Penn Medicine Provider
Cardiology
Emeka C Anyanwu, MD, MScBMI
4.9
(174)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center
Schedule onlineCall 215-615-4949

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
4.9

174 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
Dr. Anyanwu is genuinely interested in what symptoms i am having and i trust him. he is a cardiologist who cares about the patients he serves.
May 2025
5.0
5.0
if i had a friend who needed a cardiologist i would definitely recommend dr. anyanwu
April 2025
5.0
5.0
also i did not have to wait he was very professional
April 2025
5.0
5.0
honest conversation and care

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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

Streiffer CD, Levin MG, Witschey WR, Anyanwu EC. Denoising diffusion model for increased performance of detecting structural heart disease , medRxiv: 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: 2024,2236-2245

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

Chauhan D, Anyanwu E, Goes J, Besser SA, Anand S, Madduri R, Getty N, Kelle S, Kawaji K, Mor-Avi V, Patel AR. Comparison of machine learning and deep learning for view identification from cardiac magnetic resonance images , Clin Imaging: 2022

Wang S, Patel H, Miller T, Ameyaw K, Narang A, Chauhan D, Anand S, Anyanwu E, Besser SA, Kawaji K, Liu XP, Lang RM, Mor-Avi V, Patel AR. AI Based CMR Assessment of Biventricular Function: Clinical Significance of Intervendor Variability and Measurement Errors , JACC Cardiovasc Imaging: 2022

Anyanwu EC, Chua RFM, Besser SA, Sun D, Liao JK, Tabit CE. SALAD-BAAR: A numerical risk score for hospital admission or emergency department presentation in ambulatory patients with cardiovascular disease , Clin Cardiol, 44(2): 2021,193-199

Anyanwu EC, Ward RP, Shah A, Arora V, Umscheid CA. A Mobile App to Facilitate Socially Distanced Hospital Communication During COVID-19: Implementation Experience , JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 9(2): 2021,e24452

Anyanwu EC, Mor-Avi V, Ward RP. Automated Procedure Logs for Cardiology Fellows: A New Training Paradigm in the Era of Electronic Health Records , J Grad Med Educ, 13(1): 2021,103-107

Tung E, Chua R, Besser S, Lindau S, Kolak M, Anyanwu E, Liao J, Tabut C Association of Rising Violent Crime with Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk: Longitudinal Evidence from Chicago, 2014-2016 , Am J Hypertens, 32(12): 2019,1192-1198