors : Sasha Sharifi, Anjula Chib, Nanni Pidikiti, Paul Volansky, Mandar Jagtap.
  • 2022 AHA Scientific Sessions 2022 : Pacemaker Mediated Contact Allergy to Thiuram and Paraphenyledenediamine. Authors: Vivek Menon, Anjula Chib, Nanni Pidikiti
  • 2022 Poster presentation at AHA Scientific Sessions 2022 : The Mother Of All Pseudoaneurysms- A Rare Case. Authors: Anjula Chib, Vivek Menon, Sasha Sharifi, Jagtap Mandar, Paul Volansky.
  • 2022 Poster presentation at AHA Scientific Sessions 2022 : Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation in Recurrent Hyperacute Stent Thrombosis. Authors: Vivek Menon, Anjula Chib, Paul Volansky, Nanni Pidikiti, Mandar Jagtap, Sasha Sharifi.
  • 2022 LV Diverticulum with Concurrent Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Case report published in Journal of Cardiology Research Reviews and Reports. Authors: John Raper, Cody Cissom, Gabe Autry, Waqaar Arshad, Rami Sakaan and Chris Tucker
  • 2022 Lutembacher Syndrome – Learning From the Left Atrium. Published in Circulation, Volume 146. Authors: Christopher T Smith, Walter Rentrop, John Raper, Daga Olsen, Sasha Sharifi, Amy Parker, Tara George, Sophia Thang, Anjula Chib, and Vivek Menon.
  • 2021 70th Annual Scientific Session – Poster presentation: ACC Complex Clinical Cases, “SPECTRUM OF RECURRENT SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION, NATURAL AND MODIFIED HISTORY WITH VARYING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES” presented by Likhitesh Jaikumar, MD, C. Taylor Smith, DO, Mehul Patel, MD
  • 2021 Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 2021 scientific sessions – abstract:  A Rare Concomitant Left Ventricular Aneurysm and Pseudo Aneurysm Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging  Dakshin Gangadharamurthy, MD
  • 2020 ASNC Journal of Nuclear Cardiology -Manuscript Publication  -Cardiovascular Disease Training Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Need for Change in Training Paradigm   Dakshin Gangadharamurthy, MD
  • 2020 ACOI Annual Convention -Research abstract presentation – FINALIST “Cardiovascular Disease Training Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Need for Change in Training Paradigm” Dakshin Gangadharamurthy, MD
  • 2020 AHA Scientific Session Abstract acceptance -Timely Recognition And Successful Clinical Outcome Of An Acute Debakey Type I Aortic Dissection  presented by Dakshin Gangadharamurthy, MD

Click the link below to Meet our Cardiology Fellows!

Meet Our Cardiology Fellows 2025

CONGRATULATIONS Cardiology Fellows

Class of 2025, upon your successful completion of Fellowship!

L-R  Talhah Siraj, MD, and Sophia Thang, DO

Welcome Cardiology Fellows AY 2025

Carlos Pfeiffer, DO

Dr Pfeiffer received his undergraduate degree at the Florida International University and attended Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine for his medical education. His residency training in Internal Medicine was at Magnolia Regional Health Center. In his spare time, Carlos loves playing soccer, being outside, working out and traveling.

Michael “Coty” Maddox, DO

Dr. Maddox received his Medical Degree from the Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, Tennessee. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Magnolia Regional Health Center. He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS. In his spare time, Coty enjoys family centered activities such as fishing, hunting, and family vacations.

 

 

Contact Us

To arrange a site visit or assist with any questions you may have:

Office of Graduate Medical Education

Jamie Hajek

Cardiology Fellowship Coordinator

Division of Cardiology
Magnolia Regional Health Center
611 Alcorn Drive
Corinth, Ms. 38834
Office (662) 293-1143
Fax (662) 293-4347
Email: jhajek@mrhc.org