The Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC) recently selected Cesia Gallegos, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine) and Attila Feher, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine) to the JNC Early Career Editorial Board for a one-year term, effective July 1, 2024.
The Early Career Editorial Board provides an opportunity for a select group of outstanding fellows-in-training and professionals five years out of training to contribute to the journal as a junior editor, author, and reviewer under the guidance and mentorship of senior editors.
Gallegos’s clinical and research activities focus on the intersection of advanced cardiac imaging in diagnosing and managing cardiac amyloidosis and sarcoidosis. She earned her medical degree from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, followed by residency and chief residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. She completed her general cardiology and advanced training in cardiac imaging and cardiomyopathies at Yale. Gallegos is also an associate program director for the Yale Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program.
Feher’s research and clinical interests focus on molecular imaging and multimodality imaging techniques, as well as preventing and managing heart disease in patients with underlying autoimmune and rheumatologic disorders through Yale’s Cardio-Rheumatology Program. He received his medical degree and PhD from the University of Debrecen and completed his internal medicine residency at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Feher started his career at Yale as a post-doctoral fellow in the Yale Translational Research Imaging Center (Y-TRIC).
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