Syed Muhammad Anwar, PhD, MS, is principal investigator at Children’s National Hospital and associate professor of Radiology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Within the hospital, he is associated with the Sheikh Zayed Institute (SZI) for Pediatric Surgical Innovation doing cutting edge research in surgical planning, treatment and device innovation. Prior to this, Dr. Anwar was associated with the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila as associate professor (Tenured) in the Department of Software Engineering and was a Fulbright Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Computer Vision (CRCV) at the University of Central Florida. CRCV is one of the top-ranked computer vision centers in the world. Dr. Anwar's research interests include developing computational & engineering solutions for healthcare systems that benefit from computer vision and artificial intelligence. He has expertise in a wide range of application areas related to machine learning, image processing and biomedical engineering.