University of Pennsylvania


Ambassador: Dr. Katie Vanchiere

Katie Vanchiere, MD, MA is a general cardiology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Katie received her BS in biology from the University of Oklahoma and her medical degree from Louisiana State University in her hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana. She completed internal medicine residency and chief year at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where she concurrently earned an MA in Urban Bioethics. Katie’s career interests include critical care cardiology and interventional cardiology, and she is passionate about community engagement as a path to mitigating health disparities. In her free time, Katie loves to travel, try new restaurants, and spend time outdoors with her husband Austin and their dog Cinnamon Bun.


Former Ambassador:Dr. Marius Chukwurah
Former Ambassador:Dr. Yoav Karpenshif
Program Director: Dr. Frank Silvestry

The CardioNerds Healy Honor Roll & Ambassadors Program

The CardioNerds Healy Honor Roll is the list of cardiovascular fellowship programs which support the CardioNerds mission to Democratize Cardiovascular Education. These programs foster the CardioNerds spirit by:

  • Nominating a CardioNerds Ambassador – see below
  • Contributing open-access content by way of CNCR cases: Learn more here. 

The CardioNerds Ambassadors are fellows nominated by CardioNerds fellowships to represent education at their program. They are an esteemed group of highly motivated individuals with a passion for education. The goal is to both:

  • Ensure representation on the platform from their programs
  • Foster their individual personal & professional development

The CardioNerds Healy Honor Roll is named after Dr. Bernadine Patricia Healy, a CardioNerd Hero who was the first female director of the National Institutes of Health and accomplished incredible achievements during her career.

Is your program a CardioNerds program? Contact us to learn how to join the Honor Roll & help us Democratize CV Education.

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