Shafkat Anwar, MD

Dr. Shafkat Anwar is a pediatric cardiologist with a specialty in advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging, including echocardiography and cross-sectional imaging.

He is an internationally recognized healthcare innovation leader, practicing at leading academic medical centers. He is known for integrating advanced imaging and 3D+ (advanced visualization and 3D printing) technologies into clinical practice. As Medical Director of UCSF’s Center for Advanced 3D+ Technologies, he has spearheaded the expansion of 3D modeling and printing services across multiple hospital campuses. He co-founded and scaled this Center into a cross-functional enterprise impacting patient care, education, and research.

Dr. Anwar has developed and led cardiac MRI and 3D printing programs at two world-class academic institutions—Washington University in St. Louis and University of California San Francisco. His work has influenced care models for high-risk patients and driven institutional collaborations across departments and campuses.

He previously served as the Senior Vice President of Medical Innovations at Zeda, Inc. (formerly Printerprezz), where he provided clinical and strategic insight into emerging health technologies and advised the company through its early growth.

With a background in cardiology and cardiac imaging, Dr. Anwar has driven innovations in imaging workflows, interdisciplinary collaboration, and personalized surgical planning. He has raised over $4.5 million in philanthropic and institutional support, delivered numerous invited national and international invited lectures, and authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He is recognized among his peers as a thought-leader and innovator, earning the distinction of Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and full Professor at UCSF.
Education
Fellowship, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, 2013 - , The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship, Pediatric Cardiology, 2012 - , Cleveland Clinic
Research Fellowship, 2009 - , National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Residency, Pediatrics, 2008 - , Children's National Medical Center
M.D., 2005 - , The George Washington University
Websites

  1. Juergensen S, Springston C, Bunker MJ, Moore P, Anwar S. Agreement Between 2D and 3D Echocardiography in Measuring Dimensions of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Infants. Pediatric cardiology 2025. PMID: 40402206


  2. Chan RH, van der Wal L, Liberato G, Rowin E, Soslow J, Maskatia S, Chan S, Shah A, Fogel M, Hernandez L, Anwar S, Voges I, Carlsson M, Buddhe S, Laser KT, Greil G, Valsangiacomo-Buechel E, Olivotto I, Wong D, Wolf C, Grotenhuis H, Rickers C, Hor K, Rutz T, Kutty S, Samyn M, Johnson T, Hasbani K, Moore JP, Sieverding L, Detterich J, Parra R, Chungsomprasong P, Toro-Salazar O, Roest AAW, Dittrich S, Brun H, Spinner J, Lai W, Dyer A, Jablonowsk R, Meierhofer C, Gabbert D, Prsa M, Patel JK, Hornung A, Diab SG, House AV, Rakowski H, Benson L, Maron MS, Grosse-Wortmann L. Myocardial Scarring and Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Multicenter Cohort Study. JAMA cardiology 2024. PMID: 39320884


  3. Tastet L, Dixit S, Jhawar R, Nguyen T, Al-Akchar M, Dwight Bibby R, Arya F, Cristin L, Anwar S, Higuchi S, Hsia H, Lee YJ, Delling FN. Interstitial Fibrosis and Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: Unravelling Sex-Based Differences. Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2024. PMID: 39477155


  4. Alfares FA, Sohn JH, Lee YJ, Farrell R, Delling FN, Avasarala K, Moon-Grady AJ, Anwar S, Austin KM. Mitral Annular Disjunction: An Under-Recognized Entity in Pediatrics. JACC. Case reports 2024. PMID: 38550911


  5. Tastet L, Dixit S, Nguyen T, Lim LJ, Al-Akchar M, Bibby D, Arya F, Cristin L, Anwar S, Higuchi S, Hsia H, Lee YJ, Delling FN. Interstitial Fibrosis and Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: Unravelling Sex-Based Differences. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024. PMID: 38260659


  6. Aljohani OA, Arcilla L, Kaushik N, Cresalia NM, Li B, Edwell AA, Ramirez AM, Anwar S. Myocarditis in children after COVID-19 vaccine. Annals of pediatric cardiology 2022. PMID: 36589642


  7. Tuwairqi K, Salahuddin A, Judson G, Blusztein D, Moore P, Anwar S, Mahadevan VS. First in Human: Transcatheter Repair of Isolated Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions 2022. PMID: 35993235


  8. Valverde I, Gomez G, Byrne N, Anwar S, Silva Cerpa MA, Martin Talavera M, Pushparajah K, Velasco Forte MN. Criss-cross heart three-dimensional printed models in medical education: A multicenter study on their value as a supporting tool to conventional imaging. Anatomical sciences education 2021. PMID: 34008341


  9. Jain SS, Steele JM, Fonseca B, Huang S, Shah S, Maskatia SA, Buddhe S, Misra N, Ramachandran P, Gaur L, Eshtehardi P, Anwar S, Kaushik N, Han F, Chaudhuri NR, Grosse-Wortmann L. COVID-19 Vaccination-Associated Myocarditis in Adolescents. Pediatrics 2021. PMID: 34389692


  10. Shibbani K, Thattaliyath B, Bunker M, Anwar S, Ashwath R. Double-Outlet Right Ventricle, Pulmonary Atresia, and Discontinuous Branch Pulmonary Arteries Supplied by Bilateral Ducti. JACC. Case reports 2021. PMID: 34401767


  11. Mowers KL, Fullerton JB, Hicks D, Singh GK, Johnson MC, Anwar S. 3D Echocardiography Provides Highly Accurate 3D Printed Models in Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric cardiology 2020. PMID: 33083888


  12. Miller JR, Singh GK, Woodard PK, Eghtesady P, Anwar S. 3D printing for preoperative planning and surgical simulation of ventricular assist device implantation in a failing systemic right ventricle. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2020. PMID: 32387100


  13. Patel MD, Myers C, Negishi K, Singh GK, Anwar S. Two-Dimensional Strain is more Precise than Conventional Measures of Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Pediatric Patients. Pediatric cardiology 2019. PMID: 31707490


  14. Aggarwal M, Grady RM, Choudhry S, Anwar S, Eghtesady P, Singh GK. Potts Shunt Improves Right Ventricular Function and Coupling With Pulmonary Circulation in Children With Suprasystemic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2018. PMID: 30558504


  15. Anwar S, Singh GK, Miller J, Sharma M, Manning P, Billadello JJ, Eghtesady P, Woodard PK. 3D Printing is a Transformative Technology in Congenital Heart Disease. JACC. Basic to translational science 2018. PMID: 30062215


  16. Anwar S, Rockefeller T, Raptis DA, Woodard PK, Eghtesady P. 3D Printing Provides a Precise Approach in the Treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Atresia with Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries. Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine 2018. PMID: 29397465


  17. Anwar S, Negishi K, Borowszki A, Gladding P, Popovic ZB, Erenberg F, Thomas JD. Comparison of two-dimensional strain analysis using vendor-independent and vendor-specific software in adult and pediatric patients. JRSM cardiovascular disease 2017. PMID: 28660071


  18. Anwar S, Singh GK, Petrucci O, Eghtesady P, Woodard PK, Billadello JJ.. 3D Printing in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Rapid Prototyping in Cardiac Disease: 3D Printing the Heart 3D Printing in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Rapid Prototyping in Cardiac Disease: 3D Printing the Heart 2017. PMID:


  19. Anwar S, Harris MA, Whitehead KK, Keller MS, Goldmuntz E, Fogel MA, Mercer-Rosa L. The Impact of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Patch on Right Ventricular Strain in Tetralogy of Fallot: A Comparison with Valvar Pulmonary Stenosis Utilizing Cardiac Magnetic Resonance. Pediatric cardiology 2017. PMID: 28144689


  20. Anwar S, Singh GK, Varughese J, Nguyen H, Billadello JJ, Sheybani EF, Woodard PK, Manning P, Eghtesady P. 3D Printing in Complex Congenital Heart Disease: Across a Spectrum of Age, Pathology, and Imaging Techniques. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2016. PMID: 27450874


  21. Simpson K, Anwar S, Canter CE.. Myocarditis Moss & Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Including the Fetus and Young Adult 2016. PMID:


  22. Choudhry S, Nguyen HH, Anwar S. Rapid resolution of cardiac rhabdomyomas following everolimus therapy. BMJ case reports 2015. PMID: 26661560


  23. Nguyen HH, Sheybani E, Manning P, Herman T, Anwar S. Left aortic arch, right descending aorta, and right patent ductus arteriosus: precise depiction of a rare vascular ring with cardiac computed tomography. Circulation 2015. PMID: 25869006


  24. Anwar S, Whitehead KK, Harris MA. Leaving antegrade pulmonary blood flow results in reversal of flow in the azygous vein and decompression of the cavopulmonary circulation: mechanism of cyanosis defined with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiology in the young 2013. PMID: 24345722


  25. Anwar S, Kavey RE. Pediatric chest pain: findings on exercise stress testing. Clinical pediatrics 2012. PMID: 22496178


  26. Anwar S, Brook M, Mavroudis C, Hobbs R, Lorber R. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the noncoronary cusp: not a benign lesion. Pediatric cardiology 2012. PMID: 22370815


  27. Anwar S, Qureshi AM, Arruda J, Bolen MA. Pulmonary atresia with aortopulmonary and coronary artery collaterals: precise depiction by low-dose computed tomography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012. PMID: 22192675