Welcome to the profile of Dr. Saji Philip, a distinguished specialist in Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology with extensive experience and notable contributions to the field. Dr. Saj Philip has a keen interest in utilizing medical artificial intelligence to enhance diagnostic accuracy and treatment outcomes in pediatric cardiology. He has conducted over 55 fetal autopsies, contributing significantly to the understanding of fetal cardiac pathology. Dr. Saj Philip is also recognized for his expertise in managing Kawasaki Disease, a rare but serious condition affecting children’s blood vessels. With a track record of over 180 cases of ASD closure and 116 cases of PDA intervention, Dr. Saj Philip demonstrates exceptional proficiency in pediatric cardiology interventions, including balloon plasty procedures.
Education and Training
- FELLOW IN AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS [FAAP]
- FELLOW IN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION [FAHA]
- Hope Heart Institute Chicago IL USA (Observation training Intervention)
- Honorable Ph.D. Academic award for the the invention of first IC vasculitis in swine at Animal Technology Institute of Taiwan
- FELLOWSHIP IN CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH (3-YEARS) Ming-sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Animal Technology Institute of Taiwan
- FELLOWSHIP IN PED CARDIOLOGY (IAP FELLOWSHIP 2-Years)[Nominated by Indian Academic of Pediatrics & Asian Pacific Pediatric Association] National University of College of Medicine, Taipei
- DCH -CMC, Ludhiana, Punjab University
- MBBS – M.S.R medical college, Bangalore University, Gold medalist
- SECOND MBBS FIRST CLASS WITH DISTINCTION IN ANATOMY
- GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN ALL INDIA OTO-LARYNGOLOGIST EXAMINATION
- SELECTED FOR RESEARCH PROJECT UNDER KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL AND TECHNOLOGY, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE [1985]
Professional Experience
- General Practice 1986-1991 05-years
- Pediatric 1991-1999 08-years
- Pediatric Cardiology 1999-2024 25-years
- Fetal Cardiology 2006-2024 18-years
- TOTAL EXPERIENCE 38 -years
- 1986 – 1987 HOUSE JOB AT K.C. GENERAL HOSPITAL BANGALORE
- 1987 – 1990 CASUALTY MEDICAL OFFICER IN CARDIOLOGY AND NEUROLOGY
- 1991 – 1992 HOUSE DOCTOR IN PEDIATRICS CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE, LUDHIANA
- 1992 – 1993 REGISTRAR IN PEDIATRICS CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE (PG COURSE)
- 1993 – 1999 CONSULTANT PEDIATRICIAN AND INCHARGE OF EPILEPSY CLINIC, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND EEG LAB, DR.V.V. PHILIP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, KERALA, INDIA
- I999 – 2001 FELLOW IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, TAIWAN ROC
- HOPE HEART INSTITUTE, CHRIST HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
- 2002-2004 PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH FELLOW MING-SHEN GENERAL HOSPITAL TAIWAN AND DIVISION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER, ATIT, TAIWAN
- 2004 to 2021 CONSULTANT PEDIATRIC & FETAL CARDIOLOGIST – ST. GREGORIOS CARDIO-VASCULAR CENTER,
- DR KM CHERIAN HEART FOUNDATION, PARUMALA
- FETAL CARDIOLOGY PHOENIX CHILDREN HOSPITAL ARIZONA (Fetal Cardiology)
- FETOSCOPY WORKSHOP SINGAPORE ISUOG
- EDITOR OF MANUAL ON SEIZURE DISORDERS 1998, 2nd Edition 2009
- EDITOR OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE FOR PARENTS AND NURSES 3RD EDITION 2014
- CO-EDITOR OF MANUAL ON INFECTION CONTROL
- EDITOR OF IMA MAVELIKARA DIRECTORY THIRD EDITION
- INTRODUCED FIRST KAWASAKI DISEASE HEALTH EDUCATION PUZZLE CUBE 2012
Area of Expertise
- FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY More than 5000 CASES
- PEDIATRIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY More than 60000 PED CASES
- PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY INTERVENTIONS
- ASD 180 CASES
- PDA 116 CASES
- BALLOON PLASTY 12 CASES
- FETAL AUTOPSY 55 CASES
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Kawasaki Disease
- Medical Artificial Intelligence
Memberships
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
- AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (No.120369881/2003)
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (ID 54892/2002)
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP ID1008768)
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (125342)
LIFE MEMBERSHiP
- INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (IAP L96/P-431)
- INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (KRL3364/24/122/47369/95/96CL)
- IMA AMS KRL/1370/34/18/2005-06/L
- INDIAN EPILEPTIC ASSOCIATION (LC-12/1997)
- PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY SOCIETY OF INDIA (L-280)
- INDIAN ACADEMY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (L-268)
- QUALIFIED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ASSOCIATION (ER-556/85)
Research and Publication
Author of Textbooks
- Manual on Seizure disorders
- Congenital Heart disease for nurses and parents
- Hospital Acquired Infections
Text Book chapter Author
- Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatric Cardiology; Kawasaki disease (2023 ed).
- Indian Academy of Echocardiography; Chapter on delineation of coronary arteries by 2-D echocardiogram in Kawasaki disease (2023 ed).
- Recipient of Research Award; Bhaskara Varma IMA, IAP Gold Medal Research Award Rotary Club
PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL JOURNALS
- Saji philip, Sandhya. Study of incidence of gasteroenteritis caused by Escherichia coli in relation to age and sex .Indian Medical Gazette March 1990 vol cxxiv, no.3 82-83
- Saji philip, Wu MH, H.C.Lue. Retroesophageal aortic arch: diagnostic and therapeutic implications of a rare vascular ring – International Journal of Cardiology 2001; 79: 133-141.
- Lue HC, Philip S, Chen MR, Wang JK, Wu MH. Surveillance of Kawasaki disease in Taiwan and review of the literature. Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2004 Jan-Feb;45(1):8-14
- Philip S, Lee WC, Liu SK, Wu MH, Lue HC. A swine model of horse serum-induced coronary vasculitis: an implication for Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Res. 2004 Feb;55(2):211-9. doi: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000104151.26375.E5. Epub 2003 Nov 19
- Sasikumar N, Krishna Manohar SR, Philip S, Cherian KM, Suresh Kumar R. Right ventricular exclusion and univentricular palliation for failed one and a half ventricle repair for Ebstein’s anomaly. Heart Lung Circ. 2013 Aug;22(8):685-7. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.11.019. Epub 2012 Dec 23
- Philip S, Kuan C C , Hsu M C and Lue H C Thyroid Hormone-Induced Seizures A Case Report and Review of Literature, Pediat Therapeut 2012, 2:5 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.4172/2161-0665.1000129
- Philip S, Lee WC, Wu MH, Mammen CK, Lue HC. Histopathological evaluation of horse serum-induced immune complex vasculitis in swine: implication to coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Neonatol. 2014 Aug;55(4):297-305. doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2013.10.012. Epub 2014 Feb 1.
- Surjit Singh, Dhrubajyoti Sharma, Sagar Bhattad, Saji Phillip. Recent Advances in Kawasaki Disease – Proceedings of the 3rd Kawasaki Disease Summit, Chandigarh, 2014. Indian J Pediatr DOI 10.1007/s12098-015-1858-4
- Philip S, Bharati S, Cherian KM, Bharati S. Prenatal Diagnosis of Uhl Anomaly with Autopsy Correlation. AJP Rep. 2016 Mar;6(1):91-5. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1566296. Epub 2015 Nov 2
- Philip S, Lee WC, Cherian KM, Wu MH, Lue HC. Role of Antioxidants in Horse Serum-mediated Vasculitis in Swine: Potential Relevance to Early Treatment in Mitigation of Coronary Arteritis in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Neonatol. 2017 Aug;58(4):328-337. doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2016.07.007. Epub 2016 Dec 18
- Saji Philip, Gheevarghese Mathew , Sunil Agrawal , Kotturathu Mammen Cherian. Anomalous muscle bundle in the right atrium; Implication to trans atrial device closure. Human Pathology: Case Reports 9 (2017) 24–26
- Saji Philip, K. Ganapathy Subramaniam, Sunil Agrawal, Cherian Kotturathu Mammen. Anomalous Pulmonary Artery Membrane: A Rare Membrane Obstructing Right Pulmonary Artery Orifice. J Indian Acad Echocardiogr Cardiovasc Imaging 2018;2:127-9http://www.jiaecho.org on Friday, September 7, 2018, IP: 117.206.27.252]
- Philip S, Ahamed Z and Singh S. An Update on Kawasaki Disease Indian Perspective. Austin Cardio & Cardiovascular Case Reports. 2018; 3(2): 1023.
- Philip S, Philip SE, Thampi L, Bharati S. Prenatal diagnosis of ebstein’s anomaly: An autopsy correlation predicting poor prognosis. J Indian Acad Echocardiogr Cardiovasc Imaging 2019;3:88-92. http://www.jiaecho.org on Thursday, August 29, 2019, IP: 59.96.197.159]
- Philip S, Philip SE, Vaideeswar P, Singh UP. A study on fetal intracardiac echogenic foci: Pondering possible etiology of echogenicity with histopathology correlation. J Indian Acad Echocardiogr Cardiovasc Imaging 2021;5:195-200.
- Saji Philip, Linta Thampy. A solitary fetal cardiac rhabdomyoma; hemodynamically unstable left ventricular tumour with autopsy findings. J. Fetal. Med.(Springer) 2021. http://doi.org10/1007 /s40556-021-00297-4
- Philip S, Jindal A, Krishna Kumar R. The Role of Circulating Immune Complexes in Coronary Artery Lesions: Understanding possible Patho-Physiology in Kawasaki Disease Revisited. Cardiol Vasc Res. 2022; 6(5): 1-12
- Philip S, Jindal A, Krishna Kumar R An update on understanding the pathophysiology in Kawasaki disease: Possible role of immune complexes in coronary artery lesion revisited. Int J Rheum Dis. 2023 Aug;26(8):1453-1463. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14816. Epub 2023 Jul 11
- Saji Philip, Ajit Thachil. Haemodynamic Responses and Effectiveness of Head Upright Tilt Test in Unexplained Syncope in Children. Cardiol Vasc Res. 2023; 7(5): 1-5.
- Ann Nita Nettoa, Lizy Abrahama and Saji Philip. HBNET: A blended ensemble model for the 2 detection of cardiovascular anomalies using a phonocardiogram. Technology and Health Care -1 (2024) 1–21
