Dr R. Krishna Kumar
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QUALIFICATION
MD, DM, FACC, FAHA
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DESIGNATION
CLINICAL PROFESSOR & HEAD
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DEPARTMENT
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
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INSTITUTE
AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE,
KOCHI.
Awards/Achievements :
Best Postgraduate in Cardiology (Gold Medal), AIIMS, 1990.
Vocational Service Award, Rotary International for contributions to the Rotary “Gift of Life” Program
Tri-decennial Medical Teacher of Excellence Award by the National Board of Examinations
BMJ India Health care award for quality improvement; Received the award on the behalf
of the paediatric Heart Program at AIIMS
Dr. Krishna Kumar is presently the Clinical
Professor and Head of the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the Amrita Institute
of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin. He did his residency in internal
medicine and fellowship in cardiology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi. He then underwent fellowship training in pediatric cardiology from Children’s
Hospital Boston, USA (1994-1996). His clinical focus is diverse because of the unique
requirements of the population he serves. This includes echocardiography, catheter
interventions and intensive care. His chief research interests relate to epidemiology
of heart disease in the developing world and developing cost effective clinical
strategies for diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart disease in developing
countries. He had chaired the Scientific Committee, 5th Asia Pacific Pediatric Cardiac
Society, New Delhi, 2014 and was the President Pediatric Cardiac Society of India,
2014. An author of 2 books, he has 149 publications to his name. His hobbies include
reading non-fictions, cooking, travelling and listening to classical music (Indian
& Western).