Anekwe Onwuanyi
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ANEKWE E. ONWUANYI, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FHFSA.
Anekwe E. Onwuanyi is currently Professor of Medicine and serves as Chief of Cardiology at Morehouse School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Heart Failure Program at Grady Memorial Hospital. He is board certified in cardiovascular diseases and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. He is a consultant cardiologist at Grady Memorial Hospital, WellStar Atlanta Medical Center and Emory University Midtown Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to joining Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Onwuanyi held faculty appointments as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Dr. Onwuanyi is the current President of the Association of Black cardiologists.
In addition to his clinical activities and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Onwuanyi research interest includes heart failure, hypertension, coronary artery disease and evaluation of disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes in the USA. He has participated as site Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for several National Institute of Health supported research in the area of hypertension, congestive heart failure and atherosclerosis. Dr. Onwuanyi has published several papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently Co-PI and Training Director for AHA funded TOTAL project which is part of the DIVERSE network and SFRN on Science of Diversity in Clinical Research.
Under his leadership the heart failure program at Grady Memorial Hospital has been awarded the Gold Plus hospital achievement award from the American Heart Association “Get with the Guideline” program. Dr. Onwuanyi’s other honors include the meritorious award for teaching and patient care, designation of specialist in clinical hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension and recognition as a fellow of several professional organizations such as the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association (Clinical Cardiology), the Heart Failure Society of America, American College of Physicians and Society of Internal Medicine and American Society of Hypertension. Dr. Onwuanyi has served on several scientific planning committees on heart failure, clinical cardiology and hypertension. He is a peer reviewer for the American Heart Association as well as ad hoc reviewer for several scientific journals.
Dr. Onwuanyi led the team that established the Morehouse School of Medicine cardiovascular fellowship program in 2017 with one key mission of enriching the cardiovascular specialist workforce with under-represented minorities.
Dr. Onwuanyi received his medical degree with distinction (honors) from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He later completed his Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Harlem Hospital Center in New York.
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Date added:04/17/2023