Dr. Edwin Francis

Director

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

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.