Dr. Edwin Francis
Director
25 Years of ExperiencePediatric Cardiologist
MBBS, DCH, MD, DNB, Fellowship, DM
English, Malayalam
Consultation Fee ₹ 1300
Book an AppointmentAbout 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
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
Awards
- 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.
Paper Published
- 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.
Field of Expertise
- 24-Hour Holter Monitoring
- 64-Slice CT Angiography
- Ablation Therapy
- Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
- Aneurysm Surgery: Traditional Open Surgery
- Angiography
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