Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is strengthening its heart care team with the addition of six new fellows to Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program. This expansion brings the total number of fellows training in heart health at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Gainesville and Braselton campuses to 17.
“The new fellows will work side-by-side with the physicians and staff of Georgia Heart Institute, as well as our current fellows, to provide even more eyes on our patients’ care,” said Ugochukwu Egolum, MD, program director of the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program. “As Georgia’s most forward-thinking heart and vascular program, we use our exceptional resources in clinical care, research, innovation and education to train the future leaders of cardiovascular care for our region and beyond.”
To become a board-certified cardiologist, doctors must complete a residency program in internal medicine before beginning a cardiology fellowship. The Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship program is a three-year program that offers six fellowship slots per year.
“We are so excited to welcome six new Cardiovascular Disease fellows, including two who have strong ties to Georgia,” said John E. Delzell, Jr., MD, vice president of Medical Education for NGHS and Designated Institutional Official for NGMC. “Fellowship match is very competitive, and the best candidates can train anywhere. We are excited they are choosing NGMC right alongside Vanderbilt, Emory and other elite programs, which indicates we are providing an intellectually stimulating environment for clinical learning, research, education and outreach.”
The six are:
- Adefemi Adeyemo, MD; University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
- Sierra Fleming, MD; Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Edwin Gwira-Tamattey, MD; John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
- Unwam Jumbo, MD; Thomas Hospital, Fairhope, AL
- Vikas Kilaru, DO; Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, GA
- Xuan Zhou, MD; University of Alabama at Birmingham – Montgomery Regional Medical Campus, Montgomery, AL
Fellows will begin work on July 1, 2025.
For more information about NGMC’s Graduate Medical Education program, please visit www.ngmcgme.org.