Fayaz Shawl MD

Dr. Fayaz Shawl is currently the Director of Interventional Cardiology at Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, as well as a Clinical Professor of Medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., USA. Dr. Shawl received his medical degree from Kashmir Medical College in 1972 and completed his residency in England. In 1977, Dr. Shawl moved to the United States and completed his cardiology fellowship at The Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. (Maj.) Shawl brought the military into the balloon age when he performed the first PTCA in the United States Military (Army, Navy, Air Force) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1980. Between 1979 and 2003, Dr. Shawl retained clinical appointments at Georgetown University School of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, and the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine, while developing leadership roles in Interventional Cardiology at both Washington Adventist Hospital and George Washington University Hospital.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Angiology, and The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Shawl has played an active role in all aspects of Interventional Cardiology ever since he performed the first PTCA at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1981. While he has lectured widely on every topic of Interventional Cardiology, he has been a leading proponent and innovator in the development of the percutaneous approach (known as the Shawl Technique) to cardiopulmonary bypass support in "High-Risk Angioplasty and Cardiac Arrest" performing the first percutaneous bypass-supported coronary intervention in the world in 1988. This technology is truly a lifesaver and when available in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, complications leading to death would be impossible. Since its invention in 1988, there has not been a single death in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Washington Adventist while Dr. Shawl performed coronary interventions. He has lectured on this topic and trained physicians throughout the world. In a study involving 23,472 patients undergoing elective coronary interventions at Washington Adventist Hospital using percutaneous CPS standby rather than a formal surgical backup for elective coronary interventions, resulted in NO deaths during the procedure.