Dr. Shine Kumar. K. H.

Dr. Shine Kumar is a distinguished pediatric cardiologist with a specialized focus on pulmonary hypertension. After completing his post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Amrita School of Medicine, he further honed his expertise with a Fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension from the University of Alberta, Canada. He is recognized for his comprehensive approach to evaluating and managing congenital and acquired heart diseases in children, as well as his pioneering work in pulmonary hypertension. 

Dr. Shine Kumar established the first full-fledged, dedicated pulmonary hypertension clinic in India in 2012, offering cutting-edge care from newborns to adults. His expertise includes advanced diagnostic procedures, such as cardiac catheterization, vasodilator testing, and genetic evaluation. He is also adept at managing high-risk pregnancies complicated by pulmonary hypertension. 

• 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.