Maine Medical Center


Ambassador: Dr. Omkar Betageri

Omkar is the current Chief Cardiology Fellow at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. He completed his medical school at Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont and completed his internal medicine training at University of Florida. He is passionate about medical education and mentorship and will be pursuing advanced fellowship training in interventional cardiology. Outside of work, Omkar enjoys playing tennis, guitar, running, and watching various sports.


Program Director: Dr. Maxwell Afari

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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