Senior Research Program Coordinator, Echocardiography

Garrett Goldin graduated with honors from The Johns Hopkins University, earning both a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in neuroscience. During his university education, Garrett conducted research at the Dynamic Perception Lab under the mentorship of Dr. Jason Fischer, mainly investigating the link between neural circuits underlying intuitive physical processing and action planning in the human brain. Now working on several echocardiographic projects, Garrett aims to leverage his passions for both research and clinical medicine to one day become a physician himself. Outside of his academic interests, Garrett likes to ski, surf, hike, and play electric guitar, bass, and drums.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ryan Osgueritchian is a postdoctoral fellow with a keen interest in pursuing a career as a physician-researcher in cardiology. He graduated from the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine in June 2023, where he developed a foundation in medical knowledge and clinical skills. His academic and research interests focus on advancing our understanding of cardiovascular diseases, mainly through research and clinical applications. He also enjoys playing soccer and hiking in his leisure time, which helps him to maintain a balanced and active lifestyle.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hoda Mombeini is a postdoctoral research fellow with a robust background in both clinical practice and research in cardiology. Following medical school, she specialized in cardiovascular disease and completed an echocardiography fellowship at Rajaie Heart Center in Iran. Hoda has held positions as an attending cardiologist at Ahvaz University and Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran, where she has actively led and contributed to numerous cardiology research projects. Her primary research interest is the role of advanced echocardiography in the early management of cardiovascular diseases, with a particular focus on left and right ventricular dysfunction and valvular heart disease. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys gym workouts, hiking, baking and singing.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ahmad Daoud is currently a postdoctoral fellow and a medical graduate aiming to become a physician-scientist specializing in cardiovascular diseases. He graduated with honors from medical school in Saudi Arabia before moving to the United Kingdom, where he obtained a master's degree in Cardiovascular Research. He also worked as a clinical fellow in Cardiology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital. His research focuses on echocardiography, specifically utilizing advanced conventional and speckle-based strain analysis alongside innovative biostatistical methods to identify systemic sclerosis patients at risk for adverse clinical outcomes. In his spare time, he enjoys soccer, billiards, and cooking. 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Kaidong Wang is a Postdoctoral Fellow and Data Scientist in the Division of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research centers on the development of medical impedance devices and the application of multimodal machine learning in diagnostics. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2020. Following this, he completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, where he worked on nanoengineered multichannel immunosensors and machine learning algorithms for acute thrombosis prediction. Currently, Dr. Wang’s work focuses on advancing multimodal machine learning for clinical data analysis and developing next-generation imaging techniques, including ultrasound and electrical impedance tomography, for cardiopulmonary monitoring. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis and engaging in cardio workouts.

Medical Resident

Abhi Gami is a PGY-3 internal medicine resident in the Osler Internal Medicine Residency. He is interested in preventive cardiology, cardiovascular epidemiology and advanced echocardiography. His research in the Mukherjee Lab has focused on investigation of right ventricle to pulmonary artery coupling assessed using echocardiography and cardiac MRI. He is interested in investigation of right ventricle function in well-characterized cardiac imaging and cardiovascular cohort studies. In his free time, he enjoys walking along the harbor in Baltimore, reading, photography and travel.

Medical Resident

Kate grew up in Denver prior to moving to Ohio to attend Kenyon College, where she studied biology and played varsity lacrosse. After graduating, she became a Certified Nurse Assistant, attended nursing school and worked as an RN in a procedural cardiology unit. She was inspired by the many wonderful physicians she worked with and decided to attend Case Western Reserve University for medical school. In the Mukherjee lab, Kate’s research focuses on the impact of mitral and aortic valve disease on left atrial remodeling. Outside of medicine, she enjoys running, fly fishing, being outdoors and exploring the food scene and running routes in Baltimore.

Medical Student

Vivek Jani is an M.D./Ph.D. candidate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is primarily advised by Dr. David Kass. He has extensive expertise in translational research, harnessing advanced imaging techniques and machine learning methods in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Vivek completed his B.S./M.S. in biomedical engineering at the University of California, San Diego, working in the Functional Cardiovascular Engineering Lab under Dr. Pedro Cabrales. In 2022, Vivek received the prestigious Melvin L. Marcus Early Career Investigator Award in Basic Cardiovascular Sciences from the American Heart Association. He is also the recipient of the NIH/NHLBI F30 grant and the AHA Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. At the Mukherjee Research Lab, Vivek’s research focuses on multiparametric clinical phenotyping of systemic sclerosis patients with HFpEF, a project that earned him the National Scleroderma Foundation Dr. Arnold Postlethwaite Pre-Doctoral Summer Fellowship in 2022. Outside of his academic pursuits, Vivek enjoys exercising, traveling and hiking.

Medical Student

Ethan Knight is a fourth-year medical student at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He previously graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he worked in the Dichek Lab developing gene therapy strategies for atherosclerosis. His current work in the Mukherjee Lab focuses on pulmonary artery distensibility and predictive modeling for HFpEF in patients with scleroderma. Outside of school and research, he enjoys playing soccer (and rooting for the Seattle Sounders), tending to his garden, and discovering new places to eat in Baltimore.