Dr. Edvard (Eddy) Gumbs is currently a second year general cardiology fellow here at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and named Co-Chief Fellow for the 2022-2023 academic year. He is originally from Woodbridge Township, New Jersey and received his BA in History at Cornell University with a pre-medicine concentration. After pursuing master's level coursework at Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and working as an emergency medical technician, he matriculated into Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. After medical school, Eddy completed his internal medicine residency at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and pursued cardiology fellowship here at Penn. Eddy has been exposed to and taken much interest in the intersection of cardiovascular health equity and improving patient outcomes of underrepresented minorities. He hopes to continue building upon his knowledge to pursue a career that combines clinical cardiology along with health equity research within the Philadelphia area.