For the 12th consecutive year, Shazib Khawaja, MD, FACC, FSCAI, a board-certified cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology specialist with Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists, has been ranked among the nation’s best in interventional cardiology.
The July 2021 issue of Atlanta magazine features Dr. Khawaja — who is also the chief of interventional cardiology for Tanner Health System and medical operations leader for Tanner’s heart and vascular services — on its list of 1,034 top doctors, earning praise from his esteemed colleagues across metro Atlanta.
Atlanta magazine’s list of top doctors was compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., using annual surveys returned to the firm by hundreds of thousands of doctors to compile a list of physicians whom respondents trust most. That is, rankings are based not only on the physicians’ educational qualifications and Castle Connolly’s rigorous screenings, but also what physicians’ colleagues think of them.
Dr. Khawaja earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama. After completing a residency in internal medicine at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, Dr. Khawaja completed a fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical School and an interventional cardiology subspecialty fellowship at the University of Minnesota/Minneapolis Heart Institute. Dr. Khawaja also received advanced training in peripheral vascular interventions at the Arizona Heart Institute.
He practices with Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists, with offices in Carrollton, Villa Rica and Bremen, Georgia, and Wedowee, Alabama.
“Dr. Khawaja’s recognition illustrates Tanner’s commitment to providing quality care to the communities we serve and highlights our role as a destination for top physicians to come and practice medicine,” said Loy Howard, president and CEO of Tanner Health System. “Great physicians want to practice where they can be assured that a health system’s hospitals and practices are as interested in patient care and outcomes as they are. At Tanner, we work to build a partnership with our medical staff that helps ensure our patients receive the same level of care that they’d expect from any other leading health system.”
Atlanta magazine is published by Atlanta Magazine LLC.
For more information on how Tanner hospitals compare to regional and national benchmarks, visit TannerQuality.org. Learn more about Dr. Khawaja’s practice at HeartAndVascularSpecialists.org, or use Tanner’s Find a Provider tool at tanner.org to find a cardiologist on Tanner’s medical staff.