Current Residents

PGY1

Anirudha Chandrabhatla, MD

Undergraduate - University of Virginia - Charlottesville

Medical School - University of Virginia

Clinical Interests -

Hobbies - Creative Writing, Pickup Sports, Piano, Transcendental Meditation

PGY1

Yunda (George) Wang, MD

Undergraduate - University of California - San Diego

Medical School - Boston University

Clinical Interests -

Hobbies - Competitive Hip-Hop Dance, Street and Portrait Photography, Modern and Contemporary Art Museums, Traveling/Backpacking, Singing/Karaoke, Board Games, Table Tennis

PGY2

Tom Liu, MD

Undergraduate - University of California - Berkeley

Medical School - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Clinical Interests -

Hobbies - Distance Running, Photography, Snowboarding, Music - Classically trained pianist, 20 years,
Baking Pastries, and Cooking Chinese Food

PGY2

Anagha Prasanna, MD

Undergraduate - Princeton University

Medical School - Harvard Medical School

Clinical Interests - Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Hobbies - Dance, Indoor Gardening, Kayaking, Cooking

PGY3

Adwaiy Manerikar, MD

Undergraduate - Northwestern University

Medical School - Northwestern University

Clinical Interests - Adult Cardiac Surgery

Hobbies - slow-cooking meats, playing the guitar, and watching Michigan football

PGY4

Charles Logan, MD

Undergraduate - University of Washington

Medical School - University of Alaska : Anchorage

Clinical Interests - Thoracic Surgery

Hobbies - travelling and hiking with llamas

PGY4

Sarah Nisivaco, MD

Undergraduate - Marquette University

Medical School - Harvard Medical School

Clinical Interests - Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (my favorite robotic surgery is a TECAB - total endoscopic coronary artery bypass)

Hobbies - reading, rollerskating, playing the piano, salsa and ballroom dancing and learning Arabic

PGY5

Sandeep Bharadwaj, MD

Undergraduate - Northwestern University

Medical School - Northwestern University

Clinical Interests - Adult Cardiac Surgery

Research Interests - Quality Improvement and Outcomes Research

Fun Facts - I am a professional violinist and have played over 500 concerts in the US and abroad. I am also an avid traveler. My favorite trip so far: exploring the Amazon rainforest!

PGY6

Aaron Clark, MD

Undergraduate - University of Southern Indiana

Medical School - Indiana University

Clinical Interests - I am interested most of all in adult cardiac surgery, most notably aortic and mitral valve repair, aortic root and arch repair, and advances in transcatheter approaches for these pathologies.

Fun Facts - I am from Indiana and have 2 younger brothers, who live back home. They frequently visit for concerts and to watch the Cubs current mediocrity. In my free time I really enjoy the delicious restaurants of Chicago, traveling with my fiance Claire, who I met at Northwestern as an intern, very amateur golfing, and biking the lake front trail.