Emeka C Anyanwu, MD, MScBMI
Cardiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Associate Director, Center for Cardiovascular Informatics
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Emeka Anyanwu, MD, MSc, is a consultative cardiologist and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Anyanwu also serves as a Clinical Innovation Manager within the Penn Medicine Center for Healthcare Innovation and an Associate Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Informatics.

Dr. Anyanwu spends his clinical time caring for general cardiology patients in clinic as well as on inpatient units at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he performs and interprets echocardiograms that aid in the diagnosis and management of a diverse array of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Anyanwu also has a strong interest in the potential for clinical informatics and digital technologies to improve the efficiency of patient care, clinical communication, and medical research and education. To this end, he combines his medical expertise with his software development experience to design, evaluate, and scale digital solutions to common pain points for patients and clinicians.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Chicago Medical Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

202 reviews

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October 2025
dr. a was very thorough and had a pleasant attitude
September 2025
very patient.
August 2025
we love dr. emeka
July 2025
spent an ample amount of time with me

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My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Anyanwu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Vakilpour A, Levin MG, Anyanwu EC, Denduluri S, Ravindra K, Boakye E, Duqueney E, Cutts JA, Giffin LC, Weber IK, Lee JN, Adusumalli S, Lopez-Mattei J, Chittams J, Jones DB, Weiss K, Hartwell C, Bolooki M, Bourque JM, Scherrer-Crosbie M. Referral patterns and clinical outcomes in patients with severe aortic stenosis: A multicenter cohort study , Am Heart J, 290: 2025,347-358

Fessehaie NA, Bediako H, Kallan MJ, Levin M, Adusumalli S, Bravo P, Pieretti J, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Ferrari VA, Denduluri S, Anyanwu E, Julien H, Eberly LA. Utilization rates and determinants of PYP and CMR among patients with unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography , Int J Cardiol, 438: 2025,133562

Subramaniam S, Rizvi S, Ramesh R, Sehgal V, Gurusamy B, Arif H, Tran J, Thamman R, Anyanwu EC, Mastouri R, Mackensen GB, Arnaout R. Ontology-guided machine learning outperforms zero-shot foundation models for cardiac ultrasound text reports , Sci Rep, 15(1): 2025,5456

Raad M, Kramer DB, Stabenau HF, Anyanwu E, Frankel DS, Waks JW. Spatial ventricular gradient is associated with pacing-induced cardiomyopathy , Heart Rhythm: 2024,S1547-5271

Anyanwu EC, Fanaroff AC, Maddox TM. Large Language Models and Revascularization Decisions: The Newest Member of Your Multidisciplinary Heart Team? , Circ Cardiovasc Interv, 17(11): 2024,e014775

Streiffer CD, Levin MG, Witschey WR, Anyanwu EC. Denoising diffusion model for increased performance of detecting structural heart disease , medRxiv, Preprint: 2024

Streiffer C, Saini D, Whitehead G, Daniel J, Garzon-Mrad C, Kavanaugh L, Anyanwu E. The incremental design of a machine learning framework for medical records processing , J Am Med Inform Assoc, 31(10): 2024,2236-2245

Emeka Anyanwu Podcast: Strategies for Improving Treatment Adherence in Cardiovascular Patients , MD Newsline : 2024

Emeka Anyanwu Podcast: The Intersection of Medicine and Tech w/ Cardiologist Dr. Emeka Anyanwu, The Black Doctors Podcast , The Black Doctors Podcast : 2024

Eberly LA, Julien H, South EC, Venkataraman A, Nathan AS, Anyawu EC, Dayoub E, Groeneveld PW, Khatana SAM. Association Between Community-Level Violent Crime and Cardiovascular Mortality in Chicago: A Longitudinal Analysis , J Am Heart Assoc, 11(14): 2022,e025168