Current Residents

PGY1

Adwaiy Manerikar, MD

Undergraduate - Northwestern University

Medical School - Northwestern University

Clinical Interests - Adult Cardiac Surgery

Hobbies - slow-cooking meats, playing the guitar, and watching Michigan football

PGY2

Sarah Nisivaco, MD

Undergraduate - Marquette University

Medical School - Harvard Medical School

Clinical Interests - Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (my favorite robotic surgery is a TECAB - total endoscopic coronary artery bypass)

Hobbies - reading, rollerskating, playing the piano, salsa and ballroom dancing and learning Arabic

PGY3

Sandeep Bharadwaj, MD

Undergraduate - Northwestern University

Medical School - Northwestern University

Clinical Interests - Adult Cardiac Surgery

Research Interests - Quality Improvement and Outcomes Research

Fun Facts - I am a professional violinist and have played over 500 concerts in the US and abroad. I am also an avid traveler. My favorite trip so far: exploring the Amazon rainforest!

PGY4

Aaron Clark, MD

Undergraduate - University of Southern Indiana

Medical School - Indiana University

Clinical Interests - I am interested most of all in adult cardiac surgery, most notably aortic and mitral valve repair, aortic root and arch repair, and advances in transcatheter approaches for these pathologies.

Fun Facts - I am from Indiana and have 2 younger brothers, who live back home. They frequently visit for concerts and to watch the Cubs current mediocrity. In my free time I really enjoy the delicious restaurants of Chicago, traveling with my girlfriend Claire, who I met at Northwestern as an intern, very amateur golfing, and biking the lake front trail.

PGY6

Andre Son, MD

Undergraduate - University of California, San Diego

Medical School - New York University

Clinical Interests - Adult Cardiac Surgery

Fun facts - My wife and I couples matched to NW (CT surgery and general surgery). We got puppy during the pandemic, and it has been the best decision we have made together as a couple.

PGY6

Paul Devlin, MD

Undergraduate - Northwestern University

Medical School - Northwestern Medical School

Clinical Interests - Congenital Heart Surgery

Fun facts - I have a wonderful wife, Margaret, and daughter, Samantha (and by the time of publication) hopefully a new son (name TBD). Favorite color: blue (though I prefer blood to be red)