Dr. Mohammed Farooq Kunde

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Education / Qualifications:

• Graduation: 2014: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• (MBBS) from JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka, India
• Post-Graduation:
  • 2018: Doctor of Medicine (MD) Pediatrics. KVG Medical College and Hospital, Sullia, Karnataka, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • 2021: Doctorate of Medicine (DM) Pediatric Cardiology from Amrita Institute of Medical sciences, Amrita University, Kochi

Residencies and fellowships:

• September 2013- September 2014: Rotatory Internship, JSS Medical College and Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka.
• July 2015- June 2018 : Resident in Pediatrics, KVG Medical College, Sullia, Karnataka
• November 2017- January 2018: Pediatric Intensive care. Specialty Posting at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Bangalore.
• June 2018- September 2018: Registrar, Apollo Hospital, Parsik Hill Road, Navi Mumbai, India.
• September 2018- August 2021: Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.

Clinical and Academic Appointments:

• June 2018- September 2018: Registrar, Apollo Hospital, Parsik Hill Road, Navi Mumbai, India.
• September 2021- December 2021: Senior Resident, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.
• December 2021 - till date: Associate consultant, Udaynanda Hospital, Nandyal.

Academic Achievements:

1. NEET-PG-2015, Karnataka state rank of 159 and all India rank of 2556.
2. Secured 4th position for the state of Karnataka for the postgraduate MD Pediatrics examination.
3. NEET superspeciality-2018, All India rank of 105.
4. Secured 70% in DM Pediatric Cardiology degree examination.

Paper and Poster presentations:

1. Deep neck abscess in newborn: a case report. 54th Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics 2017.
2. Reverse differential cyanosis in a neonate with TAPVC. Poster presented at KARNEOCON held on 3rd March 2018, at Bangalore.
3. Demographic and clinical profile of children with undernutrition. Presented at 36th KARPEDICON held on 17 - 19th November 2017, at NIMHANS convention centre, Bangalore, Karnataka.
4. Preoperative management of critical congenital heart diseases. International conference on perioperative management of congenital heart disease in AIMS, Kochi from 7th to 9th June, 2019.
5. Transposition of great arteries. Clinical case scenario presentation. Children’s Heart Link webinar, 10th October 2020.
6. Prenatal diagnosis lowers neonatal cardiac care costs in resource-limited settings. Paper presentation. PCSI 2021 (submitted).
7. Quality improvement during emergency transport of newborn babies with congenital heart disease using a novel mobile app based clinical checklists and real time remote monitoring. PCSI 2021(submitted).

Courses and Workshops attended:

1. Workshop on research methodology held on 21st – 25th August 2015, at KVG Medical College, Sullia, Karnataka.
2. Tot workshop on teaching/learning methodology held on 1st – 3rd December 2015 at dept. of medical education, KVG Medical College, Sullia, Karnataka.
3. Advance NRP workshop held on 24th September 2015 at M.S. Ramaiah Hospital and Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka
4. Mechanical Ventilation workshop at KIMS hospital, Trivandrum, September 2016.
5. Mechanical ventilation Workshop at IAP national conference, Bangalore, August 2017.
6. Developmental assessment of infants using Bayley's scale. Workshop at IAP National Conference, Bangalore, August 2017.
7. 15th intensive clinical training program held on 20-25th February 2018 at the Institute of Maternal and Child Health, Government. Medical College, Kozhikode.
8. Echocardiography in Pediatric Cardiology workshop. Perioperative Management Of Congenital Heart Disease in AIMS, Kochi, from 7th to 9th June, 2019.
9. Extracorporeal membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) workshop. International conference on Perioperative Management Of Congenital Heart Disease in AIMS, Kochi, from 7th to 9th June, 2019.

Research and Publications:

• Kunde F, Thomas S, Vaidyanathan B. Prenatal diagnosis and planned peripartum care improves outcome in fetuses with transposition with intact ventricular septum in low- resource settings. Ultrasound in Obstet Gynecol.2020;10.1002/uog.23146.
• Krishna MR, Kunde MF, Kumar RK, Balaji S. Ivabradine in Post Operative Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (JET): Breaking New Grounds. Paediatr Cardiol.2019 Aug;40(6):1284-1288.
• Vaidyanathan B, Rani K, Kunde F, Thomas S, Sudhakar A, Kumar RK, Zheleva B. Prenatal diagnosis lowers neonatal cardiac care costs in resource-limited settings. Cardiol Young. 2022 Jan 10:1-7.
• Krishna MR, Kunde MF. A Clinical approach to Syncope. Review Article. Indian Journal of Practical Paediatrics. 2020;22(1)92-99.
• Doung KT, Kunde MF, Balaji S. Cardiac Channelopathies masquerading as seizures- Clinical case letters. Indian Pediatrics. Vol 58- sept 15, 2021
• Antegrade occlusion of coronary cameral fistula with an Amplatzer vascular plug using a wire maintaining technique: Case series - Submitted to Annals of Pediatric Cardiology for consideration. Manuscript ID APC-13-21.
• Quality improvement during emergency transport of newborns babies with congenital heart disease using a novel mobile app based clinical checklists and real time remote monitoring. Post-graduation thesis accepted at Amrita University, Kochi.
• Clinical Evaluation of Neonatal Respiratory Distress during first three days of life. Post-graduation thesis accepted at Rajiv Gandhi University of Medical Sciences, Karnataka.

Clinical Skills and Expertise:

• Diagnosis and Management of acquired and congenital heart diseases.
• Expertise in device closure of congenital cardiac defects, balloon angioplasty procedures, branch pulmonary artery rehabilitation procedures and PDA stenting.
• Efficient transport and stabilization of neonates with critical congenital heart diseases.
• Diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias.
• Advanced Echocardiographic imaging techniques- 3-D echo, speckle tracking, tissue doppler.
• Cardiac computed tomography and Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
• Prenatal diagnosis and counseling of cardiac defects and arrhythmias.
• Preoperative and postoperative intensive care of pediatric cardiac patients.

Major Research and Academic Interests:

1. Delivery of comprehensive pediatric heart care in a limited resource environment.
2. Efficient transport of pediatric cardiac patients with critical heart disease.
3. Optimization of Perioperative care of pediatric cardiac patients.
4. Innovative cost-effective cardiac catheterization techniques.
5. Diagnosis and management of Cardiac Channelopathies.