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
AZ State Medical License 2023 - 2027
OK State Medical License 2020 - 2027
TN State Medical License 2023 - 2027
WA State Medical License 2023 - 2027
AL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
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
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Midodrine to facilitate cardioprotective therapy in hypotensive HER2-positive breast cancer patients with cancer-therapy-related cardiac dysfunction-multicenter case e...Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Cezar Iliescu, Anita Deswal, Charles Porter
Cardio-Oncology. 2026-05-29 - Targeted autonomic testing for radiation‑induced baroreflex failure in head and neck cancer survivors: index case and early program experience.Efthymios Triantafyllou, Ingrid González Flores, Cezar Iliescu, Anita Deswal, Elie Mouhayar
Cardio-Oncology. 2026-05-29 - LATS1/2-CD38 Metabolic Rewiring Links Senescence to Intraplaque Thrombosis.Sivareddy Kotla, Jonghae Lee, Kyung Ae Ko, Weiqing Chen, Venkata Subrahmanya Kumar Samanthapudi
Circulation Research. 2026-05-27
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
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
Grant Support
- The Texas Medical Center Regional Coordinating Center For Heart FailureNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011
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