Dr. Shine Kumar graduated from Govt. Medical College Alappuzha and obtained his postgraduation degree in Pediatrics from Govt Medical College Thiruvananthapuram. He did his post doctoral fellowship programme in Pediatric Cardiology from Amrita School of Medicine. He is actively involved in Pan African Telemedicine teaching program in collaboration with African nations and served as consultant Pediatric Cardiologist for Amrita Hospital at Andaman and Nicobar islands. His area of interest include Cardiac MRI and Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Comprehensive evaluation and management of congenital (by birth) and acquired heart disease in children
- Pulmonary hypertension
- First of its kind in the country, initiated a full-fledged, dedicated pulmonary hypertension clinic since 2012
- Comprehensive evaluation and management of pulmonary hypertension from newborn to adulthood including cardiac catheterisation, vasodilator testing and advanced imaging
- Management of high-risk pregnancy complicated by pulmonary hypertension
- Genetic evaluation of pulmonary hypertension
- Goal oriented, problem-solving research with impactful publications</p>
Fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension
University of Alberta, Canada
FNB
Pediatric Cardiology
DNB (Ped)
DCH
MBBS
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Tamil
- 2021 - Present
Clinical Professor
Pediatric Cardiology Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi
- 2013-2021
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatric Cardiology Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi
- 2010 - 2012
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatric Cardiology Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi
- Second prize for best original research paper by faculty, Amrita Research Day, May 2022. Comparison of intravenous sildenafil with inhaled nitric oxide for acute vasodilator testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2022 Oct 1;12(4):e12180.
- Author of top downloaded article for the year 2022 for the journal Pulmonary Circulation. Comparison of intravenous sildenafil with inhaled nitric oxide for acute vasodilator testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2022 Oct 1;12(4):e12180.
- Travel award for being among 15 best abstracts for “Novel Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor 2 mutation in a patient with hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension” at PVRI International Conference, Barcelona, February 2019.
- Third prize for the best poster “Elevated red cell distribution width is associated with delayed postoperative recovery after correction of Tetralogy of Fallot” at the 13th annual conference of the Paediatric Cardiac Society of India, October 2011, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Dr. Shine Kumar graduated from Govt. Medical College Alappuzha and obtained his postgraduation degree in Pediatrics from Govt Medical College Thiruvananthapuram. He did his post doctoral fellowship programme in Pediatric Cardiology from Amrita School of Medicine. He is actively involved in Pan African Telemedicine teaching program in collaboration with African nations and served as consultant Pediatric Cardiologist for Amrita Hospital at Andaman and Nicobar islands. His area of interest include Cardiac MRI and Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Comprehensive evaluation and management of congenital (by birth) and acquired heart disease in children
- Pulmonary hypertension
- First of its kind in the country, initiated a full-fledged, dedicated pulmonary hypertension clinic since 2012
- Comprehensive evaluation and management of pulmonary hypertension from newborn to adulthood including cardiac catheterisation, vasodilator testing and advanced imaging
- Management of high-risk pregnancy complicated by pulmonary hypertension
- Genetic evaluation of pulmonary hypertension
- Goal oriented, problem-solving research with impactful publications</p>
Fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension
University of Alberta, Canada
FNB
Pediatric Cardiology
DNB (Ped)
DCH
MBBS
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Tamil
- 2021 - Present
Clinical Professor
Pediatric Cardiology Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi
- 2013-2021
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatric Cardiology Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi
- 2010 - 2012
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatric Cardiology Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi
- Second prize for best original research paper by faculty, Amrita Research Day, May 2022. Comparison of intravenous sildenafil with inhaled nitric oxide for acute vasodilator testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2022 Oct 1;12(4):e12180.
- Author of top downloaded article for the year 2022 for the journal Pulmonary Circulation. Comparison of intravenous sildenafil with inhaled nitric oxide for acute vasodilator testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2022 Oct 1;12(4):e12180.
- Travel award for being among 15 best abstracts for “Novel Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor 2 mutation in a patient with hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension” at PVRI International Conference, Barcelona, February 2019.
- Third prize for the best poster “Elevated red cell distribution width is associated with delayed postoperative recovery after correction of Tetralogy of Fallot” at the 13th annual conference of the Paediatric Cardiac Society of India, October 2011, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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