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Shabana Shahanavaz, MBBS

  • Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, The Heart Institute
  • Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

Biography

I’m a pediatric cardiologist specializing in congenital heart disease and interventional cardiology. I have a passion for helping patients by being involved in multi-center trials and projects. These trials focus on developing interventional cardiology technology and a better understanding of available therapies to benefit patients around the world.

I was inspired to become a pediatric cardiologist by members of my extended family, who were physicians. As director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Cincinnati Children’s, I have clinical expertise in performing complex diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization instead of open-heart surgery or adjunct to surgical procedures.

When I worked in St. Louis, Missouri, I received the Best Doctor award in 2019 and 2020.

My research is focused on catheter-based intervention to treat congenital heart defects, clinical trials in congenital interventional catheterization, and innovations.

I enjoy spending my free time with my family.

MBBS: Kasturba Medical College, Karnataka, India, 2002.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, 2007.

Fellowship: Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2010.

Fellowship: 4th year Advanced Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Manhattan, NY, 2011.

Interests

Passion and clinical expertise in performing complex diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization in lieu of open heart surgery or as an adjunct to surgical procedures

Services and Specialties

Heart, Catheterization and Intervention

Interests

Research focused on catheter-based intervention for treatment of congenital heart defects, clinical trials in congenital interventional catheterization, and innovations

Research Areas

Heart

Location

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Publications

Anatomical Classification and Posttreatment Remodeling Characteristics to Guide Management and Follow-Up of Neonates and Infants With Coronary Artery Fistula: A Multicenter Study From the Coronary Artery Fistula Registry. Gowda, ST; Latson, L; Sivakumar, K; Hiremath, G; Crystal, M; Law, M; Shahanavaz, S; Asnes, J; Veeram Reddy, S; Kobayashi, D; et al. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021; 14.

Factors Influencing Reintervention Following Ductal Artery Stent Implantation for Ductal-Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow: Results From the Congenital Cardiac Research Collaborative. Shahanavaz, S; Qureshi, AM; Petit, CJ; Goldstein, BH; Glatz, AC; Bauser-Heaton, HD; McCracken, CE; Kelleman, MS; Law, MA; Nicholson, GT; et al. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2021; 14.

Interpreting Quality Improvement When Introducing New Technology: A Collaborative Experience in ASD Device Closures. Yeh, MJ; Shirley, L; Balzer, DT; Boe, BA; El-Said, H; Foerster, S; Gauvreau, K; Gudausky, TM; Hainstock, MR; Maschietto, N; et al. Pediatric Cardiology. 2021.

Data quality methods through remote source data verification auditing: results from the Congenital Cardiac Research Collaborative. Pettus, JA; Pajk, AL; Glatz, AC; Petit, CJ; Goldstein, BH; Qureshi, AM; Nicholson, GT; Meadows, JJ; Zampi, JD; Law, MA; et al. Cardiology in the Young. 2021; 31:1829-1834.

Multicenter Study of Endocarditis After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement. McElhinney, DB; Zhang, Y; Aboulhosn, JA; Morray, BH; Biernacka, EK; Qureshi, AM; Torres, AJ; Shahanavaz, S; Goldstein, BH; Cabalka, AK; et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021; 78:575-589.

Total Transcatheter Stage 1: A Word of Caution. Nageotte, S; Shahanavaz, S; Eghtesady, P; Balzer, D. Pediatric Cardiology. 2021; 42:1410-1415.

Emerging solutions for the dilated native right ventricular outflow tract. Shahanavaz, S; Tang, J; Gillespie, MJ; Morgan, GJ. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. 2021; 61.

Acute and mid-term outcomes of transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in patients older than 40 years. Aldoss, O; Carr, K; Shahanavaz, S; Balzer, D; Levi, DS; Aboulhosn, J. International journal of cardiology congenital heart disease. 2021; 3.

Comparison of Management Strategies for Neonates With Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot. Goldstein, BH; Petit, CJ; Qureshi, AM; McCracken, CE; Kelleman, MS; Nicholson, GT; Law, MA; Meadows, JJ; Zampi, JD; Shahanavaz, S; et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2021; 77:1093-1106.

Midterm outcomes of the Potts shunt for pediatric pulmonary hypertension, with comparison to lung transplant. Lancaster, TS; Shahanavaz, S; Balzer, DT; Sweet, SC; Grady, RM; Eghtesady, P. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021; 161:1139-1148.

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