Minhaj Ansari

Minhaj Ansari

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I'm a Data Scientist in the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the UCSF School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science and AI

Queen’s University, Canada

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Research

Multiview deep learning improves detection of major cardiac conditions from echocardiography

Nature Cardiovascular Research, 2026

Joshua P. Barrios, Minhaj U. Ansari, Jeffrey E. Olgin, Sean Abreau, Jacques Delfrate, Elodie L. Langlais, Robert Avram & Geoffrey H. Tison

Automated Echocardiographic Detection of Mitral Valve Prolapse and Mitral Regurgitation with Video-based Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

European Heart Journal, Digital Health, 2026

Minhaj U Ansari*, M.S , Joshua P Barrios*, Ph.D , Lionel Tastet, Ph.D , Rohit Jhawar, B.A , Luca Cristin, M.D , Amy Rich, B.A , Dwight Bibby, R.D.C.S , Qizhi Fang, M.D , Farzin Arya, M.D , Valentina Crudo, M.D , Thuy Nguyen, M.D , Dipan J Shah, M.D , Francesca N Delling, M.D., M.P.H , Geoffrey H Tison, M.D., M.P.H

Foundation models for electrocardiogram interpretation: clinical implications

European Heart Journal, 2026

Alexis Nolin-Lapalme , Achille Sowa , Jacques Delfrate , Olivier Tastet , Denis Corbin , Merve Kulbay , Derman Ozdemir , Marie-Jeanne Noël , François-Christophe Marois-Blanchet , François Harvey , Surbhi Sharma , Minhaj Ansari , I Min Chiu , Valentina D’souza , Sam F Friedman , Michaël Chassé , Brian J Potter , Jonathan Afilalo , Pierre Adil Elias , Gilbert Jabbour , Mourad Bahani , Marie-Pierre Dubé , Patrick M Boyle , Neal A Chatterjee , Joshua Barrios , Geoffrey H Tison , David Ouyang , Mahnaz Maddah , Shaan Khurshid , Julia Cadrin-Tourigny , Rafik Tadros , Julie Hussin , Robert Avram

Automated assessment of right ventricular systolic function from coronary angiograms with video-based artificial intelligence algorithms: Development, Validation, Comparison Against Humans and Prospective Deployment

European Heart Journal, Digital Health, 2026

Fatima Zahra Fawzi, MSc , Istok Menkovic, MD , Nicolas Dostie, MD , Maxime Tremblay-Gravel, MD, MSc , Marie-Claude Parent, MD , Gabriel Asslo, MD , Jean-François Tanguay, MD, PhD , Guillaume Marquis-Gravel, MD, MSc , Minhaj Ansari, MSc , Joshua P Barrios, PhD , Geoffrey H Tison, MD, MPH , Jacques Delfrate, MSc , Robert Avram, MD

Phenotyping of Mitral Valve Prolapse Without Severe Mitral Regurgitation Using Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic Data

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, 2025

Tastet Lionel*, Ansari Minhaj*, Barrios Joshua, Cristin Luca, Jhawar Rohit, Rich Amy, Bibby Dwight, Fang Qizhi, Arya Farzin, Tison Geoffrey, Delling Francesca.

Comprehensive Automated ECG Analysis: Simultaneous Prediction of 68 Diagnostic Labels Using Deep Learning

JACC: Special Topics, ACC, 2025

Hu Stephanie, Ansari Minhaj, Barrios Joshua, Tison Geoffrey.

Automated Detection of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease from 12-Lead ECG Using Deep Learning

JACC: Special Topics, ACC, 2025

Hu Stephanie, Ansari Minhaj, Barrios Joshua, Tison Geoffrey.

Identification of Supraventricular Tachycardia Mechanisms with Surface Electrocardiograms Using a Convolutional Neural Network

Heart Rhythm O2, 2023

Higuchi Satoshi, Li Roland, Gerstenfeld Edward, Liem L., Im Sung, Kalantarian Shadi, Ansari Minhaj, Abreau Sean, Barrios Joshua, Scheinman Melvin, Tison Geoffrey.

Awards

STAR Achievement Award

University of California, San Francisco, 2025

SPOT Achievement Award

University of California, San Francisco, 2023

Vector Scholarship

Vector Institute, Ontario, 2020