Shabana Shahanavaz, MD, MBBS
- Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, The Heart Institute
- Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- shabana.shahanavaz@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
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
Interests
Research focused on catheter-based intervention for treatment of congenital heart defects, clinical trials in congenital interventional catheterization, and innovations
Research Areas
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Publications
CHD infant mortality disparities in the USA: Positive changes in the previously worst performing state. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 78:101860.
Pressure-Wire Guided Hybrid Branch Pulmonary Artery Band Placement for Palliation of Single Ventricle and Critical Congenital Cardiac Lesions. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025; 106:663-673.
Clinical Status and Reintervention in Neonates With Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot: A Landmark Analysis. 2025; 4:101919.
(1612) To Cath or Not: Should Children without Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension Undergo Heart Catheterization Prior to Lung Transplantation?. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2025; 44:s754.
Novel Uses of the SwiftNinja Steerable Microcatheter for Pediatric Cardiovascular Interventions. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46:921-929.
Covered Stent Correction for Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defects, an Emerging Alternative to Surgical Repair: Results of an International Registry. Circulation. 2025; 151:744-756.
Association between procedure duration and adverse events in congenital cardiac catheterization. Cardiology in the Young. 2025; 35:162-169.
Comparing Parent Perception of Neurodevelopment after Primary versus Staged Repair of Neonatal Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2025; 276:114357.
Percutaneous and Surgical Pulmonary Valve Replacement Options in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: a Review. Current treatment options in pediatrics. 2024; 10:167-177.
Multicenter Pivotal Study of the Alterra Adaptive Prestent for the Treatment of Pulmonary Regurgitation. JACC-Cardiovascular Interventions. 2024; 17:2287-2297.
From the Blog
Novel Cardiac Stent Designed to be Expanded as Young Patients’ Arteries Grow
Shabana Shahanavaz, MD, MBBS, Sarosh P. Batlivala, MD, MSCI5/2/2022
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