UTHSC College of MedicineKnoxville Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
Who you’ll meet today: Raj Baljepally, MD, FACC
• Interventional Cardiology Program Director
• Clinical Assistant Professor
• MD: Ghandi Medical College in Ghandi, India
• Residency: Siani Hospital of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore
• General Fellowship: Saint Vincent Hospital in Worchester, Massachusetts
• Interventional Fellowship: Miriam Hospital of Brown University School of Medicine in Providence, RI
• Loves to travel and research
Who you’ll meet today: Kayleigh Litton, DO
• Undergrad: Maryville College, Maryville, TN
• MD: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Residency: University of Tennessee
Graduate School of Medicine - Knoxville
• Fellowship: University of Tennessee
Graduate School of Medicine - Knoxville
• UT Vols fan, dog lover and Taylor Swift's biggest fan
Who you’ll meet today: Morgan Randall,
MD
• MD: University of Kentucky
• Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
• Fellowships: University of Florida
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
• 1 Fellow per year
• University Cardiology
• 34 Cardiologists
• 6 Interventional Cardiology
• 4 Electrophysiology
• 1 Heart Failure
• 1 Adult Congenital
• 1 Cardiology Oncology
• 2 Advanced Imaging
• 1 Structural Heart
• 18 General
• All training is at this facility
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program
• Schedule
• M-F Cath lab
• STEMI call / PCI Backup (average)
• 2 Night/week; 2 weekend/month
Cardiovascular Procedures (annually)
• 31,829 echocardiograms (2,048 TEE’s)
• 2,948 cardiac catheterizations
• 870 PCI’s
• 163 STEMI's
• Structural interventions include:
• 149 TAVR’s
• 27 MitraClip
• 136 Watchman
• 902 cardioversions
• 76,973 ECGs
• 2,469 MPS SPECT
• 3,032 MPS PET (Inpatient & Outpatient)
• EP Procedures:
• 493 electrophysiological studies
• 1,054 devices
• 844 atrial fibrillation ablations
• Advanced Imaging:
• 729 Cardiac CT
• 409 Cardiac MRI
2024 - 2025
ACADEMIC YEAR
PUBLICATONS
Fogelson B, Baljepally R, Morvant B, Nowell TC, Heidel RE, Ferlita S, Weston S, Amro A, Spires Z, Ferraro K, Patel P. An Increase in Mean Aortic Valve Gradients the Day After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: The Effects of Evolving Anesthesia Techniques. J Clin Med. 2025 May 8;14(10):3272. doi: 10.3390/jcm14103272. PMID: 40429268; PMCID: PMC12112612.
Tran PM, Fogelson B, Heidel RE, Baljepally R. A Comparison of Rural and Urban Differences in Geographic Proximity to Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Services in Tennessee. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2024 Sep 18. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000898. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39298543
Fogelson B, Baljepally R, Heidel E, Ferlita S, Moodie T, Coombes T, Goodwin RP, Livesay J. Rural versus urban outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation: The importance of the heart team. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2024 May;62:3-8. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2023.12.005. Epub 2023 Dec 16. PMID: 38135570
Tran PM, Fogelson B, Sorey AB, Heidel RE, Baljepally R. An Examination of Geographic Proximity to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Rural Versus Urban Tennessee Counties. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001236. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40685512
2024 - 2025
ACADEMIC YEAR
PRESENTATIONS
Fogelson B, Baljepally R, Tran PM. An Examination of the Impact of History of Myocardial Infarction on Poor Physical Health Among US Caregivers. Presented at Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention 2025: Washington, DC May 1-2, 2025
Fogelson B, Heidel E, Ferlita S, Amro A, Weston S, Spires Z, Ferraro K, Patel P, Baljepally R. Increase in Aortic Valve Mean Gradients Day After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: The Effects of Evolving Anesthesia Techniques. Presented at Cardiovascular Research Technologies 2025: Washington, DC March 8-11, 2025
Fogelson B, Khan M, Murray J, Baljepally R. Between an Aorta and a Pulmonary Artery: Management of Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Left Coronary Artery. Presented at 2024 Tennessee American College of Cardiology: Nashville, TN November 1-2, 2024
Coombes T, Moodie T, Eigbire G, Livesay J, Baljepally R. PCI Outcomes and Need for Side Branch Stenting with Utilization of Shockwave in Bifurcation Lesions. Presented at Cardiovascular Innovations Foundation 2024: Denver, CO July 18-20, 2024
Livesay J, Shali L, Overly T, Baljepally R. Pumping the Breaks. Careful Consideration When Accelerating Mechanical Support. Presented at Cardiovascular Innovations 2024: Denver, CO July 18-20, 2024
Livesay J, Baljepally R, Linden K, Dieter III R. Weighing Percutaneous Intervention Options of Enlarging Anastomosis of Vein Graft to the Aorta. Presented at Cardiovascular Innovations 2024: Denver, CO July 18-20, 2024
The Facility – Heart Lung Vascular Institute
• Outpatient office
• Connected to hospital via walkway
• Fellow parking attached to HLVI
• in garage
• Shared fellow’s office with individual desks and call room adjacent to hospital
Cardiac Cath Lab
• 6 Rooms
• 1 Hybrid
• 2 EP
• Close working relationship with Lifestar and area EMS training
The Facility - Academics
• Health Information Center
• In hospital – access 24/7
• Patient access area separate from resident / fellow study area
• Conference rooms
• Computers
• Stacks
• Magazines
• Access to thousands of books / electronic resources through UT Memphis
• ACC CardioSource Plus
The Facility - Academics
• UT Center for Advanced Medical Simulation
• 6500 Sq ft
• 1 of 68 in the world (only one in TN) to earn accreditation as Level 1
Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute from American College of Surgeons
• Anesthesia
Fellowships in Pain Medicine, Perioperative Medicine
Regional Anesthesia/Acute Pain Medicine, Combined
Regional Anesthesia/MBA Fellowship
• Family Medicine
Fellowships in Emergency Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Sports Medicine
• General Dentistry
Fellowship in Dental Operating Room
• Internal Medicine
Residency Programs – Transitional Year and Neurology
Fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases, Interventional Cardiology, and Pulmonary Disease/
Critical Care Medicine, Hematology Oncology
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Fellowship in Oral/Head and Neck
Oncologic Surgery
• Pathology
Fellowship in Oncologic Surgical
Pathology
• Radiology
• Surgery
Fellowships in Hernia and Abdominal
Wall, Advanced GI MIS/Bariatric, Surgical Critical Care and Vascular Surgery
• Urology
The City - Knoxville
• Est population 202,639
• Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (Knox, Blount, Anderson, Loudon, and Union counties) is 919,553
• Economics
• No state income tax
• 14% below the national cost-of-living average
• Median household income $69,734
Travelling to / from Knoxville
Two major interstates – I40 and I75 make car travel convenient McGhee Tyson Airport is easy to get in /out of with reasonable flight rates (about 15 min from hospital)
