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Dr. Edwin Francis

Dr. Edwin Francis

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25 Years of Experience

Pediatric Cardiologist

MBBS, DCH, MD, DNB, Fellowship, DM

Aster MIMS, Calicut

Aster Medcity, Kochi

English, Malayalam

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About Dr. Edwin Francis

  • Dr. Edwin Francis is a highly skilled Pediatric Cardiologist with 25 Years of experience in Congenital and structural heart diseases.
  • He is qualified in conducting Interventional cardiology and has organized multiple echocardiography workshops. 
  • He underwent multiple pieces of training in ‘Observership and training in Advanced Interventions at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in April 2008.
  • Dr. Francis was nominated for the Commonwealth Fellowship in Cardiology, in 2010.
  • He played a pivotal role in establishing the ‘Hands-On Workshop’ in teaching Pediatric Interventions at Amrita Hospital.
     

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Education

  • MBBS, Government Medical College, Trichur
  • Diploma in Child Health (DCH), Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital & Medical College, Bombay University, 2000
  • MD (Pediatrics), Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital & Medical College, Mumbai, 2000
  • DNB (Pediatrics), National Board of Examination, New Delhi, 2001
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Cochin, 2002
  • DM (Cardiology), Shree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 2005
  • DNB (Cardiology), Shree Chitra Thirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 2005

Training & Certificates

  • Training in Advanced Interventions at Boston Children’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School), 2008

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Past Experience

  • Head of Department (Pediatric Cardiology), Lisie Hospital, Kochi
  • Consultant (Pediatric Cardiology), Amrita Hospital of Medical Sciences, Cochin
  • Head of Department & Consultant (Pediatric Cardiology), Adan Hospital, Ministry Hospital, Kuwait
  • Awarded Gold Medal in Surgery during Final MBBS, Calicut University.
  • Selected as a nominee for the Commonwealth Fellowship in Cardiology, 2010.
  • Received a Travel Grant Award at the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference, Chiba, Japan, 2010.
  • Achieved Second Best Presentation at the Pediatric Cardiac Meeting in Milan.
  • Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Shine & Kumar, Raman. (2014). Palliative Stenting of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Older Children and Young Adults With Congenital Cyanotic Heart Disease. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions: official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. 83. 10.1002/ccd.24373. 
  • Sunil, Gopalraj & Kottayil, Brijesh & Francis, Edwin & Vaidyanathan, Balu & Kappanayil, Mahesh & Balachandran, Rakhi & Nair, Suresh & Kumar, Raman. (2014). Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From Nonfacing Pulmonary Sinus: Direct Aortic Reimplantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 97. 1819-21. 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.104. 
  • Kottayil, Brijesh & Sunil, Gopalraj & Kappanayil, Mahesh & Mohanty, Sweta & Francis, Edwin & Vaidyanathan, Balu & Balachandran, Rakhi & Nair, Suresh & Kumar, Raman. (2013). Two-ventricle repair for complex congenital heart defects palliated towards single-ventricle repair. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 18. 10.1093/icvts/ivt495. 
  • Kumar, Anil & Francis, Edwin & Sreehari, Sreekala & Benedict, Raj. (2013). Tricuspid Valve Mycetoma in an Infant Successfully Treated by Excision and Complex Tricuspid Valve Repair Followed by Fluconazole Therapy. Surgical infections. 10.1089/sur.2013.007. 
  • Benedict, Raj & Kumar, Anuj & Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman. (2013). Off-pump atrial septostomy with thoracoscopic scissors under transesophageal echocardiography guidance. Annals of pediatric cardiology. 6. 170-2. 10.4103/0974-2069.115273. 
  • Francis, Edwin & Krishnakumar, Raman & Kumar, Shine. (2012). TCT-770 Transcatheter Device Closure Of Atrial Septal Defect In Infants And Young Children. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60. 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.814. 
  • Kumar, Shine & Francis, Edwin & Choudhary, Madhu & Kumar, Raman. (2012). Transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in infants and young children weighing <= 10 kg: immediate and short term results. E830-E830. 
  • Laksmivenkateshiah, Srinivas & Singhi, Anil & Vaidyanathan, Balu & Francis, Edwin & Karimassery, Sundaram & Kumar, Raman. (2011). The decline in arterial partial pressure of oxygen after exercise: A surrogate marker of pulmonary vascular obstructive disease in patients with atrial septal defect and severe pulmonary hypertension. Cardiology in the young. 21. 292-8. 10.1017/S1047951110001988. 
  • Singhi, Anil & Nicholson, Ian & Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman & Hawker, Richard. (2011). Anomalous Systemic Arterial Supply to Normal Basal Segment of the Left Lung. Heart, lung & circulation. 20. 357-61. 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.02.006. 
  • Jain, Shreepal & Singhi, Anil & Francis, Edwin & Kappanayil, Mahesh & Vaidyanathan, Balu & Kumar, Raman. (2010). Outcomes Of Transcatheter Interventions In Newborns With Critical Congenital Heart Disease In A Developing Country. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 76. S3-36. 
  • Singhi, Anil & Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman. (2010). Isolated absence of right pulmonary artery. Annals of pediatric cardiology. 3. 119-22. 10.4103/0974-2069.74037. 
  • Francis, Edwin & Singhi, Anil & Lakshmivenkateshaiah, Srinivas & Kumar, Raman. (2010). Transcatheter Occlusion of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Pre-Term Infants. JACC. Cardiovascular interventions. 3. 550-5. 10.1016/j.jcin.2010.01.016. 
  • Francis, Edwin & Gayathri, S & Vaidyanathan, Balu & Kannan, Bhava & Kumar, Raman. (2009). Emergency balloon dilation or stenting of critical coarctation of the aorta in newborns and infants: An effective interim palliation. Annals of pediatric cardiology. 2. 111-5. 10.4103/0974-2069.58311. 
  • Singhi, Anil & L, Srinivas & V, Changella & S, Gayatri & Francis, Edwin & B, Vaidynathan & Kappanayil, Mahesh & Kumar, Raman. (2009). Create and evaluate a clinical strategy to screen congenital heart disease in newborns. 
  • Remadevi, K & Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman. (2009). Catheter closure of atrial septal defects with deficient inferior vena cava rim under transesophageal echo guidance. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions: official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. 73. 90-6. 10.1002/ccd.21756. 
  • Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman & Singhi, Anil. (2008). AIMS DVD on Catheter intervention in structural and congenital heart disease-2008. 10.13140/2.1.4001.8248. 
  • Singhi, Anil & Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman. (2008). Ruptured submitral aneurysm in an eight-year-old girl. Annals of pediatric cardiology. 1. 142-3. 10.4103/0974-2069.43882. 
  • Sivakumar, Kothandam & Francis, Edwin & Krishnan, Prasad. (2008). Safety and Feasibility of Transcatheter Closure of Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus Measuring ?4 mm in Patients Weighing ?6 kg. Journal of interventional cardiology. 21. 196-203. 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00348.x. 
  • Sivakumar, Kothandam & Francis, Edwin. (2007). Anomalous Inferior Vena Cava Drainage to Portal Vein Offers a Challenge to Transcatheter Ductus Arteriosus Closure. Pediatric cardiology. 28. 416-7. 10.1007/s00246-007-0024-9. 
  • Sivakumar, Kothandam & Francis, Edwin & Krishnan, Prasad & Shahani, Jagdish. (2006). Ductal stenting retrains the left ventricle in the transposition of great arteries with intact ventricular septum. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 132. 1081-6. 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.014. 
  • Francis, Edwin & Sivakumar, Kothandam & Kumar, Raman. (2004). Transcatheter closure of fistula between the right pulmonary artery and left atrium using the Amplatzer duct occluder. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions: official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. 63. 83-6. 10.1002/ccd.20069. 
  • Anil, Sivadasan & Sivakumar, Kothandam & Philip, Ancil & Francis, Edwin & Kumar, Raman. (2003). Clinical course and management strategies for hemolysis after transcatheter closure of patent arterial ducts. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions: official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. 59. 538-43. 10.1002/ccd.10593.

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