Shima Anwar | Medical Services
Specialties
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
- Bengali
Shima Anwar | Education
Undergraduate School
Dartmouth College
2011, Hanover, NH
Graduate School
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
2020, Birmingham, AL
Medical School
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
2020, Birmingham, AL
Residency
Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
2024, Boston, MA
Shima Anwar | Professional History
Dr. Anwar is a general pediatrician specializing in common pediatric urological conditions such a voiding dysfunction, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), daytime accidents (enuresis) and bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis). She has a special interest in urodynamics testing and will bring this knowledge to her role seeing patients in the CHEER clinic.
Dr. Anwar graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College and earned her combined MD/PhD degrees through the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Alabama-Birmingham with a focus on Public Health and Nutrition. She then completed her pediatrics residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Shima Anwar | Publications
Lipid Disorders and Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2023 09; 52(3):445-457. View Lipid Disorders and Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease. Abstract
Effects of weight loss during a very low carbohydrate diet on specific adipose tissue depots and insulin sensitivity in older adults with obesity: a randomized clinical trial. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2020; 17:64. View Effects of weight loss during a very low carbohydrate diet on specific adipose tissue depots and insulin sensitivity in older adults with obesity: a randomized clinical trial. Abstract
Effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on hepatic lipid content in adolescents with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A pilot, randomized trial. Pediatr Obes. 2020 07; 15(7):e12630. View Effects of a carbohydrate-restricted diet on hepatic lipid content in adolescents with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A pilot, randomized trial. Abstract
Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims. Obes Rev. 2019 11; 20(11):1523-1541. View Childhood obesity intervention studies: A narrative review and guide for investigators, authors, editors, reviewers, journalists, and readers to guard against exaggerated effectiveness claims. Abstract
Higher hemoglobin A1C and atherogenic lipoprotein profiles in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2019 Mar; 15:30-34. View Higher hemoglobin A1C and atherogenic lipoprotein profiles in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Abstract
Dyslipidemia is associated with pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. J Clin Lipidol. 2018 Jul - Aug; 12(4):981-987. View Dyslipidemia is associated with pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Abstract
Effectiveness of a carbohydrate restricted diet to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents with obesity: Trial design and methodology. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 05; 68:95-101. View Effectiveness of a carbohydrate restricted diet to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents with obesity: Trial design and methodology. Abstract
Nutritional status of HIV-infected women with tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Public Health Action. 2013 Sep 21; 3(3):224-9. View Nutritional status of HIV-infected women with tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Abstract
Maternal tetanus immunization in Aceh Province, Sumatra: the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies. Soc Sci Med. 1991; 33(2):185-92. View Maternal tetanus immunization in Aceh Province, Sumatra: the cost-effectiveness of alternative strategies. Abstract