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
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
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Publications
Outcomes of Neonates Born with Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot and Absent Ductus Arteriosus. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2024; 272:114122.
Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve in Congenital Heart Disease. Interventional Cardiology Clinics. 2024; 13:369-384.
Results of the multicenter early feasibility study (EFS) of the Renata Minima stent as treatment for branch pulmonary artery stenosis and coarctation of aorta in infants. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2024; 104:61-70.
Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II. Circulation-Cardiovascular Interventions. 2024; 17:e012834.
Incidence, risk factors, and management following cardiac catheterization via carotid and axillary artery approaches: A single-center experience on pseudoaneurysms in young infants. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2024; 103:580-586.
The Fontan Udenafil Exercise Longitudinal Trial: Subgroup Analysis. Pediatric Cardiology. 2023; 44:1691-1701.
Right atrial thrombus removal with use of the ŌNŌ retrieval device. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023; 102:1105-1108.
Use of mechanical thrombectomy in very early-onset inflammatory bowel disease patient with extensive venous thrombosis. Cardiology in the Young. 2023; 33:2405-2407.
Abstract 12267: Timing and Mode of Death Following Treatment of Neonatal Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation. 2023; 148:a12267.
Abstract 14744: Driving Distance to a Primary Cardiac Center is Associated With Mortality in Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot Undergoing Neonatal Interventions. Circulation. 2023; 148:a14744.
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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