Anekwe E. Onwuanyi, M.D., FACC
Professor
Medicine
Chief
Cardiology
Phone: 404-616-8804
E-mail: aonwuanyi@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Harlem Hospital Center, NY
Residency: Internal Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Harlem Hospital Center, NY
Fellowship: Cardiology
MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of Lagos
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
Research Interests
General cardiovascular diseases with particular expertise in heart failure research and treatment.
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Publications
Mentz RJ, Bittner V, Schulte PJ, Fleg JL, Piña IL, Keteyian SJ, Moe G, Nigam A, Swank
AM, Onwuanyi AE, Fitz-Gerald M, Kao A, Ellis SJ, Kraus WE, Whellan DJ, O'Connor CM. Race, exercise
training, and outcomes in chronic heart failure: findings from Heart Failure - a Controlled
Trial Investigating Outcomes in Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION). Am Heart J. 2013 Sep;166(3):488-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.06.002. Epub 2013 Jul 12. PMID: 24016498
Adesunloye BA, Valadri R, Mbaezue NM, Onwuanyi AE. Impact of peripheral arterial disease on functional limitation in congestive heart
failure: results from the national health and nutrition examination survey (1999-2004). Cardiol Res Pract. 2012;2012:306852. doi: 10.1155/2012/306852. Epub 2012 Dec 17. PMID: 23346456
Henriques-Forsythe MN, Ivonye CC, Jamched U, Kamuguisha LK, Olejeme KA, Onwuanyi AE. Is telemetry overused? Is it as helpful as thought? Cleve Clin J Med. 2009 Jun;76(6):368-72. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.76a.07260. Review. PMID: 19487558
Onwuanyi AE, Abe O, McMahon DJ, Weil HF, Philbin EF, Francis CK, Marx H, Reed RG. Disparity in
frequency of normal coronary artery in black and white patients undergoing cardiac
catheterization. Ethn Dis. 2006 Spring;16(2):370-4. PMID: 17682237
Onwuanyi AE, Abe O, Quarshie A, Al-Mahmoud A, Lapu-Bula R, Francis CK, Ofili E. Comparative frequency
of angiographic coronary artery disease in African Americans and Hispanics. Ethn Dis. 2006 Winter;16(1):58-63. PMID: 16599349
Nwizu C, Onwuanyi AE. Acute myocarditis presenting as cardiac tamponade. J Natl Med Assoc. 2004 Nov;96(11):1503-6. PMID: 15586655
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Honors and Awards
2016: Get with the Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Hospital
Award, American Heart Association
2016: Fellow, Heart Failure Society of America
2014: Heart Failure Bronze Achievement Hospital Award American Heart Association
2013: Gage Award in Quality:Grady Heart Failure Program