Anita Deswal MD MPH
Heart Failure & Transplantation, Non-Invasive Cardiology
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Distinguished Chair & Professor of Medicine Chair, Department of Cardiology UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Tx
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1515 Holcombe BlvdHouston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-792-6161
Fax+1 713-563-1830
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Summary
- Dr. Anita Deswal is a cardiologist in Houston, TX and is affiliated with Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She received her medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences and has been in practice 30 years. She specializes in echocardiography and heart failure & transplantation and is experienced in echocardiography, transplant cardiology, congestive heart failure, pediatric cardiology, and heart failure and transplantation.
Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1993 - 1996- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
OK State Medical License 2020 - 2026
TX State Medical License 1998 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2023 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
LA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Aldosterone Antagonism in Diastolic Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2004 Aug 01
- Using Allopurinol to Relieve Symptoms in Patients With Heart Failure and High Uric Acid Levels Start of enrollment: 2010 May 01
- Functional Impact of GLP-1 for Heart Failure Treatment (FIGHT) Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- In adults with HF with preserved ejection fraction and obesity, tirzepatide reduced a composite of CV death or worsening HF at 2 y.Leslie A Ynalvez, Anita Deswal,
Annals of Internal Medicine. 2025-04-01 - Pulmonary Tumor Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Rapidly Progressive Form of Pulmonary Hypertension in Cancer Patients.Hyeon-Ju Ali, Shengjie Cui, Sandeep Sahay, Horiana B Grosu, Michael W Riben
JACC. Case Reports. 2025-03-05 - Detection of alteration in carotid artery volumetry using standard-of-care computed tomography surveillance scans following unilateral radiation therapy for early-stag...Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Mohamed A Naser, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Salman A Eraj, Andrea Jarre
Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology. 2025-03-01
Lectures
- Highlighted Original Research: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies and the Year in Review2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
- HFpEF: Why Is My Patient Huffing and Puffing? How Can We Help?2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
- Joint American College of Cardiology/Journal of the American Medical Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trials2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
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Press Mentions
Atorvastatin Cut Anthracycline Cardiac Dysfunction in LymphomaMarch 4th, 2023- Two Distinct Phenotypes of COVID-Related Myocarditis EmergeJuly 26th, 2022
- Clinical Practice Guideline: Full Text 2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice GuidelinesDecember 17th, 2020
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Grant Support
- The Texas Medical Center Regional Coordinating Center For Heart FailureNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011
Professional Memberships
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