Trained in paediatrics at AIIMS, New Delhi, then in cardiology at SCTIMST, Trivandrum. He was awarded a Commonwealth Fellowship in fetal cardiology at the Evelina Children’s Hospital, London in 2007, and on returning established the dedicated fetal cardiology division at Amrita in 2008.

His work centres on prenatal diagnosis, newborn screening for congenital heart disease, and epidemiological research in paediatric cardiology. Around 35 research publications and some 100 professional lectures to his name.

Graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College and trained in paediatrics at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, before completing his paediatric cardiology fellowship at Amrita between 2004 and 2006. He joined the department in September 2006.

He helped establish the cardio-genetics service here and, with the radiology department, one of the first comprehensive cardiac MRI services for congenital heart disease in the country. His research in cardiogenetics has won national and international awards. Interests: cardiovascular intervention, advanced cardiac imaging, cardiogenetics.

Graduated from Government Medical College, Alappuzha, with postgraduate training in paediatrics at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in paediatric cardiology at Amrita School of Medicine.

He is active in the Pan-African Telemedicine teaching programme, run in collaboration with African partners, and has served as consultant paediatric cardiologist for Amrita in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Interests: cardiac MRI and pulmonary hypertension.

Dr. Navaneetha Sasikumar is an experienced Pediatric Cardiologist with 15 years of expertise in cardiac catheterization and minimally invasive interventions for congenital heart defects and valvular diseases, treating patients from newborns to adults. Trained at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, she established a Pediatric Cardiac Interventional Program at a public sector hospital (2017–2020), making effective use of existing resources. At Amrita, she initiated the Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation program, earning solo Medtronic certification in 2022, and launched the MyVal Transcatheter Heart Valve program for native right ventricular outflow tracts in 2024. In 2021, she founded and continues to lead Amrita’s ACHD Clinic in Kochi, the first of its kind in India, and organized the 2023 Amrita ACHD Symposium with significant international participation.

Beyond clinical care, Dr. Sasikumar developed the Smiling Heart App for early detection of critical congenital heart disease, contributes to Kerala’s Hridyam program, and advises the Meghalaya State government on pediatric cardiology to improve child health and reduce infant mortality in underserved areas. She also leads research projects in Pediatric Cardiology and has published in prestigious journals. Her practice is defined by compassionate, personalized care, with a strong emphasis on listening to and supporting patients and their families.

Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the School of Medicine, Kochi, working across paediatric and adult congenital heart surgery, the Amrita Valve Repair Centre and paediatric heart transplantation.

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the School of Medicine, Kochi, working in paediatric and adult congenital heart surgery.

Graduated from Fr. Muller Medical College, Mangalore in 2006, and worked in accident and emergency medicine at Christian Medical College, Vellore. He completed general surgery at Government Medical College, Chengalpattu in 2010 and cardiothoracic surgery at Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore in 2013.

He then spent two years in adult, paediatric and transplant cardiac surgery at Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, under Prof. K. M. Cherian, before completing a fellowship exclusively in congenital heart surgery at Amrita in 2017 and joining the department.