2025 Annual Meeting, Bios

Dr. Sonu Abraham is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute with a special interest in cardiogenic shock, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and infiltrative cardiomyopathies. She received her training in general cardiology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, followed by an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine. Her research interests include advanced heart failure, transplantation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac amyloidosis, cardiac sarcoidosis and cardiogenic shock.

Dr. Paul Anaya received his MD and PhD from Baylor College of Medicine in 1999, followed by internal medicine residency (2002) and cardiology fellowship (2006) at Emory University. He is currently a general cardiologist at the University of Kentucky, where he attends on the cardiac critical care unit, inpatient and outpatient cardiology services, and the advanced heart failure and transplant service. He also provides general cardiology services at the Lexington VA Medical Center and participates in echocardiography and nuclear cardiology. Dr. Anaya previously served as Director of the Cardiac Critical Care Unit, Director of the Inpatient Cardiology Service at UK, and as Program Director for the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Fellowship training program. His research involvement includes collaborations with the UK Aortic Alliance, Cardiac Amyloidosis Alliance, and Myocardial Recovery Alliance. Additionally, he is the principal investigator for the University of Kentucky site of the MAGNITUDE-CM Phase III Clinical Trial evaluating the efficacy of a novel gene-editing-based therapeutic for the treatment of ATTR-cardiac amyloidosis.

Medical degree obtained from the university of New Mexico. General surgery residency completed at Jefferson Abington hospital in Pennsylvania and vascular surgery fellowship completed at Jobst Vascular Institute in Toledo Ohio. Board certified in vascular surgery and in practice at UK KDMC since 2018

Dr. Michele Friday is a cardiologist who has been practicing in Kentucky for the past 22 years. She is a former Interventional Cardiologist who was the lead cardiologist in initiating and starting an Interventional Program "without surgery on site" at Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland Kentucky. Currently she is the Director of the Women's heart program at UK King's Daughters and is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in the field of cardiology while advancing the health and wellbeing of women (and men) in Kentucky.

She is the Chair of Women in Cardiology for KYACC and is on the Board of the Kentucky Chapter of the ACC. She is a champion for empowering patients to take control of their cardiovascular health by educating them on risk factors, symptoms and actionable steps to reduce their risks and improve the quality of their life. She is a frequent and engaging speaker and is dedicated to sharing her expertise and passion for cardiovascular health with patients and communities alike.

Lee R. Goldberg, MD, MPH, FACC earned his medical degree cum laude from Boston University School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania followed by fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced heart failure and transplantation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He received his Master of Public Health Degree concentrating in Clinical Effectiveness from the Harvard University School of Public Health.

In 1998, he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania where he is currently Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and serves as Chief of the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Section in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. He is Associate Chief Health Information Officer – Clinician Engagement and serves as Vice Chair of Medicine for Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania/Penn Medicine. In these roles, he is responsible for the implementation and optimization of the electronic medical record, coordinating quality and operational data as well as spearheading clinician wellness initiatives. He is currently a Trustee of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Grodecki is currently a Board member for the Kentucky American College of Cardiology since 2022 and presently the chair for the Kentucky ACC Advocacy committee. Her fellowship was in advanced imaging at Mount Sinai of Cleveland and Post doc training in CT angiography at the Ohio State University. Dr Grodecki's primary interest have been research and clinical contributions to Women and Heart disease and she established two Women heart centers -- Michigan and the first in Northern Kentucky. She has served as ACC National committee member for the council on Women and Cardiology. At present her primary interest is Advocacy in the Kentucky ACC-strengthening its membership and educating the ACC Kentucky members on their impact on legislation.

Kaitlin Hile is a cardiology clinical pharmacy at University of Kentucky HealthCare, practicing in both cardiac intensive care and general cardiology. Dr. Hile completed pharmacy school at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. She then completed her PGY-1 and PGY-2 Cardiology Pharmacy residency at University of North Carolina Medical Center. Dr. Hile's professional interests include secondary prevention of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure management, and management of cardiogenic shock.

Dr. Amr Idris is a cardiologist at UK-King’s Daughters Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Syrian Private University in Syria and completed his internal medicine residency from University of Central Florida. This was followed by a cardiology fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center where he served as a chief fellow. Lastly, Dr. Idris completed a fellowship in Advance cardiovascular Imaging from Minneapolis Heart Institute.

Dr. Johnsrude is Professor of Pediatrics (University of Louisville) and director of the Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Electrophysiology Program. He completed residency at Cincinnati Children’s, then pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology fellowships at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2002, he was recruited to Louisville from the Feinberg School of Medicine (Northwestern University) where he directed the pediatric cardiology training program, to also serve as adjunct Associate Professor at University of Kentucky School of Medicine.

After his arrival, Dr. Johnsrude collaborated with adult and pediatric colleagues statewide to establish a comprehensive EP program for children and adults with congenital heart disease. Dr. Johnsrude has emphasized 3-D EP mapping techniques to enhance understanding of complex arrhythmia substrates, performing most ablation procedures without fluoroscopy. He acquired catheter cryo-ablation to reduce complications including post-ablation AV block and right phrenic nerve injury, and introduced “transesophageal” EP studies as minimally invasive provocative testing for young infants. He has also collaborated closely with cardiologists for combined cath-EP procedures in patients with CHD, and with CV surgeons related to planning and executing arrhythmia surgery and novel approaches to pacemaker/ICD implantation.

Dr. Johnsrude served as chief of the division of Pediatric Cardiology and co-director of the Heart Center at Norton Children’s Hospital 2008-2017, guiding a paradigm shift from private practice to an academic Heart Center that expanded breadth of expertise and clinical services through recruitments and subspecialty program development. He has served as visiting professor, invited lecturer, and moderator at regional and national scientific sessions, and been active in local and multicenter research projects, authored and co-authored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, and co-authored a book on pediatric electrocardiograms. Dr. Johnsrude has also been committed to quality initiatives and education of patients, nurses, and mentoring junior faculty.

Professor of Medicine. Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Medicine. Jewish Hospital Cardiovascular Innovation Institute Director Chair in Medicine. Director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging, Lipid Clinic & Infiltrative Heart Disease Program.

Vasili Katsadouros is a PGY-4 general cardiology fellow at the University of Kentucky. He completed his internal medicine residency and chief year at Cone Health in Greensboro, North Carolina. Following this, he completed a non-accredited advanced heart failure and transplant fellowship at the University of Kentucky.

My name is Matt Raymond and I am currently a second year internal medicine resident at the University of Kentucky. As a native Alabamian, my wife and I have loved our introduction to the Bluegrass State so far. I am currently pursuing a career in cardiology, and in particular I have enjoyed learning about electrophysiology. In our free time my wife and I enjoy traveling, making home made pizzas, and playing with our dog, Lady.

Dr. Sengupta is the Henry Rutgers Professor and the Chief of Division of Cardiology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Dr Sengupta completed his clinical residency and cardiology fellowship from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester and Arizona in 2007 and 2010, respectively. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of American College of Cardiology for Cardiovascular Imaging, has served as a Board of Director for the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), and as the Chair of the ASE Telehealth and New Technology Taskforce. Prior to his role at Rutgers, he served as Ab-nash C Jain Chair and Professor of Cardiology, Chief of Division of Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Imaging at West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Chief Fellow at University of Louisville. Advanced cardiac imaging trained and board certified. Pursuing Lipidology certification and rising Interventional cardiology fellow.

I am from Charleston, WV. I did my medical school training at West Virginia University. I am currently a PGY-3 Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Kentucky. I have just applied for Cardiology fellowship and am hoping to specialize in Women's and Preventative Cardiology.

Jeff Spindel is a PGY-7 critical care cardiology fellow. After completing internal medicine residency at the University of Louisville, he completed cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky, serving as a chief fellow. Currently finishing integrated training in critical care cardiology, he will serve as UK faculty starting in 2026.

Dr. Gery Tomassoni, FACC, FHRS received his Medical Degree from Pennsylvania State University in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1990; he then went on to complete his Internship, Residency, and Chief Residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Tomassoni completed his Fellowship in Cardiology and Electrophysiology at Duke University Medical Center. He is board certified in Electrophysiology. He has been on staff at Baptist Health Lexington in Kentucky for 26 years. He is currently the Director of the Baptist Cardiovascular Service Line, Cardiovascular Research, and Electrophysiology. Dr. Tomassoni has actively been engaged in clinical research his entire career and has authored over 175 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, and abstracts. He has served as an investigator on over 150 trials and currently sits on multiple physician advisory boards.