Dr. Sherif Tawfik finished his internship and pediatric residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. He completed a pediatric cardiology research fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, MD) and a pediatric cardiology clinical fellowship at Emory University's Egleston Children's Hospital (Atlanta, GA). He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology. Dr. Tawfik is also certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in adult congenital heart disease. He is a member of the clinical faculty of the University of Virginia School of Health Sciences.

Dr. Tawfik joined Pediatric Cardiology Associates in 1992 and has since been caring for infants, children, adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease. Dr. Tawfik's professional interests include interventional heart catheterization in congenital heart disease, particularly transcatheter device closure of congenital heart defects in children and adults. In addition, Dr. Tawfik has been performing Melody Valve implementations on suitable patients. This innovative procedure implants an artificial valve in the patient via catheterization instead of surgery.

He has been recognized by his peers in the 2010-2017 "Top Doctors" surveys by the Washingtonian Magazine and the Northern Virginia Magazine as one of the best pediatric cardiologists in the Washington, DC, area.

His personal interests include swimming, diving, biking, traveling and reading.